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Book Review/First Look | Not African Enough by the NEST Collective
When Louis Vuitton showcased their S/S collection at the New York fashion week in 2012, the internet almost broke. On the one hand, fashionistas hailed the bold colours, the bloc..
Trevor Stuurman launches The Fez Hat collection with Simon & Mary
Red, yellow, blue, mint, pink and black. These are the colours of the first hat collection designed and created by Southafrican stylist and photographer Trevor Stuurman in collab..
Embers of Bloom | by Daniel Obasi
Embers of Bloom is the new fashion film by Lagos-based stylist Daniel Obasi. Inspired by female friendship and the fantasy of becoming someone else through fashion, the film is a..
Renaissance | Wu-Tang Clan’s 90s clothing line is back
After revolutionising fashion in the hip hop world in the 1990s, Wu-Wear – the first brand ever launched by a rap group – is finally back.
Wu-Tang Clan’s notorious clothing li..
Till Art Do Us Apart | Three creative couples open up to Griot
In a world populated by single individuals, where greed reigns and romance is literally dead, we met some of the hottest personalities in Paris to ask them what it’s like to work..
Pitti Uomo 92 | 10 Photographers have their say
Every year the same old story repeats. During Pitti, we are litterally bombarded with an overwhelming amount of images, sometimes useless. Other than all the images coming from t..
Power, Subcultures & Queer Stages | In conversation with Malik Nashad Sharpe
You know that feeling when you say the word race, queer or sexism and suddenly people’s eyes start rolling, a huge pink polka dots elephant appears in the room and nobody knows w..
Brazil | Gabriel Hilair and Dúdús fight racism and homophobia through fashion and art
If you walk on the streets of a European or American city and randomly ask some people – or friends – is Brazil a racist country? I bet 7 times out of 10 they’ll answer: “Definit..
Adrienne Fidelin | Man Ray’s “Missing Muse” was the first black model in an American fashion magazine
It happens all the time. A beautiful young woman decides she wants to become a model and asks a photographer friend to take some head shots. Eighty years ago this ordinary series..
Cold War | Stella Jean F/W 17-18 collection is against walls and barriers
Last Sunday Stella Jean presented Cold War, her Fall Winter 2017-2018 collection. And once again, we were struck by the colours, the concepts and the strong social and political ..