Hey Guys! Today I wanted to introduce you to a new Brooklyn based line called naKIMuli: naKIMuli, which is Ugandan for flower, is a line of African inspired ready to wear pieces by Tennille Nakimuli McMillan. Her most recent collection called, “Lock U Up In Luv For Days,” was inspired by summer love in Brooklyn. Continue Reading
Hey! So a few weeks ago we published covers of a fictional Vogue Africa created by photographer and makeup artist Mario Epanya. His work has sparked tons of discussion, so I decided to get in touch to ask about his background and motivations for creating what has become a somewhat controversial concept. The Cameroon native Continue Reading
Performer, dancer, and fashion icon Lena Horne passed away yesterday at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center at the age of 92: According to this article in the New York Times, Horne was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and to achieve international fame as a Continue Reading
Hey! I was on cool Kenyan blog Lamu Tamu (www.lamutamu.com), when I stumbled across a post about a Nigeria based line called Prima Rouge: Created by University of Nottingham alum, Tobi Bisola Martins, Prima Rouge fashion batik fabric into a host a fun silhouettes, including shorts, strapless dresses, and fun tops : I’ve seen a Continue Reading
Vogue Italia recently wrote a blog defending their decision to launch black stylista focused site, Vogue Black. They said, “Finally, two years on from the publication of A Black Issue, surrounded by Eastern European models, we ask ourselves: how long will it take before we see more black beauties on the runway? As summarized by Afrobella Continue Reading
Every season, website Jezebel.com does a remarkably thorough report on the diversity (or lack thereof) on the runway: This year the numbers came in–and they weren’t very encouraging. The article states, “Of 4,095 turns on the runway, only 662 went to models who weren’t white. That’s barely 16%. Black models, at 323 bookings, were used Continue Reading
As if the Paris Vogue Lara Stone Blackface editorial wasn’t enough, V Magazine has emerged with a trump card: Sasha Pivovarova in blackface posing opposite Heidi Mount in their November issue: It’s funny, a large majority of my French friends of African descent really didn’t find the Paris Vogue Lara Stone editorial offensive at all. Continue Reading
Hey Guys! So today was kind of womp womp. I ran to catch the Louis Vuitton show at the Louvre, but was running a little bit behind…I thought I’d be fine since most shows start a little late. Well, I got there about 15 minutes after the start and all I could see were the Continue Reading
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