ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2011 – Lanre DaSilva-Ajayi presents “The Modern Age”
Posted on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 at 8:28 PMBy BellaNaija.com
Lanre DaSilva-Ajayi christened her new collection – “The Modern Age“, the runway presentation took place on Saturday 12th March 2011 at the 2011 ARISE Magazine Fashion Week.
The collection began with monochrome pieces with dazzling standouts such as a sequined jacket which was paired with a 50s inspired prom dress. The collection transitioned to introduce even more shimmer and pieces which featured innovative fabric pairings – embellished brocade, a melange of lace and handpainted silk. Our favourite looks from the collection were the final two which were modelled by Millen and Agbani. Floor-length dresses in handpainted silk ‘goodness’ juxtaposed with sequins and lace respectively.
As one guest proclaimed after the show, “LDA has transitioned to the next level”. We agree.
Designer, Lanre DaSilva-Ajayi
Photo Credit: Kola Oshalusi
Tags: Arise Magazine Fashion Week, Lanre DaSilva Ajayi
Yeah…LDA officially shut the flipping fashion week down with this collection! Outstanding!
Ginika has just liked your statement. You took the words out of my mouth. She has evolded and all I kept saying was, LDA is a lady and it shos in her designs.g
*Forgive the typographical errors
nice collection, very whimsical!!!!
fabuloussssssssssssssssss
i love her designs; they are oh so unique and quirky
Wow, love her designs. Finishing superb, tailoring on point, beautiful and unique, stunning collection!! Up and comers should all take note.
Many of the clothes are pretty, but many look quite dowdy. I feel like her demographic is a much older group of women.
Thank You!!! I got a bit bored with some of her designs. They are fantastic, but I agree that the target group might be for the older gens.
I beg to differ. The fabric seem too heavy and old ladylike, except for the short and troussers
well thats why you see 1st ladies and professional women rocking her designs…if u see the price tag ,u wouldnt even be saying anything…her style is classy and elegant.
This woman is talented. I take back every “hateful” thought or remark I made in the past!
this time around, LDA didn’t do it for me.
I know right, not really feeling them. Apart from few,the rest just look odd to me–boring colors and it seems the styles are for older folks.
Love LDA, her designs are different but there’s sth just so feminine and delicate about them. Love the collection, beautiful/alexander mcqueenish. So pretty!
Love both dresses Chika wore. Fantastic LDA, you stepped up your game.
These clothes are fabulous! LDA has done it again. I love all the designs.Simply outstanding! Keep up the good work. LDA looks gorgeous!
mehn Millen and Agbani look so alike it is scary .. chika’s cheek bones are killz yo .. great collection …
OMG!!u know i was just saying to myself that agabani looked really good in in both outfits…so they are actually two different people….WOW!!
Best collection thus far.
LDA is a true visionary, I love her attention to detail and the hair-pieces as well….I blogged about. http://WWW.myhairmyBeauty.wordpress.com
that lady is soooo Agbani’s twin.
her collection was NICE, not what i expected though. the thing i love about LDA is that even though she changes it up all the time, she still maintains her signature. she has a noticeable signature about her designs, which makes her stand out to me rather than others.
others may have cute pieces….but not very memorable.
NICE.
9/10
One for lda’s collection no two words actually, ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
Gorgeous, outstanding, original, lovable i want them all.
i just don’t like LDA. some dresses were really nice and shes really talented but most of them were one kind of strange. but its nice that she has a a unique style. you recognize her clothes even in ur sleep.
i love this collection
BOSSY!
CHIKAAAAAA! GOSH!
I LOVE THIS KID!!!
Fantastic!!!!
Nice pieces from LDA but I wasn’t wowed. I just always know what to expect from her.
Real, wearable clothes that the average woman would like to wear. What a refreshing change!
nice one…but sometimes i dont understand her designs…too vintage sometimes…
I love the dress that Lanre is wearing.
Really Nice and wearable!!! Loving it Lda
The fabric designs make this collection, other than that, the designs are neither unique nor innovative.
LDA is known as ms prim n proper definately for the debutantes. going for tea party, picnics, or dining wit the royals….kudos sha but not my style
finally.. standing ovation for LDA.
Where do they get these so called “models” from? Nice collection – Lanre always delivers. But the models…………………..and can Nigerian designers please pay a little more attention to hair and make up! it makes a difference.
onuku! cant you see agbani darego? former miss world?
pls free the models abeg *rme*
What is wrong with the models?
Are you for real foxtrot? models, hair and makeup?? Most of the models are international models. I think the models, hair, makeup and LDA designs looked fab on the runway.
Ps: Lanres dress is the best of the lot ……………I wonder why?
LOL! i was thinking da same thing!
But then she has a fuller body…! #justsayin
This designer pratically used colorful lace materials to design styles I’ve seen before. Some of them are nice though.
very ladylike. beautiful.
Quite an impressive collection.I wish i could lay my hands on those shorts..
And just like The Amaka said ‘she has a noticeable signature about her designs’…. You rock LDA!!
AT AMAKA IT IS AGBANI
AMAZING! luv luv luv this collection ….
am loving Africa fashion week but the casting for this particular show leaves something to be desired. The models look nice but they come off almost aloof in the runway pics i dont know how this happened for this show.
not for me thank you, I prefer for my fabric to be more practical and wearable, and for the style to be less dowdy, but she must be doing something right for some people the way they rock her clothes!
I love the fabrics and the designs. LDA is really telanted.
She might not get it right all d time but she is very original!
im a huge fan of LDA,but dis collection is nt xactly super gorgeous, lol, mayb cos im in2 designin too, stil luv her tho