Yesterday Beyonce posted this picture of herself rocking this short sleeve patchwork tee from Ciaafrique's fave Chichia London on Instagram. The shorts are from Topshop which of course are currently sold out. 

 Actress Anika Noni Rose was spotted at the Launch of Kimberly Snyder's "The Beauty Detox Foods," Smashbox Studios a couple of days ago rocking a peplum top from Jewel by Lisa's resort 2013. She looks uhmmmmm very simple. Thoughts ?

  I am loving these cute mud cloth Inspired jackets from Plus size designer Marina Rinaldi's Spring summer 2013 collection. It does look similar to the jackets Solange Knowles wore here  and Michelle Obama here.  Such a beautiful addition to your Spring collection.

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?

While browsing Fashionologie today I stumble upon this spring 2012 collection from Moschino Cheap & Chic. Now according to Fashionologie the collection is said to be inspired by the 70s. I thought the below pieces were more like African print. You know I love my prints and they are so not ready to leave the runways. What do you say ? love it ? or just blahhhh .

Solo was spotted at the  New York Fashion Week after party of  designer Alexander Wang  rocking this hat from local South African designer Babatunde. As we know already solo was recently in SA to shoot her new Music video. I am not feeling this look much but that's the beauty of Solo right? she can mix and match anything she wants and does not care at all . You too can rock your Babatunde's hat .I will do a post about their work right after this post .So what say you ? Yay or next ?

 Its that time of the year again, NYFW is in full swing right now and my job is  to find celebs that are rocking pieces from our fave African designers. Angela has been a big supporter of African fashion. She previously wore pieces from Virgos Lounge here and here and even from Jewel by Lisa here. I love Angela not only because  rocks pieces from our faves but because she is seems to be a very nice , down to earth girl. She always looks good. What say you  ? Do you love the way she  wore this Jewel by lisa piece. Take the poll and see more pictures below.

 Yeah I know I am Coucou about Solo but you should know that by now. I have been following updates about her like a hawk since I learned that she is in SA shooting her new video "losing you". I posted pictures about that yesterday. Anyways according to timeslive Solange fell in love with pieces from South African designer  Loin Cloth and Ashes collection. She  is going to be wearing about 6 pieces from Loin cloth and Ashes  for Elle South Africa photo shoot. Solo you look very lovely ...... Thoughts ?

Elle Varner looking cute in her Autumn Adeigbo dress. Spotted this on Autumn's blog a few hours ago. Elle loves her prints, so just in case you don't remember  you can click here to refresh your memory. So what do you think ? love it or next ?

 ABOUT THE COLLECTION
"The collection I’m currently promoting was developed in 2009following a volunteer project in North Uganda where I had the opportunity to work with an association of women who had survived the civil war and Kony rebels and had HIV or other diseases. With the support of Fondazione Corti whose aim is to raise funds for Lacor Hospital in Gulu, I designed and produced a fashion and accessory collection using fabrics that had been hand-dyed by those women and Real Wax fabrics that are easily found in Uganda. In creating the collection I mixed the traditional African style with Italian elements so as to be able to market and sell the pieces also in Italy and Europe." Source

 Thanks to  Koura for giving me a heads up on this one. So after collaborating with Lavin and Versace H&M announced today that they  will be  collaborating with Marni Next ( Am I the only one who never heard of Marni?). As you can see on the pic above we can expect to see a few pieces made from African print fabrics.I am not that excited because the last two times  I could not find anything that fits me  anyways. H&M is one of my favorite store  however this worries me bit. It worries me because I feel like it will take business from African fashion designers that use print of course.This is the reason why you should not limit yourself to only African print. when stores like H&M starts selling African print at affordable prices a lot of people might switch #justsayin.
 Any thoughts ?

 Lady Gaga finally added her name to the multiple celebrities who put  african print in the Spotlight . The star was spotted in london wearing this ensemble from Burberry Prorsum’s Spring/Summer 2012 line.  You know how Gaga is a bit coucou so I hope she wore this outfit because its cute not because she thinks its one of  her coucou outfits.We are still waiting for hollywood to endorse more designers from Africa. To be honest I love the model's look better but what can I say its Gaga!!!!

 What do you think of her whole look?  Do you think this will  help more african designers? 


Photos:gagaland

If you follow ciaafrique then you must by know that I am a  big fan of the style of Mrs Obama. I can relate to her on so many levels. I am as tall as she is and i know hard it is to find clothing and shoes when you are big and tall let alone find it and look good in it. We've seen pictures of Michelle Obama within the last year wearing pieces from the one and only Nigerian Top designer Duro Oluwo. She wore this printed top  a few days ago in New Orleans where she visited the Royal Castle Child Development Center . She not only wear her clothes but  she also recycles them. Meaning that she wears them more that once to go to public events which is a No-No in the world a celebrity. I really don't see anything wrong with wearing the same item twice because it shows that you are just like anyone else. Maybe wearing a dress to the Oscars and then to the golden globes is a no-no. Anyways below are more pics of her wearing this top to a previous event. 

 I have seen Kate Bosworth in Burberry a few times before so it was not a surprise when she wore one the pieces from  Burberry Prorsum Spring 2012 collection  when she attended the Burberry Body Launch event . She paired the dress with a black belt, green and turquoise embellished wristlet. and black  sandals. Ciaafrique loves the fact that more and celebs are rocking African print but i can't say it enough please support the African designers as well.
Oh in case you missed it Anna Wintour also wore a  piece from this collection check it out here .

 Style and Accessories Director for Marie Claire Taylor Tomasi Hill was spotted wearing this batik skirt from Thakoon. She must  love recycling as she wore this before at the 2011 Brooklyn Museum Artists Ball.

 The beautiful R&B newcomer was spotted on the set of her new video featuring J cole wearing a kente mixed with Ankara  paired with an Orange blazer and Gold boots . 


Update: Although not confirmed yet , I was told that the dress is by Patricia Field.