The lights dim at Lagos Fashion Week. Cameras lift. Out walks a model in a sculpted Oshobor creation, a blaze of colour, cuts sharp as memory, fabric carrying the weight of Benin’s royal pageantry. It isn’t just clothing; it’s a manifesto. In that moment, the runway feels less like a stage and more like an […]
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Nollywood has never been shy of spectacle. Three decades on, the industry has dressed its characters so eloquently beyond the script — from sequined declarations of intention to head-ties that sit like crowns. Costume has never been decoration; it has been psychology, character, and cultural history interpreted through fabric. Some films have pushed this visual
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In Afrobeats‘ rainbow, music is only half the show. Fashion has become just as integral to the genre’s identity, a visual vocabulary of self-assurance, cultural pride, and artistic individuality. These five male artists belt hits but wear them too, showing up in styles that are as rhythmical and daring as their songs. Rema Rema’s sense
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Some holidays are all about relaxing, and others are all about gazing. And then there are journeys where you are a part of the landscape, where your travel destination is also your catwalk, and every corner invites you to dress up. Africa is a continent that knows what beauty is, both in structure and nature,
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At the start of 2018, it was glistening gold on the Milan Fashion Week catwalk as Wizkid took his place at Dolce & Gabbana, sharing the runways with supermodel Naomi Campbell and even designer Stefano Gabbana himself. It was a dream come true-not only because a Nigerian pop artist had made it onto one of
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It starts with a pair of Nike trainers on the feet of a teenager in Lagos and an Adidas tracksuit on a billboard in Nairobi. At a fashion pop-up in Accra, the Louis Vuitton monogram is discernible under a wax print jacket. African urban fashion is no longer just local; it’s global, and the global
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On the late designer’s 45th birthday, September 30, 2025, Paris Fashion Week will launch with a once-in-a-lifetime show: “Virgil Abloh: The Codes,” the first extensive European retrospective dedicated entirely to his revolutionary work. The show is installed in Paris’s legendary Grand Palais and is on view for only ten days, closing on October 10, a
The 2024 Oscars Academy Awards, held on Sunday, the 10th of March, at the Academy Museum, gave us plenty to chatter about. From Robert Downey Jr. finally clinching his first Academy Award (our beloved Iron Man soaring to new heights!) to the triumph of Oppenheimer, crowned with the coveted Best Picture award, and the remarkable
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The recently concluded London Fashion Week 2024 is the first of the events that happens twice a year. first in February, then in September. Fashion Week in London is organized by the British Fashion Council, backed by some sponsors (most recently Mercedes). although considered by some to be the last entry in the BIG 4
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Burna Boy, the Grammy-winning African Giant, has joined forces with the iconic Dutch raw-denim designer clothing company, G-Star Raw. Formerly known simply as G-Star, the brand became synonymous with raw denim in 1996 introducing untreated and unwashed denim to the fashion scene. G-Star Raw’s vintage military-inspired pieces have since become iconic reflecting a unique blend
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