Model Time !

Name: Ubah Hassan
Origins: Somalia
Birthdate: 8.27.1987
Current location: New York

LAMB - On the carpet

Las Vegas, NA. September 22nd.

Gwen Stefani introducing her wax figure at Madame Tussauds Museum, wearing a pretty wax cloth dress from her Spring/Summer '11 collection for L.A.M.B.

Juanjo Oliva - Or how to be stunned

OH-EM-GEE ! I literally screamed when I saw this collection ! This is gorgeously gorgeous ! When you reach that level, you are not talking 'high fashion' but 'higher-than-the-sky fashion' !

Issa London - A flight from Brazil to India

London Fashion Week. Day 5

Bright colours ! Fluid dresses and harem trousers ! Headwraps ! What a wonderful collection Ms Daniella Helayel presented for Issa London's Spring/Summer '11 !

Holly Fulton - Look beyond tomorrow

London Fashion Week. Day 4

Graphic prints and futuristic shapes were, once again, the watchwords for Holly Fulton's Spring/Summer '11 collection, still with that ethnic touch.
I'm so loving the accessories !




www.hollyfulton.com

Matthew Williamson - A way through the jungle

London Fashion Week. Day 3

Matthew Williamson invites what they call the "safari" style to the most distinguished cocktails. Sand colors and fringes are on track.




www.matthewwilliamson.com

Aschobi Designs - All about faith

Sierra Leone. For those who don't know, this is one of the three poorest countries in the entire world, despite the important flood of diamond exploited out there. Ever saw the movie Blood Diamond ? Yes, it was there (cliché to its highest..). Like it wasn't enough, Sierra Leone got rid of a murdering 11-year civil war in January 2002, exactly because of those same diamonds and their controlling.

Solange x Fashizblack

September-October issue.

Not only Sol iz fash, she also wears Africa too darn well ! And she is beautifully taking away the "sister of" image that surrounded her.





www.fashizblack.com

L.A.M.B

No doubt, she is no stranger to us. Gwen Stefani killed it during the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week 2010 !
She presented the Spring/Summer 2011 collection of her label, L.A.M.B, that I believe stands for "Love. Angel. Music. Baby". Oh wait, that was the title of her first solo album back in 2004 right ?! Well.

D.V.N.

Dries Van Noten is a noted Belgian stylist who is known for working with prints of all sorts, including the batik print, here for its Spring/Summer '10 collection.

John Galliano x Fertility Goddess

Back in 2009, we spotted the Fertility Goddess Hi Heels shoes during Dior's launching of its Spring/Summer collection. They took their inspiration from a trip John Galliano had in Africa.

Ghubar

Ghubar Mag -
A rising webzine about culture, art and fashion of course, basing around the cultural mix of our society. For the September issue, all eyes on the Motherland, with three different gorgeous covers. It will be available online on the 5th.

I really can't wait for Ghubar to land on newsstands ! Props to Mario Epanya for the shots.





www.ghubar-magazine.com
The blog !

Model Time !

Name: Nokathula Neka aka Thula
Age: 20
Origins: South African
Agency: Diva Models




These stuntastik pics were taken by Danish photographer Isa Jacobs for a short editorial featured on TheOnes2Watch, an online magazine that emphasizes on worldwide up-and-coming photographers, hair/makeup artists, designers, etc.

"Black beauty" to the fullest !




Her book

Sass & Bide

We never hear about what's going on out there in Oceania, do we ?! Well, two talented women managed to do well and created in 1999 the label Sass and Bide.

Bee

August '10: my dear Beyonce rockin Boxing Kitten in St Tropez.



www.boxingkitten.com

Viv La Resistance

There's a new rookie in town ! The least I could say is that Nigerian folks are going hard onto the fashion world !