AfriPOP! Cover Girl: Alek Wek
Sudanese model Alek Wek has graced the covers of a myriad of international fashion mags – from ESSENCE to British Vogue. Most recently she jumped for joy on the cover of Elle South Africa’s 14th Anniversary issue. AfriPOP! celebrates this African fashion and style icon with seven of our favorite covers.
African Fabric Gets the Celeb Treatment
An “Afrocentric wind is rising” as declared by the New York Times. “To armchair travelers in the fashion world, many of whom are tapping the heritage of Kenya, Mali, Nigeria or Senegal in search of inspiration, Africa is playing the role that India had until recently, its themes embraced in the hope of making cash registers hum.”
AfriPOP! X Parlour Magazine Co-Sign on Naki Muli
We won’t lie, the ladies over at Parlour Magazine are some stylish bishes. So when they co-sign on some fresh gear, we’re all about spreading the love. Check out their latest pick: Dookie bracelets by Brooklyn-based designer Naki Muli. Find out the stats on these and why the Parlouristas are digging them.
Africa Fashion Week 2010 picture highlights + awards
You will recall, last year’s Africa Fashion Week was co-branded by the African style glossy magazine Arise. A press release sent out at the end of last year said that relationship was no more.
However, Dr Precious Moloi Motsepe, Chairperson of African Fashion International maintained, “We remain focused on maximizing the enormous potential Africa FashionWeek has shown, and the impact Cape Town Fashion Week continues to have on the industry.”
And so the show went on. AfriPOP! was at the Joburg leg which kicked off last week Wednesday, and also at the Africa Fashion Awards which brought things to an interesting close.
PUMA & Kehinde Wiley present Legends of Unity
Back in Feb we told you about this collaboration between [...]
