© Dazed Digital
A little over a year ago (where does the time go?), I blogged about the Afro-inspirational fashion e-zine, Pop’Africana. Remember the “all black issue” of Vogue Italia (July 2008) that had many an afrophile in a tiz? Well, browsing through the sassy and sexy Pop’Africana blog, which is pushing boundaries of Afro-chic, it [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘fashion’
18 January, 2010
Vogue Africana
2 July, 2009
Afro-Culture Quick Hits
I know, I know, I haven’t blogged on here in a month and it’s too easy to blame it on Twitter, as micro-blogging is so much easier and quicker, but life has also been a little hectic, with changing of jobs, location and what not. I’m in Nairobi for ‘a little while longer’, but will [...]
28 April, 2009
Kenya::Fashion for Peace 2009::Part Deux
Thula Sindi
If Fashion for Peace 2009 was the litmus test, it may very well be that the Festival of African Fashion and Arts (FAFA) is well on it’s way to establishing Nairobi as a centre for all things creative on the continent, as intended by its organisers.
A diverse collection of fabrics and style was on [...]
19 April, 2009
Kenya::Fashion for Peace
The Festival for African Fashion and Arts (FAFA) was born out of a tragedy; the post-election blood spillage that took a grip on Kenya in December 2007 / January 2008. Despite this, FAFA takes a positive approach to building the future, whilst honouring the need to heal the wounds of the past which continue to haunt [...]
4 April, 2009
I.Wear.African
The I Wear African Campaign, an African fashion initiative of African Vibes e-zine which is all about celebrating African Glamour is coming soon (18th April 2009).
A campaign about individual expression, contemporary style and cultural heritage. The goal of this campaign is to celebrate the beauty of Africa through fashion and to promote the glamour and [...]
5 February, 2009
Fashion::Africa.Asia
© Wafrica.jp
Wafrica Kimono (hat tip Kamau) represents the marriage of cultural icons from Japan and Africa, the creation of Tokyo-based Cameroonian Serge Mouangue through merging the Japanese kimono and quintessential African cotton, colourful, patterned fabric. This seemingly effortless physical expression of Japanese and African culture attests to a far-reaching similarity into the characteristics of [...]
14 October, 2008
Africa + Funky Trendy Über Cool Popular Culture = Pop’Africana
I’m a bit late with this post, but there are so many wonderful on-goings in the Afroculture domain that I can barely keep up! And that’s a good thing.
, the Africana global book of style, is a bi-annual fashion.art.style magazine that recently had its online debut (hat tip Afripop!).
Pop’Africana is a collaborative effort which aims [...]
6 September, 2008
Africhic Modahnik
If you are in the Chicago area, do check out this up and coming designer label, by Afropolitan in the true sense of the word, Kahindo Mateene. For the sharp ones, you’ll already have spotted the anagram from her name and first letter of her surname, which incorporates the rather clever use of the Italian word for [...]
16 May, 2008
Fashionable Flair
This post marks the first of what I hope will culminate in a series that portrays the intriguing influences from our ancestors and how they have contributed, with or without our knowledge, to shape us “modern” folk.
It invariably grates me when certain members of society judge others as “backward”, “uncivilised” or “undeveloped” for prevailing in [...]
28 November, 2007
Dutch Wax as a Symbol of African Identity
Colourfully ornate Dutch Wax or Wax Prints are big business for women traders appropriately referred to as Nana-Benz in West-African countries such as Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Ghana by virtue of the affordability of the German car. The intriguing history of these mobile canvases of art-work ubiquitously reputed to be the quintessential African fabric and [...]
