Monday, September 27, 2010

African Print, Motifs, Tribal...Is the new Trend in High Fashion

I was going through Time Magazine and saw these very African Designs and i thought , wow, these are beautiful , i thought they were Duro Olowu, Chichia or something until i started to read the  Designer tags on em. I guess Western designers out there are putting out African Motifs, Tribal patterns and the like coz its the new trend, this should African Designers a push because they are no longer the only ones making these designs anymore, they should put more power in designing bigger and better and advertising more so they get recognized out there
Print Princess


Duro Olowu jacket, the Mini Horizon dress is Christian Dior, and a Dries Van Noten silk,she wears two Marc Jacobs flower bangle and a Stephen Dweck Abalone cuff . She also sports a pair of Gucci gunmetal sandals.

Animal Instincts

A Gucci python jacket tops a Junya Watanabe African print dress over Nolita New Ripple jeans (Lulu).She also has on a pair Louis Vuitton Spicy shoes

Golden Rule


Dries Van Noten silk coat‚ (saksfifthavenue.com) and a Suno cotton dress with Thakoon organza pants (Ikram, Chicago) and a Louis Vuitton Obi belt.
Snakeskin couture
A Prada python print dress (select Prada boutiques) is complimented with a Marc Jacobs plaid voile top, an Obi belt from Louis Vuitton and a Marc Jacobs Rachello hat. Her accessories are a Dries Van Noten silver and gold necklace (saksfifthavenue.com) and a 3.1 Phillip Lim necklace.

Check Mate


Just Cavalli jeans, blouse and blazer worn with vintage earrings.she wears a beaded Waga African bracelet and a Crumley Kanga bracelet (crumleynewyork.com).

Embroidered Elegance
An Alberta Ferretti embroidered vest is worn over a Dries Van Noten blouse (driesvannoten.be).

Safari Chic

 Gold Label wrap from Vivienne Westwood and a Balmain black lace top and skirt (Bergdorf Goodman). She also wears a Suno shirt with a Louis Vuitton Obi belt and earrings.

Lay It On

 Brocade jacket from Dolce & Gabbana  with a tunic from Suno. The outfit is accessorized with Alexis Bittar pyramid earrings and pin (alexisbittar.com) and a Lisa Linhardt, NYC Vessel Spout cuff (linhardtdesign.com).

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