Friday 8th of May 2026

Nairobi, Kenya

Tag: African Fashion

Moyo By BiBi

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Moyo By BiBi is a Kenya Luxury accessories Brand (company) founded by Bibi Ahmed accessory designer based in UK London with Kenyan roots,all her accessories are handcrafted at the island and Village by selected artisans from Kenya

Moyo By BiBi was founded by Bibi. The brand is Inspired by the Maasai, Samburu tribes, Kenyan culture and tradition. “Moyo” which means “heart” in Kiswahili the main language spoken in Kenya. All accessories have been handcrafted by native Kenyan men and women at the village using tradition method, making sure they have put effort in every little detail to give you a true statement piece, and long lasting accessories.

Her first collection of accessories was launched in march 2016 

Moyo By BiBi accessories are unique, versatile and vibrant. One of the reasons why Moyo By BiBi accessories are so unique is because men and women can wear, each piece has a story to it. Using a range of materials such as real leather, maasai beads, pipe beads and glass crystals. The art of the bead work is out of this world.

“Be bold and vibrant with African inspired jewellery”

 

Men’s Guide to Aging Gracefully

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Aging affects both men and women ,but focusing on aging gracefully is not up to women alone but also up to men for anyone to look good and feel like yourself throughout your life is a huge confidence booster for any person. People respond to power, and to a well-dressed, put together gentlemen. It can get you more clients, it can further your career, and it can help you feel on top of the world no matter whether you are thirty or sixty. Looking good is all about effort, so follow this guide to age gracefully and look fantastic throughout your life and you will forever be young at heart

Richard Mofe-Damijo

1. Beauty Routines Are for Everyone
The first preconception that you have to leave behind is that a beauty routine is only for women. Beauty routines are for everyone because everyone’s skin requires constant care and dedication. The specific treatments, of course, will depend on your skin’s needs. If you are lucky, a regular, drug-store routine of cleansers, moisturisers, and sun protection will be enough to age gracefully. If you need a more medical solution, it’s wise to consult your doctor.

2. Staying Fit with a Busy Schedule
Metabolisms slow down, and as they do, we can quickly lose our figures. That is why, instead of buying that gym membership you never use, you should first aim to be more active on a daily basis. Walk further to work, take the stairs, get a dog that requires the consistent exercise – these are all great stepping stones that will help you build up to a more active life.

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What Make’s a Successful Fashion Designer

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Whats it take to become a successful fashion designer? its simple follow this step you may excel in some areas but need work in others. Don’t let that discourage you. Enroll in a fashion institute or take classes at a two- or four-year college to brush up on the skills you have and develop the ones you need to be a fashion designer, young and aspiring fashion designer  should follow this tip.

Africa Fashion Design

1. Highly Creative & Artistic
Are you known for being artistic? Do you have a unique sense of personal style or appreciate the fine arts, music and dance? An innate sense of creativity is extremely important in the fashion world. Together, artistry and imagination can give you the instincts necessary to turn raw materials into a beautiful finished product.

2. Strong Drawing Skills
Do you like to draw? If so, that’s good news because you’re going to need this skill as you pursue being a fashion designer. Strong drawing skills are a must in fashion, as designers need to be able to take a concept and get it down on paper. If you’re lacking in this area, you can take classes to practice drawing ball gowns, dresses, pants or whichever garments you envision yourself designing.

3. Good Eye for Detail
Fashion designers need not only the ability to draw but also a good eye for detail.
For example, how do you envision the pleats falling on a skirt or a blouse cinching at the waist? What about ruching, ruffles or embroidery? It is often the detail that makes a product unique, so this skill cannot be overlooked, even if you’re great at visualizing and drawing.

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Kenyan Designer Deepa Dosaja

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Who is Deepa Dosaja? She is one of the Africa’s top designer her couture collection was for the first time showcased at the New York Fashion Week, Studio 450 New York. With her distinctive designs, Deepa Dosaja, has firmly established her name in Kenya and has clientele across the globe.

One of Deepa Dosaja Collection

Deepa Dosaja, one of Kenya’s leading designers, was recently selected to represent Kenya at the inaugural Commonwealth Fashion Exchange that was launched recently in London. Her look was exhibited at Buckingham Palace, during London Fashion Week, on February 19/2018 and ended yesterday 20th February 2018

Deepa Dosaja Background
Deepa Dosaja was born in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1977 her family relocated to Montreal, Canada, where she was to spend her childhood. It is whilst growing up in Montreal that Deepa realised her creative instincts.

