FASHION Duro Olowu
FASHION Duro Olowu Designer: Duro Olowu What makes the brand stand out? Olowu’s collection is filled with feminine designs that include prints placed on tailored suiting, dresses, etc. Oh, and you might have spotted his work on Michelle Obama a couple of times! Duro Olowu is a Nigerian-born British fashion designer. He is best known for his innovative combinations of patterns and textiles that draw inspiration from his international background. Kreyann Designer: Anna Ngann Yonn The love story between Anna Ngann Yonn and the world of fashion started when she signed up with Esmod-Paris. Upon graduation, she returned to Cameroon, where she opened her showroom ten years ago and launched the Kreyann brand. With clients cutting across generations and races, Kreyann has succeeded in entering the international fashion world. Today, Anna Ngann Yonn is recognized as one of the leading designers in Africa. Her style, mixing elegance and new trends, plus originality, is widely acclaimed today. Brother Designer: Aurora Jam What makes the brand stand o those iconic boots from Queen those were Brother Vellies’. This brand creates accessories with hand-made in South Africa, Eth Morocco. Speaking on her African upbrin “Growing up, we spent a lot of My mother managed to curate 38 www.glamsquadmagazine.com
Deola Designer: Deola Sagoe Deola is a Bespoke Fashion brand by iconic fashion designer, Deola Sagoe. The brand caters to clients’ fashion needs by translating their innovative designs into made-tomeasure fashion pieces. Deola Sagoe, the founder of Deola, is the leading lady of African haute couture fashion from Ondo State in Nigeria. She has been at the cutting edge of high fashion since 1989 and became the first Black woman to present a collection at AltaRoma, Rome’s celebrated fashion week, back in 2004. Her globally appealing style has earned her an enviable clientèle that ranges from Africa’s first ladies to society girls like Lydia Hearst, top model Alek Wek and famous personalities such as Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith. FASHION Loin Cloth & Ashes Vellies es ut? Remember and Slim? Yep, eco-friendly intricate designs iopia, Kenya, and ging, she said: time travelling. a collection of vibrant, culturally infused fashion pieces along the way - silk kimonos, Danish clogs, elaborate hats... Hours would be spent in her closet, imagining the glamorous women who would wear these traditional pieces. As I got older, those imaginations came to life while reading fashion magazines through Steven Meisel, Richard Avedon and their muses cast.” Designer: Anisa Malembo Mpungwe Loin Cloth & Ashes is an African based fashion and lifestyle brand that explores a modern, functional and relevant design approach with a neo-African perspective. Looking at new classics in attractive prints on essential items, they create looks that are made to last beyond a season. Anisa Malembo Mpungwe of South Africa’s label, ‘Loin Cloth and Ashes’ speaks on origins and identity. “I grew up in another land, in another place with another set of rules, but that doesn’t ever change the fact that I am Tanzanian. I’ve lived in South Africa for 18 years now; I left when I was ten. It’s not fair for me to say, ‘Well, I’m South African now’ and ignore my Tanzanian roots or say I’m Tanzanian and ignore my South African roots.” www.glamsquadmagazine.com 39
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