Last month, the Victoria Island based retailer announced a continent-wide search for exceptional talent across various categories in a newly launched Emerge ALÁRA Awards.
Read MoreIn honor of fathers and father figures to be celebrated worldwide on the third Sunday in June, PROTOChic rounds our favorite selects from Nigerian menswear label Post-Imperial.
Read MoreCelebrations were also in order for Nigerian designer Bubu Ogisi who unveiled an art installation of her Autumn / Winter 2018 collection in New York. The installation took the key pieces and her accompanying campaign images shot by the ocean to distill her creative process in its most pure form.
Read More"All I want to do is create clothes that match up to the incredible beauty of all women," remarked designer Lisa Folawiyo on the set of her look book shoot for her latest collection.
Read MorePROTOChic chatted with Thebe Magugu last year, asking how the contemporary womenswear South African designer starts his day. That same sense of playfulness rang true in his Spring / Summer 2018 collection presented during South Africa Fashion Week.
Read MoreOne feature that defines the creative industries, especially fashion, across the diaspora is the sheer vastness of the landscape. PROTOChic connected with Congolese creative Nsimba Valene Lontanga to contemplate the future of African fashion.
Read MoreDesigner Kenneth Ize has his finger on the pulse of Lagos. Since launching his eponymous label in 2013, Ize has continued to develop his expertise in tailoring inspired by his hometown.
Read MoreVirgil is off to Vuitton. The formal announcement confirming Off-White Founder and Creative Director Virgil Abloh as the new Men's Artistic Director of French luxury house Louis Vuitton was made public today globally.
Read MorePROTOChic sat in with Aurora James, founder of accessories label Brother Vellies, on a recent talk to hear her insights on running and maintaining a sustainable brand.
Read MoreIn the month of Ghana's celebration of 61 years of independence, another export of Ghana's hand-crafted cultural tradition celebrates a decade - luxury womenswear label Christie Brown.
Read MoreRunning a growing accessories line from two countries is just another day in the life for co-collaborators Ngozi Kemjika and Toluwa Okunoren behind ZI & LUWA.
Read MoreIt was a fortuitous group exhibition curated by multi-hyphenate artist Arthur Jafa that led Frida Orupabo to Ming Smith in a show at London's Serpentine Gallery. Almost eight months later, Orupabo is beaming at her first US solo exhibition.
Read MoreFor insatiable creative Duro Olowu, the muse du jour was none other than iconic two tone British Ska singer Pauline Black of late 1970s group The Selecter.
Read MoreRed light flooded the runway at Cadillac House, the setting for the Fall / Winter 2018 collection of five-year old menswear label Abasi Rosborough.
Read MoreVirgil Abloh is hitting his stride as creative director and polymathic magnate for luxury brand Off-White. As the consummate designer, Abloh offers a contemporary example of living creatively with no limits.
Read MoreAn upstart brand with roots to the camp of Kanye West and Off-White's Virgil Abloh, Heron Preston makes its own rules and the end consumer wins above all.
Read MoreThis week's edition focuses on emerging and established visual artists: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Gordon Parks, and Rele Art Foundation's Young Contemporaries.
Read MoreIn a somewhat rare arrangement as far as design houses go, father-son duo Joe and Charlie Casely-Hayford have built a formidable menswear business based on Savile Row tailoring and modern English style.
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