Cleo Clementine & Natasha Van Der Moss By Mwabi Kaira Every socialite and fashionista looks forward to that one event each year where they can don their finest fashions and be seen. In America, fashion enthusiasts wait for the annual Met Gala, where the most famous faces from the realms of fashion, film, music and art come together to raise…
Photo of Essie & Nana Brew-Hammond via Exit 14 By Brook Bobb A love of clothing runs in Nana Brew-Hammond’s family. Before her grandmother started one of Ghana’s first and only female-run advertising agencies, she was a seamstress, and Nana’s mother, Delphine, grew up helping with measurements, sewing, and cutting fabrics. Nana’s sister, Essie Hammond, was also born in Ghana,…
Laetitia Ky’s #metoo campaign By Winnie Gaturu Have you seen Laetitia Ky’s amazing hair sculptures? If you haven’t, head over to her Instagram page and prepare yourself to be amazed. Laetitia is a 21 year-old polyvalent artist and aspiring fashion designer from Cote d’Ivoire. She has made a name for herself through her stunning natural hair sculptures which she does…
Stella McCartney 2017 By Mwabi Kaira The internet exploded this week with news that fashion designer Stella McCartney’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection featured African prints. Everyone took to hash tagging cultural appropriation and voiced their outrage all over social media that a designer could show white women wearing our designs. I’m an African woman by way of Zambia and Malawi and…
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