On completing high school Deepa enrolled into La Salle College, Montreal from where she received a Diploma in Fashion Design. During this period Deepa also worked at a small exclusive boutique Filly and Colt (www.fillyandcolt.com/). This opportunity proved invaluable to her for the knowledge gained in various aspects of fashion.

In the early 1990’s Deepa relocated back to Kenya with an eye to launching her Fashion career. At the time the Fashion scene in Kenya was slowly ebbing into a reality. Her first assignment was Merchandising Manager or Hardcore Clothing Company a highly successful manufacturer and retailer.
Deepa ventured into her own business in 1991 and primarily engaged in Haute Couture for a client base that was growing in numbers. The year 2000 saw the creation of her own distinct label and flagship company Vabene Couture. The label was elemental in bringing a stylish upscale facet to the then burgeoning Kenyan fashion scene, changing the perception of what Kenyan fashion really means among style conscious consumers.

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Style Temple

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Founded by Oguana Okonkwo in 2012, Style Temple is a millennial womenswear brand that caters to upwardly mobile, globally curious women.

Recognized for its signature sophisticated textiles, silhouettes, and cuts, Style Temple delivers well-structured, contemporary garments with impeccable tailoring and fit.

After debuting their SS’17 collection at Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2012, VOGUE Italia wrote about the buzzy premiere:

“Presented in a chic and contemporary manner, it’s accessible to the independent young woman who frees herself to stylishly embrace all that she is.” Marie Claire South Africa calls the brand “a celebration of African design fused with international trends and influences,” and as Style Temple continues to grow, Okonkwo proves time and again that her designs are a means for self-expression for the women who wear them.

Niiffe New Collection

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NIIFFE Present The Elegant New Women’s  Wear Collection Dubbed “The Edge Of Desire’

NIIFFE was started in 2010 solely as a bespoke brand catering mainly for weddings and special events (majorly red carpets), we then launched in our RTW arm in 2012 with the sole goal of providing the opportunity for people to be adequately represented through their fashion sense and style. It has always been our belief that clothes should be made to fit our bodies and not the other way round and as a result, our designs are magnificent, mysterious, fresh, radiant, elegant with an intensive that you will find desirable.

The Edge Of Desire

The collection was exhibited live at the sales event on Sunday, December 3rd, 2017

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Moët and Chandon Wedding Experience

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International wine maker Moet and Chandon launched an offer on Thursday for Kenyan couples who wish to hold their weddings with their champagne brands. The event held at Hemingways was graced by a host of celebrities and media personalities who included Lucia Musau, Anita Nderu, and Amina Abdi among others.

“Every wedding couple desires their wedding to be the most memorable for themselves and their guests. From the classic and intimate weddings, to glittery and full of grandeur, Moët & Chandon makes the perfect toast. It is the champagne of Kings and Queens, braced as the quintessential champagne of choice by the glamourous and charismatic, turning every occasion into a celebration graced with style,” the East African based marketing manager said.
The brand aims to elevate the wedding experience from proposals to wedding dinners, offering account managers, wedding essentials and consultants.

From Left Lucia Musau, Neomi Nganga, Kobi Kihara, Anita Nderu, Amina Abdi

Content Courtesy Of Nairobi Fashion Hub , Moët & Chandon

Anyango Mpinga

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Anyango Mpinga is an award-winning fashion designer who was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. Formally trained in media studies, she graduated with a B.A. in social communication with a minor in radio production, and worked in the media industry as an event and public relations manager at the beginning of her career.

In 2011, she was inspired to take her love for fashion beyond a hobby, and began her clothing line with the vision to create a brand that is synonymous with elegance, authenticity and style.

In 2015, she relaunched eponymously as part of a growing slow fashion movement, which emphasizes a more conscious consumption of fashion products, focusing on a clean, transparent supply chain that is sustainable and ethical.

Mpinga’s influences are drawn from her spiritual life as a Bahá’í, her love for the arts, her travels and her rich multi-cultural heritage. As her brand continues to evolve, the designer has been recognized internationally—in both 2015 and 2017, she was nominated for Designer of the Year at the Kenya Fashion Awards, and in 2016, she received the She Trades Collective (ITC Geneva) International Design Award. Mpinga’s work is a testament of her love for art in motion while creating sustainable incomes for the artisans she works with across the globe.

Content Courtesy Of Nairobi Fashion Hub

Koena Clothing

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Koena clothing is a company that is engaged in design , development , manufacturing and worldwide marketing and selling of  footwear, equipment ,accessories and services.

It is highly recognized with its five letter trademark “K-O-E-N-A”. The company was created to bring the best clothing ranges at the best prices. Its styles include differentiated smart wear that stretches to intimacy and excitement. Coupled with quality, Koena Clothing styles bring superb details and fabric for sophistication.

