For the past year, I have started seriously luving Nigerian designers, clothing and accessories.
Nigerian designers have really stepped their game up. So I will be periodically featuring some top notch Nigerian designs along with pics……
Here is a recent fashion spread that was featured in True Love West Africa.
I love the whole nostalgic vintage look…..
Clothes by: Lanre Da Silva-Ajayi
Hats by: Tiwa Kehinde Benson @ The Hat Lounge
Model: Emifome Emede
Hair: Bobby Eke @ Bobby’s Signature
Make-up: Bayo Haastrup @ Ijade Egbin
Photographer: Yetunde Ayeni
Stylist: Omoyemi Akerele
Fun Fact: The spread was shot on location at King’s College, Lagos…….
Hmmmm….so that’s how it looks
What do you think? Fab? Fugly, overpriced and unwearable? Does KC really look like that?
Love the clothes…FAB just FAB!!!…True Love rocks….Usually some of the prices are a bit OTT because Mr Kasali my Isale Eko tailor can possibly reproduce the same outfit for less than half the published price.
But then again…i might just be a cheap- skate.
And yeah if i can remember as far back as the nineties in those secondary school days..lol!!! 🙂 that does look like KC main campus near TBS Lagos Island…not that i ever went there or anything 🙂
lol…ahhh…dimples better start confessing ooo…yeah..the clothes and all the looks r hella fab!
love the hot clothes they are tres chic!!! In any case bella check out my blog. A close friend of mine is starting a line of maternity clothing.
WoW………..these are fabulous!!!…I am soo impressed….I have a thing for Nigerian designers as well!!
Totally in love with outdated stuff in general so this is right up my alley. Coincidentally, the afore mentioned designer designed my BFF’s wedding gown and it was quite lovely!
I saw the credits and noticed the absence of Tara or Banke Meshida taking credit for make up. Instead it was a “Bayo Haastrup” is he the next big thing? Do yo know?
I love Lanre’s stuff, she sewed this fab dress for me recently n I get compliments all the time I wear it, she knows her stuff n she is a sweetheart too, n yeah the prices r just mag price abeg, hmmmm @ dress #8
LOL @ dimples! isn’t that what’s wrong with Nigeria though? the concepts are reasonably easy to reproduce so it’d have to take some form of brand loyalty (a la prada & gucci) for the average person to spend #100, 000 on one outfit. great entry. i don’t know how i feel about the clothes just yet…since everyone’s into “vintage” these days and all our sensibilities are turned upside down. in any case, the hats are pretty impressive.
THIS IS HOT!!! AND THAT’S KC? DANG!!!! OK YA’LL I NEED THE CONTACTS FOR THESE DESIGNERS AND PHOTOGS ABEG… MY PROTFOLIO NEEDS SOME WORK. SEND ME AN EMAIL… BY THE WAY BELLA WE HAVE TO TALK SO YOU CAN TELL ME HOW AND WHERE YOU FIND ALL THIS GIST…. AHH AHH …CAN’T BE BEATING PAPPARAZZI AT THE PAPPARAZZI GAME…LOL…HOLLA
That is truly KC…I can confirm fully as a KCOB…even the Rosa Parks bus must be KC’s molue. The scenes shown were the “shadows of death” in JSS1 and perhaps JSS2. In JSS3, God gave me the opportunity to make those scenes “the shadows of death” for others(JSS1 and JSS2 boys) but I declined…then God created a new scenery for the “shadows of death” in SSS1 at the Annexe, Victoria Island.
i love the clothes they are absolutely gorg!!!!Kudos to the designer, the photographer and whoever came up with the KC concept.
@ Dammie…How modest are you? I just saw your Magazine/ website. . Read a little excerpt of your interview with designer, Chi-Chi who I just saw on Tyra not to long ago. Well done! Consider me a patron!
LoL, Thanks Darling. What is Parazone super bleach? {hehehehe}. Email me please!
@ Bella Naija, Do you have another form of contact?!?….
@dimples…still waitin on ur confession as 2 how u recognized KC so well
@naijagal…i’ll check it out
@biodun….please I would luv to see ur Lanre Da-Silva Ajayi dress….
@solabaale….u make KC sound like some frat house
@parazone super bleach, I’m sure the wedding dress was toooo mad…Bayo Haastrup actually started doing makeup b4 Banke and Tara…he just focuses more on fashion show/editorial make-up instead of wedding and event makeup like banke and tara….
@adaure….I get the pics by what I call A&H….I am ADDICTED to naija mags..therefore I HARRASS people to send them to me….
@onada, omoyemi akerele came up wit the concept..she is a MAD stylist….she styles omotola these days, hence her improved looks
@Dammie, luv the mag/website….my friend, Corne… actually told me bout it….my email is bellanaija@gmail.com
@ Dammie…You got it! Will email on your site suffice for subscribtion? “Parazone Super Bleach” is my blog moniker…
Uh huh, Email Editor@fashionnigeria.com please. Thanks.
@ bella, I will e-mail the pix to you sometime next week!
Heyyy Biodunnn, Pleasee can I see it as well?
Please email to Editor@fashionnigeria.com
Thanks.
Wow this is so hot.. rawk on!
I’M STILL WAITING FOR THE EMAIL AND CONTACTS 🙁
I saw these pics in either true love or genevieve recently…are all those models nigerian? very nice themes tho…what are you emailing everyone? xxx
wow those dresses are nice.
totally loving this,much props to true love!!
Lanre is a gifted designer and like Biodun mentioned she is a sweetheart. She made my dress for my wedding and it was fab. She puts the ‘U’ in unique
met lanre da silva in person…shes’s quite talented..shes actually making an out fit for me..cant wait to see it in dec..her prices r quite high tho…i hope its worth it
met lanre da silva in person…shes quite talented..shes designing an outfit for me..cant wait to see it..shes quite pricey tho
how do i get in touch with lanre da silva.my weddin is in august and i would love for her to make my gown.i live in abuja.
love ur great work,keep up wit d good work, love 2 see more of pics
Mi thinks Ajayi Da sLVA IS D best
i think the price is outrageous and let us be truthfull can u wear those,pls we need what can be be comfortable in not for photography only