African Awe­some­ness!

It’s a new year, a new dawn! A new year always brings oppor­tu­nity for rein­ven­tion and redis­cov­ery… It’s all about new­ness and in this New Year we are all about embracing   

rich African Cul­ture… By fus­ing the West­ern trends with African orig­i­nal­ity you are sure to be rock­ing this year in style. African Fash­ion is rapidly becom­ing the hottest thing around…about time don’t you think?

This year’s trends include:

• Colours, colours, and more COLOURS: And isn’t our cul­ture just full of COLOURS! Go ahead and enjoy com­bin­ing African fash­ion and West­ern trends like the exam­ples we have here.

• Prints and Pat­terns: African fash­ion is all about prints and pat­terns and all over the world every­one wants a piece of our African awe­some­ness, West­ern design­ers are con­stantly com­ing up with African inspired pieces.
• Colour clash­ing with Print: Pick a colour off your printed cloth­ing and pair it with a blazer, pair of shoes and other acces­sories in a bold shade of that colour and you are sure to be look­ing absolutely gor­geous … OR

Add a printed item to an out­fit with plain, bold colours, for exam­ple a printed head­piece, shoes, bags and such other accessories.

Peplum skirts and dresses: This is a style orig­i­nat­ing from Ancient Greece that is figure-flattering for any body shape. The skirt looks great   in print with a brightly coloured blouse.

• For­mal in Print and Tex­ture: To make it sophis­ti­cated and for­mal event appro­pri­ate pair a printed out­fit with tex­tures like leather and suede and a colour like black or beige.

• Lace and Print: 2013 is all about think­ing out of the box; com­bine your African print with all kinds of trends and tex­tures to express your own true African style.

Africa is full of diverse cul­tures and rich cul­ture which ought to be cel­e­brated and Fash­ion is the best medium in which one expresses one­self. African fash­ion is more than just clothes, more than just a pass­ing trend, it’s an entity, a lan­guage on its own that shows the world who we, African women are. The best thing about it is you can stay true to your own per­sonal style because of the mea­sure­less opu­lence of African fashion.

2013: Appre­ci­at­ing African Awesomeness!