There was a sense of passage at the Simon Lee Gallery tucked in London's Mayfair neighborhood, the setting for Wales Bonner's Fall / Winter 2018 Menswear show.
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It's the midst of December where indeed it is blustery in one half of the world, balmy in the other half, and somewhere in-between everywhere else. Thankfully, style is not limited by temperature.
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On the hunt for the picky best friend or family member? Look no further than accessories label Brother Vellies, notably known for its traditional African footwear made in South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya and Morocco.
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Tis the season and gift giving can never begin too early. The designer behind sustainable luxury brand Zashadu has the perfect new bag to gift yourself or the fashionable set in your life.
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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.
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Ask 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.
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Curious about the next trailblazing creative forging a path in Paris, New York, or Capetown? Aina Fadina, founder and executive producer of I of Africa, and her camera crew are likely on the story.
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It is no rarity to see Tiwa Savage and Yemi Alade credit their red carpet gowns and performance looks to African designers on their social platforms. African celebrities are a force to be reckoned with and promoting African fashion brands is one powerful punch in the right direction.
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Childhood 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.
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To celebrate Nigeria's Independence Day, PROTOChic is highlighting a few of our favorite Nigerian brands, burgeoning and beloved.
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The latest exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art is of a fashionable variety. PROTOChic took in the exhibition for a special preview and compiled a list of the best diaspora designers included.
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Who 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.
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Nigerian-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.
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The 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.
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You may not always reference her by name, but you certainly know her work. As art director and founder of Studio Matte, Onyinye Fafi Obi collaborates with some of the biggest creatives on the continent shaping their visual identities on and offline.
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Trust 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.
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This week's edition focuses on photographer-cum-designer Trevor Stuurman, who is celebrating his first solo exhibition HOME in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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No stranger to far-flung inspirations, Mnisi takes and adapts from the realms of history, language, film, music, art, and nature to build his trans-seasonal collections.
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