The Editorial Everyone is Talking About: Ajak Deng & Ataui Deng ‘Le Rendez-Vous’ for ARISE Issue 11 by John-Paul Pietrus
Posted on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 at 11:06 AMBy BellaNaija.com
From the international fashion blogs to urban gossip blogs. There is something about this fashion editorial that has captured everyone’s imagination.
Sudanese Models Ajak Deng & Ataui Deng photographed by John-Paul Pietrus for Issue 11 of ARISE Magazine.
The ‘Le Rendez-Vous’ in Paris spread is indeed stunning. The fashion spread was styled by talented stylist Sabrina Henry.
Photo Credit: Fashion Gone Rogue
Tags: Ajak Deng, Arise Magazine, Ataui Deng, Editorials, Fashion Editorials
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i love the shots
How does this not have a hundred comments? These photos are amazing! The models are stunning! These are beutiful black girls-not that over-hyped Alek Wek! I love it! Cant wait to get a copy of this issue!
me likey… something sexy about the shots.
Like this is soooooooooooo hot. This is what I call couture, high fashion… the photography is stunning. I like alot. The models are stunning, look at that skin tone!
Love these models. definitely a welcomed change from the norm!
Nice pics….but I aint feelin the whole idea behind the first shot! Which kain yeye biting of sisters ear be that? Excuse my ignorance but I cringed when I saw it!
Same. I was/ am still confused :S
love the holding hands one though.
@fokasibe you aint ignorant, my thots exactly. what is the message behind the first pix…?????? the other pictures are good.
i was confused at first, then i cringed too, plus from the 3rd picture am i to take it that models aren’t supposed to wear bras??? excuse my own ignorance too oh
Lol…what do you expect? Dem call something “Le Rendez-vous”..na so now. The pictures are beautiful so we’ll call them art…ear-biting, no-bra art. Stunning women though.
It just a little too lesbian-ish for me. *shudder*
Ok so the lesbian thing is still not out of style? Let my momsie not see this she’ll start asking me if “she is a gay?”
in the first pic
dy re thinnnnnn
lolz, i also shuddered but i guess its all in the name of fashion. It is a bit lesbian-ish
u cant judge them from the picture cuz arts is creativity
der is nothing special about dis, d models ar too tin wic is not very african and i dont like d first pic. tanx
they are from southern sudan–have you ever seen a southern sudanese who was not really really skinny?
they have he lesbian thng going on in all the pics. they are lovely tho
i believe in African culture female friends hold hands. so this could mean friendship.
Excellent photography!!
The models are beautiful, but I think they’re trying to sneak something else here on me. This is how its done.
Lurving this too much. Gonna send the first pic and the holding hands pic to my dykie buddies.
i love this so much…
they r sisters tho, look at their last names people. they are beautiful ladies tho.
They’re not sisters. That’s like assuming all Okonkwos or Ojos are related.
Even if this is true, which sisters bite each others ears like that, lol?
Lovely lips !nice pics i love the FRENCH
D pic quality is great. But dat 1st pics??? Wat msg r they tryin 2 pass.
whats up with ear biting tho’
Why the ear biting???
I didn’t see anything wrong with the first pix, still don’t know what you guys are on about. Everything about the pics is classy, tres chic. Moi, j’aime bien les photo
BEYOOTIFUL!! J’etaime..J’adore!! everything..lol
n puhlease! all this about the ear biting..fashion photography isn’t for the faint hearted!
This is what I call fashion, detailing is exceptional,models check,photography check check and check!LOOOOOve IT.
Good Modelling, Great Photography!!!!! me likey
lol……d first picture was ?????????….generally a good concept thoe…..
Very beautiful and creative! C’est tres chic!
subtle hints of lesbianism,nice fotos though
The models are gorgeous! I don’t covet the clothes but, oh well, it’s HAUTE COUTURE.
Wow now that’s what I am talking about! Loved it!
The firt picture just ruined what would have been a fantastic photo shoot. Sisters biting each other and one looking like she was in estacy, go figure. nnnaaaaa!!!!
Puleezzeee must we embrace just any bs the west throws our way?
the clothing is ugly not my taste…….and i do not like the subtle hints of lesbianism….and i dont find much beautiful about the models….they do not describe my idea of beauty….granted they are black but that is all i find intriguing about them…leave the starving skinny estethic to the europeans
My sister, I wonder same… Anything d west accepts is ok for us! High fashion ko! If u don’t like d concept, then ur fainthearted! Bollocks….
i wonder why this site never posts my comments???
Its beautiful
why do they always cut their hair, bikonu?
i love it soooo much
Stunning……..
gorgeous! nice photography, its so ‘PARIS’
WOW. The pictures are on point n d models look amazing!
beautifull….love their skin…
Beautiful, graceful African girls.. like gazelles…. gorgeous! Tired of the long weave wearing black women with coloured contacts! This is one type of African beauty at it’s finest!
This just made me want to cry esp. once I saw the Rue de Lubeck thing! I’m gonna miss living in France! *cries* Awesome photos but I’m with the others, what’s with the ear biting?
Nice Photos but it makes me feel ‘Gayish’
Phwoar this high fashion,pure hotness,the concept is smart, controversy sells,so keep talking,are they? are they not?
Sizzling. I love the last 2 pics. And whoever said all African women were fat/thick? Never seen a fat Sudanese. In fact rail thin women in the norm there.
What’s with the first picture? I find it perverse and hope we will not be trying to introduce these type of things to Africa that we are not even safe to buy a fashion mag or go to a fashion website again. They are modelling clothes aren’t they? I don’t hear anyone talking about the clothes, do you?
Clothes are not special…. That’s why they needed the ear biting to get attention! They’d already screaming high fashion!
Its an editorial-they arent necessaryily trying to sell the clothes to you. Most of these comments are just myopic.
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