Kaone Kario graces Essence Magazine in Jewel By Lisa!
Don’t you just love the way African models just keep popping up on the international fashion scene of late? From the runways to endorsing enormous campaigns to gracing magazine editorials and everything in between. Kaone Kario, a Botswana born model that was recently based in Cape Town but now resides in New York is another [...]
Franca Sozzani has plans for L’Uomo Vogue this Spring — and Africa it is. The Vogue Italia editor is planning an Africa-themed issue that will hit stands in May or June. Says Sozzani to StyleIte: “It will be about the presidents, it will be about the people. But in a very positive way. I don’t [...]
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New York Fashion Week rolled up its catwalks yesterday, and the fashion crowd has dispersed and boarded flights to London for part two of the worldwide fashion extravaganza! We enjoyed seeing our favorite girls strut their stuff in New York like Ajak Deng and Herieth Paul, we really loved discovering new faces – thanks to [...]
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Fashion Week has gone full force into the weekend, presenting dozens upon dozens of shows in Lincoln Center and a myriad of other locations throughout the city! Here’s a report on the fab African models we spotted on the runways! Nana Keita did her thing for St. John (above)… …Herieth Paul is stomping furiously! She [...]
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New York Fashion Week officially kicked off yesterday at Lincoln Center! As always we’re on the lookout for fabulous clothes and fabulous Black models! We were pleased to see catwalk mainstays like Nyasha Matonhodze (above), who walked for Richard Chai Love and some new faces who we hope to see more of! Anais Mali and [...]
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New York Fashion Week starts tomorrow! As always, we are excited to be in the midst of the fashion mania, but most of all we look forward to seeing our favorite African designers and models! Ajak Deng, pictured above, looks absolutely fabulous in Oyster Magazine’s February 2012 Tom Ford edition, and we are quite sure [...]
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New York – Over the last three years Sudanese model Nykhor Paul has had a meteoric rise. Since her debut in 2009 she’s walked countless shows from Tory Burch to Stephen Burrows. In addition, the sought after model has landed plum campaign gigs for companies like Payless, Gilt Groupe and Diet Coke. Her achievements have [...]
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African fashion has come a long way. Soon, the term “African fashion” may no longer be that apropo; the term may give way and the clothes will be free to be judged on their own merit, rather than that of its origins or the origins of its designers. At least, we hope. That doesn’t necessarily [...]
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{Video} Forbes caught up with Akon at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vgas and he revealed that he has just launched his own 3D Bollywood company in India. “The 3-D market is definitely the future,“ he said, “After music I wanted to go with the next level and I think movies is that…ultimately [...]
Continue reading …The multitudes of Black women that have been embracing their natural curls, doesn’t extend to African women it seems. A recent article in The Guardian points to the growing trend in Nigeria of wearing weaves and extensions. Long straight hair is a signifier of beauty, but also class and money, the article says. One girl [...]
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Sophie Okonedo, NigeriaActress
Barack Hussein Obama, KenyaPresident of the United States of America
Flaviana Matata, TanzaniaModel/Miss Tanzania
Wale, NigeriaRap Artist
Gugulethu Mbatha-Raw, South AfricaActress
