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.
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
There were intricate beaded elements and beautiful moments, but the ladies of the red carpet looked fierce,it was a stylish night to remember! we give you some highlight from last night Saga Awards 2018 Red Carpet best moments. Lupita Nyong’o Wearing shimmering and feathered Ralph & Russo. Yara Shahidi Wearing a black strapless Ralph Lauren Collection jumpsuit with a bow train. Halle Berry In beaded Pamella Roland. Mary J. Blige Wearing a black and white Jean Louis Sabaj gown accessorized with David Webb earrings and rings Uzo Aduba Wearing an ethereal one-shouldered white gown with Chopard earrings and rings. Adrienne C. Moore In a structured navy gown. Selenis Leyva Wearing a nude beaded gown. Niecy Nash Wearing a green gown with embellishment at the arms. Susan Kelechi Watson Wearing a blue sateen Rubin Singer gown. Marsai Martin Wearing a belted wine gown with a full bodice and sheer neckline. Danielle Brooks Wearing red and black sequined Marc Bouwer. Samira Wiley In a celestial Tadashi Shoji. Sydelle Noel Wearing a yellow gown with structured detailing. Ryan Michelle Bathe Wearing an ivory Gemy Maalouf gown with a beaded bodice.
The South African Model based agency has recently singing East Africa Models,Fusion Model has several Ugandan Models
Aketch Joy Winnie she the newest from east africa She is on away to South Africa to jump start her international modeling career as a fashion model after signing with Fusion Model Management Cape Town. Joram Muzira is the proprietor of Joram Model Management took to social media to share the news.
Whats Fashion is a language which tells a story about the person who wears it. “Clothes create a wordless means of communication that we all understand,”
Black Panther film has showcased some of African best dress form different community in Africa, we have the best heritage in the world that we should be proud of meet the designer behind the best fashion costume in the world Ruth Carter
African Inspired Costume By Maasai, Tuareg & Ndebele Dress
About Ruth Carter
Ruth Carter has created costumes for some epic films, Amistad, Malcolm X and Selma among them, but nothing prepared her for the size and scope of Black Panther. For the super-stylish superhero film opening Feb. 12, she imagined a new African diaspora with 700 costumes fusing futurism, indigenous dress and high fashion, using research that spanned from the Rose Bowl Flea Market to textile dealers in Accra, Ghana.
The Ryan Coogler-directed film brings to the big screen Marvel Comics’ first black superhero, reinventing the circa 1966 character for today. Black Panther is depicted as T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), who rules over the fantastical African country of Wakanda, rich with vibranium, a mythic metal that is woven into the superhero’s sleek black, repeating triangle-pattern suit (designed by Marvel’s Ryan Meinerding), and has allowed the population to make technological advances nearly a century ahead of the rest of the world. The fight for vibranium is at the heart of the story, with T’Challa defending the kingdom against Michael B. Jordan’s Erik Killmonger.
[taq_review]
Carter worked with five illustrators, 14 designers, mold makers, fabric dyers, jewelry makers and more. “It was an army,” the costume designer says. On her mood boards were images of African dress from the Maasai, Tuareg, Turkana, Xhosa, Zulu, Suri and Dinka peoples (including a men’s glass bead, animal skin and cowry shell corset from the Metropolitan Museum of Art), as well as piercings and body art, and more abstract examples of drapery and beading. She also examined fashion by avant-garde pleating master Issey Miyake, African-style vintage pieces by Yves Saint Laurent and Donna Karan.
Dress better, work better? A number of recent studies suggest that dressing up for work in a suit or blazer could do wonders for an employee’s productivity, whether going into a negotiation, making a sales call or even participating in a videoconference with business associates. Using a number of measures, including simulated business meetings at which subjects wore formal and more casual clothing, the studies offer indications that wearing nicer clothes may raise one’s confidence level, affect how others perceive the wearer, and in some cases even boost the level of one’s abstract thinking, the type in which leaders and executives engage. Michael W. Kraus, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management, co-wrote a study for the Journal of Experimental Psychology in 2014 which showed that clothes with high social status can increase dominance and job performance in “high-stakes” competitive tasks. The study put 128 men ages 18 to 32 with diverse backgrounds and income levels through role-playing exercises—mock negotiations over the sale of a hypothetical factory—to see whether wearing specific kinds of clothing had an effect on the outcomes. The “buyer” in each case came from one of three groups. One group wore business suits and dress shoes. One group wore sweatpants, white T-shirts and plastic sandals. A third group, referred to as “neutrals,” kept wearing the clothing they arrived in. A neutral played the role of “seller” in each negotiation, but no seller also played a role as a buyer.
