MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2011 by Kayito Nwokedi It is always nice to see color on the runway especially at a time when colour blocking is bang on trend. This collection had plenty of it, in silhouettes that were fitting. There were playsuits, kaftans, tank and baby doll dresses, in easy to wear fabrics... Read More
MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2011 – by Kayito Nwokedi There was a grown up sensibility about Maki Oh’s clothes, and it was there from the first look out: an iconic long-sleeved semi-sheer organza dress with architectural piping. It had a subtle kind of elegance and glamour that only women of a certain caliber can pull off.... Read More
by Kayito Nwokedi The Sunny Rose collection was a surreal collection full of charm, unfussiness, and cool. It had elements a proper spring collection should have, balanced very nicely, with romance and prettiness as its undercurrent. How else do you explain the ruffles billowing down fronts and sleeves of blouses, sleeveless champagne colored dresses with... Read More
by Kayito Nwokedi The kelechi Odu collection was so relaxed and so perfectly tailored, that it should be illegal. His fantastic collection showed a softer and easy side of masculinity never before seen, shot through with so much thought and pragmatism, that every man in the audience wanted to be like the models that showed... Read More
by Kayito Nwokedi The long butterfly-print dress could have come right from one of Anna Molinari’s spring collections for Blumarine. That alone is an indication that the Phunk Afrique brand is right on trend. It was a very relaxing spring show that portrayed one message clearly; freedom and ease. For one thing, the prints were... Read More
by Yemi Olowu MTN, in conjunction with Style House, will launch the first ever MTN Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW) on October 26 2011 in Lagos, Nigeria. The 4-day event will see the Eko Hotel Expo Centre transformed into a hub for the brightest stars in Nigerian fashion and design, through to October 29... Read More
