Eugenia Osei-Asante is a Ghanaian-born American designer and an entrepreneur. Asante is the designer of Bucolic (www.bucolicbombshells.com) and the founder of "The Bucolic Foundation" (Sow a stitch, Save a child), a Non- profit organization in Ghana that supports underpriviledged children. Asante discovered her passion for designing very early when she was only four years old. Her mother had bought her a small sewing machine and Asante was hooked. Instead of playing with the other children or even with dolls, she would usually be home playing with her mini sewing machine and try sewing cloths together.

Tribalwest is a jewerly line based in Nigeria . They make necklaces,earrings, bangles, bracelets,  slippers with Ankara and other types of Fabrics. You can check them out here 

 Morrocan designer Jamila Lafquir presented her new collection during the Annual Vlisco Fashion show in Cotonou Benin.  I am not a big fan of using Ankara  to make caftans but take a look at the full collection below.

My urban African touch a cute  and fun line that Stumbled upon a couple of days. The line is designed by Aurélie AFRAN. Its seems like the line is very young so I don't have much info right now but you can check out their Facebook page  here  and more Pictures below

“The Fun, Flirty and Girly Collective by April By Kunbi presents a wide range of highly versatile and wearable pieces. The collective features beautifully crafted dresses, peplum jackets, skirts and pants using prints and fabrics such as chiffon, raw silk and lots of shiny sequined fabric the brand is well known for. April By Kunbi will be unveiling a new and exciting collection at the 2012 edition of Music Meets Runway (MMR 2012).

Full collection below ....

Model/reality star Eva Marcille looks beautiful in this editorial  for Koshie O. Remember I reported earlier that Koshie O. collaborated with Eva , Mya and Michelle Williams to design 3 pieces for koshie O. 's latest collection. This is Eva's piece. You can check out Mya's piece here.

 

 Iconicity Fashion designs unique clothing, hand stitched and created especially for you. It is important to us to emphasis exclusivity; we create limited numbers of our designs. Our garments are a celebration of individuality and loving production that we want all our customers to share.

                       

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 My peeps over at Fashizblack just launched their online store with With 3 limited-edition collections.Diver-City par FASHIZBLACK which is all about promoting great African cities ( #2,3 shown above).FASHIZ' a few fun mottos also shown above (#1,4) and last but not least FASHIZBLACK par Isaac Bonan which is an exclusive collaboration with a rising star among french illustrators coming soon. What  do you think ?

Summer is over but it does not mean that we cannot still dream about beaches. This Stella Jean African print swimwear collection came out earlier this year and  all i can say is "perfecto". Its very vintage like and definitely  caters to my curvy body. So what do you say which one do you like?


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Ataui Deng and Marihenny Rivera photographed by Simon Burstall for Elle France November 2012. Loving the blonde hair.

Thandie Newton was spotted at the Hope Rising Benefit Concert in Toronto wearing this jumpsuit from the Jewel by lisa Spring 2012 collection. She paired the look with these Jimmy Choo ‘Anouk’ metallic silver pumps and a metallic box clutch.What do you think ?

The beautiful Soul singer Elle Varner hits the carpet last night wearing this printed Peplum Dress by Ciaafrique's fave Autumn Adeigbo. I love Elle for all the support she's been showing African designers. To refresh your memory you can check out all her previous looks here.This was a lucky dress for her as she also won best new artist.  What do you think? Do you like the dress?

Boxing Kitten released its Spring/Summer collection a couple of days ago. Althougn I am not a big fan of this lookbook ,Ciaafrique's fave designer delivered again a beautiful collection of mixed ankara prints and vintage cuts. I have already seen pictures of Condola Rashad wearing a few pieces from this collection . Forget  about the lookbook what do you guys think about the collection?

Introducing  Kokomina a label based in Germany. As soon as I saw the picture of this model I just wanted the to know who the designed this cute sweater. So a after a few minutes of searching I found them. They make accessories and clothing.Here is what their facebook page says:

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 Demestiks NY is my new ish. How cute are these peplum wrap jackets ? I introduced this designer  last month here you can buy the jackets here

There is a little change happening around here. You can now follow my PS on my new blog here . I hope you enjoy and follow me via GFC. Everything else will still be the same. Stay tuned for a new designer spotlight.

I am currently loving Manoir Coloré, which is a French based label by Bayi de Souza. I found them Via Tumblr however I could not find much about the designer. Here is how they describe the line on their Pinterest page:

" NO MELANIN FREE, French handmade refined and tribal fashion design". Designer, artistic, Manoir Coloré reinvented fashion defying its conventions, creating a refined tribal fashion. Manoir Coloré followed no rules, epitomising the very modern values of cultures mixity and passion.