LaurenceAirline is a menswear label and conscious project based between Abidjan and Paris. LaurenceAirline brings together a path between cultures drawing contemporary timeless basic silhouettes with deep African roots. Re-imagining the African continent’s cultural inheritance in a way that fashion and ethnic cultures can successfully collaborate to create possibilities for the future is the driving force behind LaurenceAirline. The entire line is made in accordance with conscious and sustainable manufacturing practices in LaurenceAirline's workshop in Ivory Coast, where local people are trained to produce high quality garments following international standard. Valuing bold aesthetics and sustainable development, the label merges creativity coming from Africa with the sophisticated standards of modern societal way of life. In that frame, worldwide sold LaurenceAirline’s collections help build Africa’s modern reality into the international fashion scene. Check out their latest collection below ........

 Ivory Coast  Jewelry designer Carmen Eliam is a bold copper jewelry designer of limitless imagination, powerful vision, and a profound sense of self. Crafted with precious metal and the finest gemstones, her pieces synthesize her long interest in design, fascination with color, and attention to detail. She is currently based in Washington DC and you can get your hands on some  of these designs by visiting her website here 

Access Hollywood Reporter Shawn Robinson wore this beautiful blue dress from Ivory coast designer Christiane King at the 2011 Academy Award in Los Angeles. The dress is part of her 2011 spring/summer collection .In Case you are not familiar with the work of Christiane please check here and here . Celebrities like  Lisa Raye, Teri Hatcher ,Haylie Duff to name a few  are all fan of her work.African designers rock !!!!!!

  Paris received last Monday, June 7th, as part of festivities burst of the commemoration of the fiftieths
 anniversary of Ivory Coast Independence a list of elite designers .A great   fashion show  was put together which united some of the  biggest names in  fashion designers  like :Gilles Touré, Eloi Sessou, Léonie Amangoua Pathé’O,t, Collé Sow Ardo, Coro  and Katherine Pradeau.Below are a few pictures of the fashion show.

Zagodi Fashion is a family venture operated by a husband and a wife: Mohamed and Sandrine, from Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. "Zagodi" is the ethnic name of Sandrine and means: "A husband should always provide his wife with presents". Although Sandrine is the  CEO of Zagodi Fashion, she  also works in an international financial institution and Mohamed  her husband is the fashion designer/custom clothier. Zagodi Fashion is  a haute couture house located in Washington, DC and provides exquisite custom-made and ready-to-wear clothing for any occasions, for men and women. They are  specialize in: Sophisticated evening wear,Red carpet glamour dresses, Wedding gowns and bridesmaid dresses, Prom dresses, Pageant gowns and,

I have introduced you to Ivory coast born  Christiane King a couple weeks ago here . I am  glad to tell you that her new fall /winter collection is out  and its fabulous . These are my favorite pieces but you can see the rest here  



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 According to her website Christiane King was born in the Cote d’Ivoire (French for the Ivory Coast) where she spent most of her childhood and college years. After earning a Bachelors Degree in International Trade in the City of Abidjan and interning at the country’s top oil refinery, she realized her passion lied somewhere else.Christiane always showed a strong interest in fashion. But growing up in a country where fashion is highly underrated, she could not get her parents’ support, nor could she guarantee herself a successful career in fashion.
Christiane then started a career in acting which took off very quickly. “I was on a quest... anything that could get me one step closer to the world of fashion was something I was willing to try.”Soon enough the opportunity to travel presented itself and Christiane left the Cote d’Ivoire for Paris and later relocated to Los Angeles. Experiencing both French and American cultures has really allowed her to broaden her fashion sense.

Créatrice de mode, confectionneuse pour femme, Nathalie KONAN vous propose de découvrir NK Style alliant modernité et tradition. Née à San Pédro en Côte d’Ivoire ou à l’âge de douze ans elle fait ses premiers pas chez ELDA Super Confection - Académie de Coupe & Couture. Elle poursuit sa formation dans la couture en entrant au Collège de “Notre Dame” des Deux-Plateaux à Abidjan ou elle apprend les bases du métier. Après quelques années de travail, Elle s’envole ensuite pour Paris pour reprendre le chemin de la formation à FORMAMODE. Par la suite elle décidera de créer une marque représentative de sa vision de la mode féminine : NK Style (Nathalie KONAN Style).

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