Most importantly, it has a casual fun and relaxed essence of fashion that makes your shopping an experience. It further strives to keep up with street smart, urban and fashion conscious target market.

Koena Clothing goes all-out to motivate and stimulate people to feel as premium as possible. Its designs have an international and trendy look that brings a twist with innovation. It prides itself by making sure that the world gets best fashion with the keen edge to attract and retain the best casual fun niche.

Content Courtesy Of Nairobi Fashion Hub and Koena Clothing

Grammy’s Awards 2018 Red Carpet Fashion Moment for Best Dressed Artist

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Best moment at the Grammy awards 2018 red carpet

Grammy Awards 60th event for the first time in 15 years left the West Coast behind staging the 60th annual event in New York City at Madison Square Garden on January 28th

This year’s outfits might be making more of an impact than ever before as a number of celebrities don white roses in support of #TimesUp to protest sexual misconduct.
In light of the Golden Globes, which saw almost every attendee wearing black in honour of the movement, the garish looks from the Grammys of yore may be a thing of the past as this year’s guests channel muted tones and minimalistic silhouettes.

Cardi B spoke with Billboard’s Chelsea Briggs on the red carpet at Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday (Jan. 27) about being nominated for two Grammys and performing with Bruno Mars at the awards show, her engagement to Migos’ Offset and her favorite JAY-Z song.

“It means a lot,” Cardi B says of her Grammy nods. “It just makes you forget every bad thing or every little bullshit that you go through in the industry or every little comment that people try to put you down, and it’s just like it doesn’t matter because it’s like, I’m in the Grammys.”
“This week, whatever people say about me, it doesn’t even matter, because it’s like, I’m here at the Grammys,” she adds.

Content Courtesy Of Nairobi Fashion Hub, Getty Images & Grammy Awards

Adidas Originals Revives adicolor Apparel Franchise in SS18

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adidas is bringing back its most iconic apparel franchise, adicolor, for SS18 adidas Originals revives adicolor, its most iconic apparel franchise. Cultivated in the 70’s, the range is an instantly recognizable symbol of sports and street culture which returns in 2018 remastered for the present with the confidence to playfully celebrate color for a new generation – never afraid to poke fun at itself. Pairing the colours from the past with those of today, four meaningful adidas sport hues were carefully selected as the starting point for the overall inspiration for both Men’s and Women’s SS18 collections.

The primary colours which are now referred to as Bluebird, Fairway Green, Scarlett Red and Sun Yellow were first seen in 1983, when all-white adicolor shoes were presented alongside a set of felt-tip pens, and reappeared in 2006 for Color Series, an adidas collaboration with some of the world’s best-known and most highly regarded creatives, creating unique pieces around a specific colour.

Adidas Adicolor SS18 Collections

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Africa Fashion Week Nigeria 2018 Returns for 5th Edition 

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As Africa Fashion Week Nigeria 2018 celebrates five outstanding years in Nigeria, the fashion week has over the years successfully built a platform for emerging and renowned fashion designers in Africa to showcase exquisite and creative pieces depicting our African heritage and culture through fashion.

This year’s theme – “African Heritage Arise” intend to show reflective contemporary and versatile African pieces that tell a story of our heritage and the pride that comes with being an African. The beauty of our textiles have changed beyond the conventional era of simplicity in fashion to paving the way for more creative, colourful and modernistic styles that appeal not just to the older more traditional people but young people all over the world.

 

Africa Fashion Week Nigeria 2018 Now Open for Submission

AFWN’s objective has remained to create an enabling platform across the globe where creative African designers and fashion entrepreneurs can showcase the beauty and creativity of Africa through their designs and costumes, this year’s fashion week will also look to celebrate young African entrepreneurs who have mastered the art of fashion by using it to make bold statements and create more versatility in their designs and brands. This year’s edition will feature talented and creative designers from various African countries ready to showcase their exquisite pieces on the runway. AFWN 2018 will also open its doors to models from all over Africa. Africa Fashion Week Nigeria date will be announced soon.

African Fashion Week Nigeria is calling up for Designers and Exhibitors

Interested Designers/Exhibitors should kindly send request for designers’ pack – curator@africafashionweeknigeria.com
For more information and Sponsorship, send a mail to info@africafashionweeknigeria.com
IG: @afwnigeria
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Twitter: @AfricaFWNigeria
Website: www.africafashionweeknigeria.com

Content Courtesy Nairobi Fashion Hub and Africa Fashion Week Nigeria 

 

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