It may be hard to understand if you've never visited the city, but Kenneth Ize's Spring 2018 collection presented during Heineken Lagos Fashion & Design Week felt like Lagos.
Read MoreAsk any fashion enthusiast their thoughts on MaXhosa by Laduma and immediate words come to mind: bold colors, traditional heritage, and luxurious knitwear. His Spring 2018 presentation at Heineken Lagos Fashion & Design Week was emphasis on the same.
Read MoreChildhood games were the subject of Maki Oh's Spring 2018 presentation shown during New York Fashion Week. Creative Director Amaka Osakwe loves her history and even more channeling the narratives of Nigerian lore of old. The collection this time took a more personal approach, salvaging memories of her youth in Lagos.
Read MoreTo celebrate Nigeria's Independence Day, PROTOChic is highlighting a few of our favorite Nigerian brands, burgeoning and beloved.
Read MoreWho but Haitian designer Stella Jean can combine aquatic wildlife, Bolivian female wrestling garb, and a drumming circle in one collection? Jean is quite literally known for her melange of cultural references, but this Spring 2018 collection during Milan Fashion Week honored the inspiration.
Read MoreNigerian-born, London-based designer Duro Olowu has been a fountain of inspiration for African designers everywhere since launching his eponymous label in 2004. This season is an ode to Lee Miller, artist, photographer, and muse to surrealist painters in the 1930s.
Read MoreThe story begins in Montego Bay, Jamaica where a young Matthew Harris was born and raised the son of a seamstress. Years later, his luxury brand Mateo New York would become one of the finalists for America's largest prize for emerging design talent.
Read MoreTrust a LaQuan Smith production to be high in social media fodder. The 29-year old fashion designer from Queens, New York revealed his Spring 2018 collection on Sunday set to a school yard backdrop.
Read MoreStreet style was vibrant yet again this past weekend during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Johannesburg (MBFWJ) held over three days at the luxurious Mall of Africa.
Read MoreInstagram-worthy from every angle, the piece worn by Eku Edewor at the Lagos Heineken LFDW Fashion Focus with its playful striping and joyous silhouette was infused with tremendous meaning designed by I.AM.ISIGO creative director Bubu Ogisi.
Read MoreMaking it as a fashion designer is no easy feat wherever you are from; yet, the playing field is not equal for all. Nigerian-born creative director Abiola Adeniran-Olusola embodies this emerging cohort of super bright talents with the persistence to succeed and the confidence to make it happen on their own terms.
Read MoreSummer is still in full swing lest you forgot and our favorite style icons in the making were rocking the best of ensembles this past weekend.
Read MoreSoul fusion songstress Falana's aesthetic is a little bit hard to pin down - in all the best ways.
Read MoreGrace Wales Bonner is a woman of many reference points and she will readily admit it. Her latest runway show Blue Duets SS18 held at Swiss Church in London was firmly placed in the tenets that shaped her rise as a serial award-winning fashion designer
Read MoreIt was the best of industry celebrations this past weekend to fete the launch of designer Lisa Folawiyo's newest line J Label at Temple Muse.Yet, sometimes at the most fashionable of fashion launches, the most interesting outfits are worn by the guests themselves.
Read MoreThis past weekend was ripe with wax print from the traditional to the ultra-contemporary.
Read MoreWith Coachella in full effect this past weekend, we had to round up the most divine and sublime outfits from our fashion faves celebrating good times all around the world.
Read MoreWhile on a trip to South Africa for the Cape Town Jazz Festival, TV personality Bolanle Olukanni brought travel wear to new heights.
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