Friday, December 3, 2010

Gwen Stefani goes African

Singer/ designer Gwen Stefani attended Sephora's Fashion's Night Out event wearing a beautiful African print dress. Previously we've heard of or seen celebrities rocking African prints but Gwen's was absolutely fabulous.





My bone of contention here is, the fact that we did not know who designed that particular dress. At first it was thought to have been done by Christie Brown, but it turned out it wasnt. All the sources are saying it was "African Inspired" Can somebody tell me what that means?? I then found out it was actually her own Spring 20111 L.A.M.B collection. I love Gwen so much but I'm so tired of  Non- Africans taking our creations and so profiting from them. The fabric Gwen used is what they call Ankara and can be gotten from Lagos. I would have much rather had seen an African name on that design. In recent times labels like Jewel by Lisa, Lanra DaSilva to name a few have reworked ankara, making them more wearable and contemporary.
For Tailors in Lagos and even here in Kenya that have worked on African Prints Like Ki2 Fashions, they have such affordable stuff, African fashion is finally getting some shine but I’d have preferred if it was the actual African ankara masters or the K12's who were getting the recognition. Here's more of that collection:



The pants and Jacket bit tho' was a NO NO for me. I know mix and matching is in for next season but not on Prints. What do you think?
xoxo.
Jaffar.


4 comments:

  1. this was one of my fave collections of s/s 2011, i agree with you that her print mixing is a no no but you can mix prints up just make sure they dont look like they are both competing for attention.

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  2. Nancy that is soo true, I meant mix and match is in but not on those prints. I loved the collection, but would have loved it even more if it was some African name on there..xoxo

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