Wednesday, May 22, 2013

DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT: FENIX COUTURE



Canadian based fashion house Fenix Couture was founded in 2009 by Josephine Akioyamen. It started as business specializing in haute couture in which it was very successful. As a result of the increasing demands of its clients, it branched into making ready to wear dresses to give a wider customer base the haute couture experience at affordable prices.It retains a competitive edge in serving a global clientele. Fenix Couture designs, constructs, and markets dresses for ladies of high sartorial taste. The company maintains a special slant for working in print for cutting edge designs.

BLACK FASHION WEEK MONTREAL DAY 2: RUSH COUTURE, ELIE KUAME



Sunday, May 19, 2013

BLACK FASHION WEEK MONTREAL DAY 1: ADAMA PARIS

African print jacket-kitenge-jacket

l'église Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Montreal was the place to be a couple of days ago for all fashion lovers. Senegelese designer Adama Paris brought Black Fashion week to Montreal and excitement was in the air. The first night started with a performance by Nicole Musoni and designers such as Yves Jean Lacasse, Luxyria, Helmer and Adama Paris presented their collections. Models walked the runway in Neon colors, nautical stripes, flawy dresses and a bit of prints. Adama's summer collection was really a breath of fresh of air. Peep the full collection below...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT: CLOVE CLOTHING

Clove is a West-African inspired clothing line which aims to bridge Ghanaian culture and aesthetic with Western fashion.The line was started by 3 Ghanaian brothers based in London, in pursuit of putting their country on the map and establishing a strong presence in the fashion industry.
Their products fuse modern apparel with the vibrant colours and patterns found in traditional West-African fabrics.They started out as a personal endeavour and quickly escalated into an exciting venture. Founded on the belief of STW (Sharing The Wealth), They hope to eventually set up the means to produce their products in Ghana. Peep more pictures of their products after the jump and also check out their website here 

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

FAB EDITORIAL: SOLANGE KNOWLES COVERS COMPLEX JUNE/JULY ISSUE


This woman is the only celebrity that I can post about on this blog everyday without getting tired. Let's not go through the  bla bla bla about how much I love Miss Solange's swag and talk a little about  about this fabulous editorial for complex magazine. How cute is she ? Check out the full cover story here and peep more pictures below.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

BLACK FASHION WEEK MONTREAL IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS



Montréal – After the success of Paris Black Fashion Week, the event created by Adama Paris is gonna happen in Montreal from May 15 to 17 of 2013 in order to celebrate fashion while revealing the cultural wealth of the black diaspora.

SHARE THE CULTURAL WEALTH OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

The Black Fashion Week wants to gather, for the first time in Montreal all the players of black fashion. This event includes designers and models from around the world and brings to Montreal the trends and innovations of black fashion. This is the perfect opportunity to combine all the major players in the Afro-carribean fashion beyond African borders.
The Black Fashion Week has for goal to gather designers, models, buyers and journalists from around the world in order to give them the opportunity to exchange, learn and be inspired while sharing three exceptional days.