South African designer Thebe Magugu has charted an especially pioneering path over the past ten years. His next chapters expands his fashion ethos of heritage storytelling into luxury hospitality and a second retail flagship in Cape Town.
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The Spring / Summer 2026 collections have finally arrived. Take a look at a slice of our most beloved designers from Lagos and London to New York via Milan and what’s on offer now.
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British-Nigerian designer Tolu Coker secured a surprise royal stamp of approval for her A/W 2026 runway show Survivor’s Remorse. In her own words, “This show is my ode to Britain and London in truth.”
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Outside of the commercial enterprise, much of the appeal of New York Fashion Week is in understanding the designer’s proposition for how one should dress in the future. This Autumn / Winter 2026 season certainly lost its luster (save for a few glimmers of hope).
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It’s rare to experience a film with very few notes, where in its purity of expression, you reach acceptance of its premise quite quickly. My Father’s Shadow is that film. Directed by Akinola Davies Jr. and co-written with his brother Wale Davies, this single day story details a father and his two sons making their way to Lagos.
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As creative director Véronique Nichanian presented her final collection for Hermès during Paris Fashion Week for the Fall / Winter 2026 season, our minds couldn’t help but reflect on the incoming ascension of Grace Wales Bonner, who will formally present her first collection as Menswear Creative Director for Hermès in 2027.
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The room was abuzz with anticipation as visual artist Arthur Jafa greeted a few folks in the front of the auditorium and prepared to take the stage alongside curator Thomas Lax. This was the first public program dedicated to Jafa’s Artist’s Choice exhibition Less Is Morbid at The Museum of Modern Art.
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This seasonal merry-go-round is organized by vibes. We hope you thoroughly enjoy this bite-sized inspirational guide.
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Sounds about right if you know a thing or two about British menswear designer Martine Rose. Her eighteenth year shows little signs of slowing down for the rarest of menswear designers of this time.
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As all signs point towards a summer with clear skies and somewhat bearable temperatures, PROTOChic is back with yet another seasonal edit of the very best from the diaspora and beyond.
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Just a few need-to-know happenings headed to New York this September.
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Brooklyn fine jeweler Bernard James has been on a rather steady trajectory due to his thoughtful and intentional assortment of exquisite and timeless designs.
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PROTOChic takes a closer look back at Men’s Spring / Summer 2025 and revisits a highlight or two from the season that was.
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There was plenty to remark on regarding the Opening Ceremony for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. While we thought we were well aware of most of what was to come, there were indeed a few treats on the fashion front that made for a pleasant surprise.
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Beyond the stairs, we were keen to see behind the curtain of the latest exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. A strong yet mighty handful of contemporary diaspora brands had their moment in the spotlight.
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Very few can surpass the track record of launching emerging designers onto a wider platform than Sherri McMullen of her self-titled store nestled in Oakland, California.
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This luxury brand has quietly been on the rise and only become much buzzier since late last year. Founded by Victor Anate in 2019, the evening wear label has achieved a few major milestones.
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We’re excited to share an ongoing solo exhibition Notes On Contentment by American artist Freddie L. Rankin II.
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