Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Click of the week

This weeks click of the week is jewelry by Nicole Khristine.  I picked it because of their Tribal collection; which uses a few Adinkra symbols and donates 15% of the profits from the collection to Village Volunteers, a non-profit group with three orphanages in Kpando in the Volta region, Ghana.


The homes care for children that are Malnurished, HIV+ or simply have no aldult to care for them.


Tuesday, June 23, 2009

àlalá

àlalá by Adejoke yet another awesome Nigerian designer...



àlalá is a noun in the native Yorùbá language of Nigeria; àlalá is defined as a [ dreamer ].

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Adama does Fashion


Another one for our fashion files is Aschobi Designs from Sierra Leone.  Dream turned real of 25 year old Adama Kai, Aschobi is the first western styled fashion house to come out of the region. Prices range from $30 - $100 think Saro meets Chanel with attitude.


Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Ituen Basi!

I'm back!  It's been far too long, please forgive me but there has been lots to do and tons to get through but fear not I was never far.

Today my wonderful new find is Ituen Basi, I was struck by her Spring/Summer '09 collection aptly coined 'Ankara and Beads'.  I LOVE African fashion, don't you?



If you haven't already done so you can check out the feature on her in the March '09 issue of Genevieve magazine.