Spring / Summer 2018 brings along with it bold colours. This post is a quick and easy guide to wearing the bold colours trend…
Heritage; something that is handed down from the past as a tradition. Tradition; beliefs or behaviors passed down within a society with special importance and origins from the past. A major part of tradition is clothing (fashion). Every society around the world has traditional clothing. These are fabrics, articles of clothing attached to their cultural identity In the last couple of years beginning in Fall/Winter 2016, British fabrics like tweed, herringbone…
This post is a trend report on a Fabric trend that has made its way from fall 2017 to an all season round trend. Plaid. Trends arguably drive the fashion industry, they are the perfect blend of catwalk, celebrity and high street. Fabric trends on an industry level make the most sense. Fabrics are time consuming to produce and it makes economic sense to have a certain color or textile…
Beautiful sunrises that inspire poetry, hills and fields, no traffic (probably my favorite) laid back, stress free. Abuja is characterised by these. Fashion City? Abuja is becoming a major African fashion city and is doing so at its own pace and its own style?. Shocking as that may seem, its true. In this article the story of a budding fashion city is told. Fashion, style are a major part of…
Hello, hello, hello! Welcome to the New Year, with harmattan in full swing, what does it mean for our style? Do we have to shop for all new clothes?…
Hello, hello, hello ! I’m back, its the long awaited post, the drama surrounded post, at least the first part of it. So remember last week when I had a mini meltdown on my Instagram stories? if you didn’t see it, let me give you a break down; I mistakenly deleted all my pictures from the Victoria and Albert Museum London which was to form the basis for this post…
Hello, hello, hello! London fashion is impractical to say the least. This post is a personal style post that shows the most impractical thing an Afrohemian would wear in London. Basically Afrohemian fashion. I’m back against all odds. It’s been a crazy week. However this post and how I got this images for this post affirm my belief that this is what I want to do and I’m willing to…
Co-ords, articles of clothing designed to match each other, a matching set in style, colour, fabric, print etc. Co ords have been around for a while now and still remain a major player every fashion season. It has successfully transitioned from being a trend to a fashion staple. Hello, hello, hello, guys! Who can tell I’m excited. If you can’t tell, let me spell it out; I AM EXCITED. I…
Spring/Summer 2017, Gingham took over the fashion world, from skirts to shirts to dresses, everyone and their grandma wore this fabric trend. Styling Gingham Hi guys! I’m back and finally wearing Gingham. When this trend was in full flux, I wanted to style it for the blog but I was tired of the ruffles skirts and wrap shirts that were making the rounds. I wanted to wear it and feel…
Hello, hello, hello, Welcome to my blog space, however tiny it might be, I’m practically dancing in my seat that you’re here. After a major dance session, let’s get into today’s post. Today’s outfit post has two things , no scratch that three things I love, which are Thrift gems, Ankara and Mickey mouse. So I paired an Ankara skirt with a cute Mickey mouse tank. It is not the…