Category: Fashion

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From recycled wide-leg denims to Afrofuturistic designs made from secondhand curtains, the catwalk at Nairobi fashion week has featured a wave of new designers focussed on sustainable fashion in Africa. The annual event, which began in 2013 to promote Africa’s then nascent fashion industry, has grown to become a showcase for sustainability in recent years […]

In a former multistorey car park, models in elegant tailoring walk the catwalk soundtracked by Kate Bush. It looks and sounds like one of the four most famous fashion weeks: London, Paris, New York or Milan. But this is a cloudy February night in Berlin. The brand, GmbH, showed its designs in Paris this time […]

Rainbow and gold coloured wedges, an electric blue wig and a black and hot-pink strapless gown are not what you would expect a grandmother in rural Zambia to wear. But Margret Chola, in her mid 80s, has become an internet sensation and accidental fashion icon after she agreed to swap clothes with her New York-based […]

The weather was my enemy growing up. My health condition, sickle cell anaemia, is massively affected by the cold. When other kids wore cute cotton gloves to school, my mum made me wear leather gloves. I remember thinking, if I have to put on this armour every day, let me be good at it. People […]

It has taken me a number of years to build up a wardrobe that I’m really happy with. I had to learn what I needed, gradually sell the things I didn’t and start buying with purpose. There is nothing in my wardrobe now that I don’t wear, and before any purchase, I always ask myself: […]

I don’t know about you, but for me the joys of spring are always infused with mild panic. Birds are singing, lambs are gambolling, the mornings are getting lighter – and I’m spending them standing in my pants, whirling clothes around the room like a form of sartorial semaphore. Yes, with the promise of blossom […]

Contouring involves applying darker and lighter shades of makeup to areas of the face (tops of the forehead, cheekbones, bridge of the nose and chin) to sculpt and define features. Popularised by the Kardashians, it has a reputation for giving you an OTT, social media-influencer face, one that strikes fear into the hearts of makeup […]

The missing piece Great looks start with good jeans, add a new cut to your denim rotation from Jigsaw’s denim edit. Launching next week, the Unfazed edit comprises eight styles, including a high-cut wide leg, modern barrel and a deep turn-up in snow wash, all made from responsibly sourced cotton. From, £95, jigsaw-online.com Source link

I am fond of February. It means January is over, which is cause for celebration already. The end-of-season sale rails have gone, so shop windows are again a source of new ideas. The weather is still rubbish, obviously, but the light is coming back: with a pinch of luck, you may even see daylight on […]