Suit up The negotiators were each given a fair-market value for the hypothetical factory, along with other information that would influence their decisions about opening bids and asking prices. In the end, the suits proved much less willing to concede ground during the negotiations, moving off their initial offer by an average of only $830,000, compared with $2.81 million for those in sweatpants and $1.58 million for the neutrals. What these results show, Prof. Kraus says, is that in competitive, winner-take-all situations, wearing more formal attire can send others a signal “about you being successful and real confident in whatever you’re doing.” Those more casually dressed, on the other side of the table, tend to back down more easily, he says. The ones in formal attire become aware of the respect they are receiving and become more forceful as well, he says. Other research suggests that the effects of wearing nice clothes can be as much internal as external. In a study published last year in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, results suggested that people engage in higher levels of abstract thinking when they dress up, compared with when they dress casually. When some 361 participants were asked to complete tasks, the ones dressed more formally engaged in the kinds of abstract thinking that someone in a position of power, like a senior executive, would deploy. After being tested in both formal and casual dress, another 88 subjects were quicker to see the big picture when they dressed more formally. The casual dressers tended to sweat the small stuff.
A H&M advert starring a young boy wearing a ‘coolest monkey in the jungle’ slogan has been criticized around the world, what it done intentional or was it a just Innocent advert gone wrong?
H&M ad not the only fashion campaign to court controversy -five other brands that blundered Swedish fast-fashion giant, last week found itself in hot soup over ‘coolest monkey in the jungle ’ ad, but they are not alone alone in dropping boomshell in in an advertising campaign – just ask the following brands they know it better than anyone else Here are so of the top brands that have been accused of the sensitive blunders in adverts
1.Jimmy Choo
2.Dolce & Gabbana
3.Evisu
4.Yves Saint Laurent
5.Victoria’s Secret
Celebrities joined the public outcry, none louder than Canadian singer The Weeknd, who collaborated with H&M on two collections in 2017. H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) is under fire for using a black child to model a sweatshirt sporting the phrase “coolest monkey in the jungle.”
The image first appeared over the weekend on the British version of the Swedish-based retailer’s website. Upon noticing an advertisement with the photo, social media users erupted in outrage at H&M for what they deemed to be a racist and inconsiderate move. American percussionist Questlove was one to chime in, writing on Instagram (where he has over 1 million followers): As of Monday morning, H&M had removed the ad from its website, a spokesperson told CNBC, but it continued to sell the hooded top online (although not in the U.S.).
“We sincerely apologise for offending people with this image of a printed hooded top,” a spokesperson told CNBC. “We believe in diversity and inclusion in all that we do and will be reviewing all our internal policies accordingly to avoid any future issues.” This mishap adds to a growing list of retailers going too far with a slogan or imagery. Abercrombie & Fitch, for example, was criticised for selling a shirt depicting the Wong Brothers’ laundry service, where “two Wongs can make it white,” and “Get Your Buddha on the Floor.” Urban Outfitters once sold a red sweatshirt bearing the Kent State name and what appeared to be a blood splatter. And Zara, owned by Inditex, stirred up controversy when it released a striped blue-and-white children’s pajama top with a yellow star over the left chest, resembling uniforms worn during the Holocaust. The blunder for H&M comes right after the retailer in December reported its biggest drop in quarterly sales in at least a decade. In turn, H&M has trimmed back its expansion plans and is even considering closing some locations.
Founded in 1997 by Irish designer Penny Winter, the brand’s handcrafted jewellery, made from ethically sourced, re purposed Ankole cow horn, brass, and other raw materials from Africa, is considered one of Kenya’s first sources of African accessories.
Winter started her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the English National Opera in London after her studies at the London College of Fashion, where she specialized in period costumes for plays.
After travelling to Kenya on a backpacking adventure she fell in love with the country, making it her permanent home in 1997.
An adventurer and explorer, Winter’s travels provide the perfect opportunity for sourcing interesting materials – whether it’s the downtown backstreets and alleyways of Nairobi, the ruby mines of Voi, the metalworks of Suswa, or the island of Lamu, Winter always takes away something that can later be seen in her designs.
With a designer’s eye, she handpicks uncut stones from genuine stone merchants – sapphires, rubies, tourmaline and opal – and turns it into unique pieces of art. Penny Winter has been featured in major publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Condé Nast Traveler, and has stockists both locally and abroad.
Content Courtesy Of Penny Winter & Nairobi Fashion Hub
Don’t ask for just one measly product this year: put a vault on your wish list! A beauty vault is a big collection of products that’s often limited edition. Some especially enticing choices come out during the holidays, so we curated a list of our favorite options. Whether you’re big on lipstick, skin care, or eye shadow, there’s something out there you’ll fall for. Take a look at these hot ticket packages and get them ASAP. They never stick around for long!
