Africa Fashion Week New York 2011 released a few photos from their photo campaign, shot by Avaloni Studios featuring clothes from designers showing at AFWNY, make-up by AFWNY head makeup artist Renarda Joy, hair styling by Kathy Clark Lewis and fashion styling by AFWNY executive stylist Tori Famuyiwa. “This new campaign is completely different from what we have ever done. We … [Read more...] about Africa Fashion Week New York 2011 Photo Campaign
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H&M’s Next Designer Collaboration: Versace
H&M will collaborate with Versace for their next designer collaboration. Designed by Donatella Versace herself -- the line will debut Fall 2012. As a iconic fashion brand, I'm looking forward to seeing the pieces. The exclusive collection will look back to the vibrant heritage of the brand, full of leather, print, color and exuberance in exclusive materials at H&M … [Read more...] about H&M’s Next Designer Collaboration: Versace
Africa Fashion Week New York Preview
African influenced fashion is no stranger to the runway. Designers like Boxing Kitten and Hemma Collection have made mainstream designers and fashion editors pay attention to prints from the motherland, by infusing traditional African patterns their designs and making it wearable in the U.S. market. Now you can go into Forever 21 or H&M to see tribal prints in dresses, … [Read more...] about Africa Fashion Week New York Preview
New S&V Series: Caribbean Blogger Spotlight
Introducting the Caribbean Blogger Spotlight! I’ve created this new weekly series on Style & Vibes to highlight some great Caribbean bloggers that you may or may not know (so many great ones fly under the radar). I thought I’d start off with myself, to give you guys some insight on why I started this blog in the first place. When did you start blogging? I started … [Read more...] about New S&V Series: Caribbean Blogger Spotlight
Adventures of Thrifting
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of Thrifting with fellow blogger Patrice of Looking Fly On A Dime. She has this amazing Thrifty Thread 365 challenge to only purchase second hand items. While I've purchased furniture from thrift shops (my mom loves to refurbish them) I never really took the time to browse through the clothes. So Patrice extended a thrift shopping trip to her … [Read more...] about Adventures of Thrifting