The annual Met Gala is the Oscars of the fashion world. It’s a chance for the globe’s most popular and prominent designers to dress Hollywood’s hottest stars as walking billboards – some of which are much more visually appealing than others. Getty Images Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris Although guests wine and dine at a cocktail…
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The Best Designs From Lagos Fashion Week 2022 Shows
Right from the onset, Lagos Fashion Week has been known for providing a platform for young Nigerian and African designers to showcase their craftsmanship, and this year’s edition is no exception. The four-day event, which took place last week at the prestigious Federal Palace Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, brought a bevy of African fashion aficionados to…
Lagos Fashion Week 2022 | SIMONE & ELISE
Lagos Fashion Week 2022 is in full swing, with top designers from across the continent showing their collections on the runway for the Spring/Summer 2023 season. From Cute-Saint and Fruché to AlgueyeDakar and TJWho, Day 1 brought several vibrant and breathtaking shows. See all our coverage of Lagos Fashion Week designer collections here. Scroll to see the pieces below. Photography: @insignaonline
Bryanston brand Rubicon is SA Fashion Week’s undisputed showstopper
Bryanston designer and founder of Rubicon, Hangwani Nengovhela, recently showcases her highly anticipated collection at South African Fashion Week. This year’s theme for the collection was the flow of water. The fashion house of Rubicon stunned audiences when it debuted its latest autumn-winter 2023 collection at South African Fashion Week. Led by Bryanston designer and…
A Celebration of Africa
INTERNATIONAL School Aberdeen will be the setting for the launch of a brand-new cultural festival which is set to take the city by storm in early 2023. The renowned education setting, which celebrates its landmark 50th anniversary this year, has teamed up with The Africulture Network to bring a unique celebration of Africa to Aberdeen –…
Inside Lupita Nyongo’s Stunning Beauty Tribute to Africa for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Premiere
BY CALIN VAN PARIS For the world premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in Los Angeles, Lupita Nyong’o’s beauty embodied a dual sense of place: that of the continent of Africa, and that of the fictional country of Wakanda. Makeup artist Nick Barose captured Wakanda’s earthbound-meets-futuristic aesthetic with a moment that melded African influences with Wakandian notes—an approach inspired by his recent…
How 11 Designers Prepare for Lagos Fashion Week
Bernard Dayo Photo: Emmanuel Obianke/Getty Images Models walk the runway for Emmy Kasbit, during Lagos Fashion Week 2021 on October 30, 2021 in Lagos, Nigeria. Zumba, Catholic mass, Ravyn Lenae’s Hypnos — new and established designers reveal their routines and personal rituals ahead of the big event. Sponsored content from Lagos Fashion Week. While still a nexus…
Lomé to host an international exhibition of African textiles next month
(Togo First) – This year, Togo will host the SITA, the International Exhibition of African Textiles. This edition, the eighth, will be held in Lomé from November 4 to 6. Last year, it was held in Djibouti. The theme picked for the upcoming exhibition is “The fabric industry in Africa”. Among others, it will feature…
GAFW22: Here’s a Recap of the 2022 Glitz Africa Fashion Week
Glitz Africa Fashion Week, Ghana’s biggest fashion event, held its 10th edition from October 19 – 23, 2022; with a variety of activities for the fashion community. Oct. 19 – It kicked off with an influencers’ brunch where Glitz Africa hosted a number of social media influencers at the Treehouse located at Nyaniba Market, Osu. They…
Inside Africa’s leading fashion week
Inside Africa’s leading fashion week Vogue Business went backstage at Lagos Fashion Week to hear from African designers about what styles work and how they plan to play on both local and international levels. BY EZREEN BENISSAN Lagos Fashion Week, while yet to be recognized on the same scale as its international counterparts, proved itself as a…
Gabrielle Union Debuts Capsule Collection with Banke Kuku for New York & Company
Gabrielle Union is celebrating her 50th birthday in style with this new collaboration. PHOTO COURTESY OF GABRIELLE UNION X BANKE KUKU After much success with its spring collection and footwear launch, The Gabrielle Union Collection at New York & Company is expanding with a special edition capsule collection in collaboration with African designer Banke Kuku. The unique 6-piece…
Meet Ooni of Ife’s five new Oloris (PHOTOS)
The dandy monarch, who turned 48 last Saturday, has married five Oloris in one month, an unrivaled feat so far in Nigeria. By Ovwe Medeme That the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ọjájá II), is the most talked about monarch in Nigeria at the moment is never in doubt. Since 6 September, when he married his first…
AFWL 2022 Promotes, Nurtures African-inspired Design Talent
The recently concluded Africa Fashion Week London 2022 (AFWL), which is Africa’s largest runway and exhibition event in Europe, promoting and nurturing African-inspired design talent, had a host of amazing designers showcased at the event. The event took place at the prestigious Freemason’s hall London on the 8th and 9th of October with a fun-packed…
SA Fashion Week blasts off with A-lister party
The first runway shows will debut on Thursday night at Mall of Africa in Midrand, Johannesburg A-listers such as Lerato Kganyago, AKA, Nadia Nakai, Anele Zondo, Siphesihle Ndaba, Yaya Mavundla, and Nefisa Mkhabela and Birth of Stars cast kicked off SA Fashion Week (SAFW) with a bang on Wednesday night at the official opening party in Sandton,…
Thebe Magugu collaborates with Dior for charity
South African designer Thebe Magugu is collaborating with Dior for a new charity project and has reimagined Christian Dior’s New Look. Thebe Magugu is collaborating with Dior for a charity project. Thebe Magugu has collaborated with Dior The South African designer has been tasked by Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri to create a new…
Connecting fashion and music
ONGWEDIVA – In collaboration with the Sound Connect Fund, the MTC Windhoek Fashion Week (MWFW) has created a platform to bring fashion and music together to support the Namibian creative community, specifically fashion designers, musicians, producers, videographers, deejays, etc. Dubbed the ‘Fashion Meets Sound’ project, the MWFW team embarked on a countrywide tour that started…
Glitz and glam of SA Fashion Week back on the runway
By.Mbalenhle Zuma The glitz and glam of the South African Fashion Week (SAFW) Autumn/Winter 23 designer collections come alive once again at the Mall of Africa in October, home of the fabulous show for the past three years. This year will see 27 designers launch their new collections on the runway with more than 40…
Cameroon’s Forgotten Civil War Is Getting Worse
Infighting among Anglophone separatists and denial by the Cameroonian government is escalating the ongoing conflict. By R. Maxwell Bone, a writer whose reporting and analysis have been published in the New Humanitarian, African Arguments, and other publications. Cameroonian army soldiers at a polling station in Lysoka, near Buea, southwestern Cameroon, on October 7, 2018. MARCO LONGARI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES…
25 top designers to showcase at Nairobi Fashion Week
The Nairobi Fashion Week has made a comeback after a 4-year hiatus, 25 top designers featured in the November 2022 showcase. After a four-year absence, the Nairobi Fashion Week (NFW) is making a comeback, bigger and better. The annual event will be held at the Sarit Expo Center from November 25 to November 27 and is…
Global Fashion Collective shines at Milan Fashion Week with its first show from 10 designers
ByThe Bharat Express News Leesle presented by Global Fashion Collective, Milan Fashion Week, September 2022 GFC Global Fashion Collective (GFC) was first seen at Milan Fashion Week this fall. Under the leadership of Jamal Abdourahman, director of Vancouver Fashion Week, the second largest fashion week in North America, GFC has quickly become one of the…