The holidays are all about indulgences. Consider the amount of mulled wine, cookies and eggnog we inhale during the season. Guilty gastronomical gorges aside, the holidays are also for treating our loved ones to things they wouldn’t necessarily buy for themselves. If you want to bring some serious festive cheer to the beauty-obsessed on your list, consider giving makeup vaults this year.
Vaults aren’t simply your run-of-the-mill, limited-edition holiday beauty launches. They’re bigger and bolder than palettes and they even take beauty kits to the next level. Vaults are the splurge-worthy gift for someone who has been really, really good this year. (And you can include yourself in that.)
They often contain a huge selection of products, giving beauty lovers ample opportunities to experiment. With so many options, there’s no need to be concerned about choosing the most flattering colors because the vault likely includes them all. And beauty vaults don’t even require wrapping thanks to their chic packaging.
About Vault Cosmetics
Vault cosmetics founder, Jackie Mgido has her roots in Zimbabwe and has experienced the makeup challenges faced by the everyday woman in Sub-Saharan Africa. Jackie intentionally crafted Vault cosmetics with this forethought and focus. She has developed an extensive range of fresh formulas and stunning colors designed to give a natural look to anyone who dares to indulge in their image, beauty, and inner vault.
Vault cosmetics’ complete product line welcomes women of every age, creed, color. Vault also embodies the utmost in quality, distinction and integrity. Every product is hypoallergenic, fragrance free, allergy tested and non-comedegenic. Vault’s philosophy is not only to offer a great product but also to educate the consumer on the benefits of makeup and proper application techniques.
Knowing top boutiques in Kenya to get the best deals and latest fashion styles is fundamental for any fashion forward individual. The Clothing Shops in Kenya should therefore not only offer a diverse fashion but also have the latest offers to suit the client’s needs. This presents nice opportunities to shop for clothes in Kenya at varied prices.
Where to Shop for Fashion Wear In Kenya here are top 10 fashion store
Top 10 Fashion Stores to Shop In Kenya
1. Sir Henry’s
Is a benchmark store that offers an exclusive collection of men’s clothes and accessories. Our extensive range consists of the latest styles ranging from ties to executive business suits. We provide our men with essential clothing needs from smart casual to classic suits and ties.
Is a quality international brand for men, women, and kids at covetable prices. Men’s smart casual wear, shoes & accessories at reasonable prices. Women’s clothing, accessories, jewelry, lingerie, pajamas, and stylish footwear. Kids clothing at affordable prices,
Looking for African-inspired fashion and accessories with a contemporary twist? Come down to the newly redesigned KikoRomeo store at Yaya Centre. With a great selection for both the edgy, younger generation as well as the more laidback, but still trendy, the older generation, there is something for everyone. Kiko Romeo is found on the first floor
Kenyan Fashion Brand of the Year 2016. Find them at the Junction, Yaya, Galleria, The Hub – Karen, Garden City Mall, T-Mall- Langata Rd, City Mall – Nyali, Westside Mall – Nakuru or call us on 0703-420780 to order for delivery you can also shop online at Vivo Activewear for the latest trends in women’s clothing and accessories made in Kenya with Free delivery and free returns.
Beautiful casual Kenyan Women’s fashion with a twist, that not only looks and feels good but is high quality and affordable. Visit our stores at any major malls across the country.
If you love casual but stylish things, you’re sure to find some fabulous bargains at Woolworths. Here, you can spot the latest trends and international catwalk designs skilfully presented as practical everyday wear. From awesome dresses to warm pullovers, elegant suits to cool designed jeans, outfits that are definitely chic.
Welcome to the MIMI collection of clothing where we seek and stock various styles and trends to suit different needs and preferences. From formal classics and sophisticated clothing to youthful and trendy looks, MIMI offers great quality merchandise at excellent value.
Best clothes shops in Kenya offer a wider range of designer brands both local and Internationally hyped designer labels meet the latest denim and sportswear collections. if you are looking for family wear then the place to be is Jade Collection
Shop near The Stanley, you can have a Brioni tailor flown in from Italy, take your measurements, fly out, and deliver your suit within weeks. Kenyan luxury fashion brand Little Red has clinched an exclusive deal to sell products by Giuseppe Zanotti, an Italian high-end footwear brand. Little Red will have rights to sell Giuseppe Zanotti products in East and Central Africa.
