Phunk Afrique Evolves
Posted on Sunday, March 29th, 2009 at 9:25 pmBy Bella
Phunk Afrique created a huge buzz on Bella Naija with their last collection. This rising label is set to light things up again with their Easter ‘09 look – ‘Phunk Afrique Evolves’.
Photographer: Ngozi Nkwoji
Make-Up: Mobola Akinkugbe
Models: Bibi Jamieson, Omilola Oshikoya, Ori Rewane, Bukky Thomas, Funke Ogunde
Tags: funke ogunde, phunk afrique
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All u haters cant u just admire and let it b.so what if she got her style from here &there,every 1 does it once in a while.Funke,dont let them bring u down,u r doin great,relly great.tumbs up dear,keep it up
I toatally agree with Pam. A designer cant design in isolation but outright duplication of local designers doesnt make sense to me. That yellow dress is on Deoa Sagoe,s website in the exact same colour!
pam! don’t be a hater! Phunkafrique is really good and very impressive.her designs are fabulous and truly african. she has her own taste! All those other designers u named strted small and are now house hold names. the same will be said soon about Funke! God Bless her and i hope she makes it even bigger in the fashion industry!!! WELL DONE FUNKE ur designs are LOVELY!!
d yellow dress is lovely
I like the very first piece. The fusion of patterns screams style!…And the yellow dress with patterns…Phunk Afrique really did well with this. But are these only sold in Nigeria, I’d love to order!
x!
hmmmm this is not being mean but ill have a go.
i feel its wearable, great to look at, will flatter a range of body types but as others have said its not ground breaking.
the first pic looks like a tiffany amber from 2-3 yrs ago
the second classic nikki khiran
the third lanre da silva
the yellow dress deola sagoe
and so it continues
Naija fashion really very conservative with reinterpretations of existing templates and adaptations of foreign trends. Is that a problem? Not for us oh!
again do enough nigerian women here do “groundbreaking” to keep your business afloat? If you dont have access to clothing the pace setters whom people copy (like Lanre) your business may die before it picks up.
Having said all this turenci the clothes as they are would certainly sell.
I agree that not that many nigerian women do “groundbreaking” but that is no reason not to have your OWN aesthetique. There is a label called exclamation that makes simple well priced linen tops that sell to the middle classes. Not high fashion but I know their look and if I ever want that kind of thing they’d be top of the list.
In a bad economy, being a “copy designer” is bad business for several reasons but the 2 most obvious are.
1. If you are copying Tiffany Amber and Deola Sagoe, why cant I take magazine pictures to my tailor and copy them by myself avoiding your markup?
2. If Im watching my spending Im not going to shell out for things that look like what I already own. I’ll save my pennies for something special.
you say this styles are a an exact replica of of various designs that people have made over the years but then again isnt everything we wear a copy from yesterday or two decades ago.
There is a trend for every season and each designer #produces it in thier own way. Funke has done hers perfectly maybe you should give it a try and let us see how you would produce it since you remember how others did theirs.
Style and fashion are meant to be recreated and made to look better and as long as she has acheived that(which she has) we dont want hateration small or big, give kudos where it is due.
Let Mr skinny jeans, Mrs shift dress or Auntie Maxi dress come and arrest everybody.
These are absolutely gorgeous!!!!
How in the world can we get this in New York City?!?!?
i cannot even hate…this is hawt
e-mail: phunkafrique@yahoo.co.uk
phunkafrique’s showroom: 23, bishop oluwole. victoria island.
you can also contact the designer via facebook. her name’s “funke ogunde”. prices vary from 14,000 to 45k and up, i believe.