The fashion house stocked up the first collection of the luxury shoe label
Providing quality products that suit every style with reasonable prices, via the motto of “everybody deserves to dress well”, LC Waikiki responds to the needs of a whole family via its collections for adults, youths, children, nurseries, and infants.
the Turkish fashion brand LC Waikiki has opened its second branch in Kenya in line with the group’s plan
Specialize in providing you with style, quality, and comfort in footwear. Being the sole distributor of branded shoes from Sketchers to Caterpillar footwear, we allow you to accessorize your wardrobe with a style that you simply cannot find anywhere else. Apart from shoes, we sell a variety of unique, elegant, and stylish handbags, clutch bags, laptop bags, travel bags, and leather items.
Renowned Nigerian fashion designer Mai Atafo showcased his “Weddings by Mai Atafo” collection last Friday at the Abryanz Style and Fashion Awards, creating an elusive fairy-tale masterpiece we will all live to remember. The essential beauty Charles Perrault gushes about in those historical fairy-tale books was brought to life by the bespoke man himself. Bridal gowns, jumpsuit gowns and trails graced the runway, each breath-taking than the other. The disarming models were topped by the dapper tailored suits the “Mai Atafo” brand has grown repute for. Sharp-looking, well-tailored and diversely coloured is what one would call these tuxes in a nutshell.
And just when we thought the show was a wrap; we had definitely seen it all, one of the angelic models that had her back towards the audience turns around and puts on a powerful vocal performance leaving the entire room chilled. However, nothing shutdown the show like the totally unexpected ball room dance piece paying homage to the Hollywood acclaimed film, @Beauty and the Beast”
A gentle man in a dazzling suit and beastly mask masqueraded on one side of the runway, with a cunning enchantress in a yellow ballroom dress on the other. They swayed to the musical sensation “Beauty and the Beast” by Emma Thompson as they mirrored the moves in the film which was being played on the big screens. The audience was so stunned by the showcase they applauded loudly all through. The performance concluded with a bow as the beast took off his mask to reveal the one and only, Mai Atafo.
The ASFA 2017 musical performances were lit all thanks to our proud sponsor Bell Jamz that ignited the Bell Jamz Expereince. The roundup was sick, massive and exceptional, it included the Kitone mama, Desire Luzinda, te Kutama King, Fik Fameica, Dancehall king Nutty Neithan, The queen herself Sheeba, dance mama Hellen Lukoma and the explosive youngsar Latinum. This stellar lineup was topped by South Africa’s sensational duo Mafikizolo. These artistes brought their game, but let’s first go all fashion police on their ensembles. Desire being the kitone mama had to arrive in a body hugging number, a black sequence number at that.
Content Courtesy Of Abryanz Style and Fashion Awards
Nail trends by the seasons are pretty predictable: soft watercolors for spring, candy-hued brights for summer, and moodier reds, blues, and grays for fall and winter. But then there’s this kind of unique period between the holidays — basically Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day — where chic and sophisticated goes out the window in favor of red-and-green glitter and candy-cane stripes.
Thankfully, we survived… and we didn’t even fall victim to the tacky holiday manicure at all. In fact, we opted for a nail trend that’ll see us well into 2018. It’s fun, it’s festive, but it can also go subtle and low-key. It’s time to get reacquainted with shimmer.
BUTTERY BRONZE
This metallic hue is richer than rose gold and reminds us of an idyllic fall sunset.
MOODY OXBLOOD
You’ll see every shade of red under the sun this season (what with it being the “it” color and all), so save the smoky tones for your digits. (Short-nailed ladies, rejoice: Deeper reds make your nails look extra long.
VIVID AUBERGINE
If deep reds and pretty pinks aren’t really your style, try an eggplant hue instead. Think of it as a transitional color between summer’s vibrant brights and winter’s deepest shades.
NOT QUITE NUDE
Beige, caramel and toffee hues were spotted all over New York Fashion Week, just not on the hands that matched them. Pick a color that’s several shades darker or lighter than your skin tone for a refreshing take on a neutral mani.
SATURATED LAVENDER
Like a grown-up version of millennial pink, this is perfect for those of us who gravitated toward blush-colored manicures all summer long.
MILK CHOCOLATE
On a crisp autumn day nothing beats a warm cup of coco in your hands. Except maybe having that exact shade on your nails.
SHIMMERY MIDNIGHT BLUE
Be still our Lisa Frank-loving hearts; Essie named this fun-loving jewel tone Dressed to the Nineties. Let’s see how long the first bottle will last.
FOLIAGE INSPIRATION
Burnt-orange and deep-red manicures are both on trend, so why not combine them into one super color reminiscent of the changing leaves?
GREIGE
Somewhere between gray and beige, this neutral hue pairs particularly well with another one of our favorite fall trends: pastel outerwear. So feel free to use your manicure as an excuse to splurge on blush leather.
