"More Material" by Duro Olowu

Duro Olowu launched his second group show and pop-up boutique recently at Salon 94 Bowery…

Titled “More Materials,” the installation is a continuation of the work he started back in February 2012 with his first pop-up shop and exhibit during New York Fashion Week, an eye-catching collection of objet trouvés from the designer’s personal archive. “You grow, and like most things, you find more things, you discover more things. But what is really relevant now is just this concept of fashion, art, and objects, and really showing how women are perceived,” he says. “And how they perceive themselves.”

The designer Duro Olowu photographed in front of an installation in “More Material,” a new art show he curated at Salon 94 Bowery.

Duro Olowu talks more about the exhibition in an interview with  NY TIMES

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Charles James : Beyond Fashion - The Opening & Exhibition

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Photos of the exhibition below..

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Karlie Kloss x W, Korea

Karlie Kloss poses for the March and 9th anniversary issue of W Korea.

The American beauty models a feathered and beaded look from Louis Vuitton’s spring-summer 2014 collection. Completing the showgirl glam look, Karlie wears a feathered headpiece with a red and sheared hairstyle.

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At Bruce Onobrakpeya's First Solo Exhibition in 7years

Me digesting the beautiful art of Bruce Onobrakpeya

I don't quite attend Temple Muse events - fashion sale, art exhibition and lots like that, but one I couldn't afford to miss was Bruce Onobrakpeya's first solo exhibition in 7years... I mean, who would? Oh well..

It's no joke the man is genius and another to see his great works was unavoidable. So, on Saturday 30th November (after battling so hard with what to wear) I set out - with excitement - to go meet the man of greatness - in art that is.

'MUSE' by Lakin Ogunbanwo Opens Tonight

Nigerian born multitalented artist and photographer, Lakin Ogunbanwo will open his latest collection of works titled ‘MUSE’ on the Thursday, 5^th Demember 2013. ‘MUSE’ – a 35-piece exhibition of portraits gives an insight into the mind of the artist - Lakin Ogunbanwo, and his visual interpretations, exhibition of his subjects; juxtaposition between highly stylized imagery and a subtle raw, moody imagery. This is about capturing beauty, or one’s idea of it.

“PORTRAITS” by Lakin Ogunbanwo Opens at Rooke & Van Wyk

Nigerian born multitalented artist and photographer, Lakin Ogunbanwo will from the 20^th November till the 21^st December, 2013 light up South Africa with his solo art exhibition tagged - ‘Portraits’.

The exhibition will take place at Rooke & Van Wyk, a gallery located at Unit 21 Frost Street Lofts, Braamfontein Werf, 2000 Johannesburg, Gauteng.

Portrait photography by local African photographers has been practised in West Africa since the late 1800’s, documenting the early urban modern urban elites through to post-independence 1960s and 1970s. While the subjects then enacted an urgent sense of agency by acting out the poses of international black music and movie stars in the studios, it’s a lot different in the 21^st century.

Christian Louboutin’s Baroque Fall 2013 Lookbook

Christian Louboutin Fall 2013 Lookbook by Peter Lippman

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Lagos Photo Festival 2013 - The Megacity and the Non-City

LagosPhoto 2013 will represent two dominant modes of photographic expression, that of the documentary tradition and the expanded realm of image-based practices incorporating conceptual and new media strategies. The Megacity and the Non-City looks at both the development of urban centers in Africa and the influences of technology, the internet, and the digital revolution, and how they have transformed photography and our sense of place in a globally connected world. 

While these two domains of photography are at once complimentary, they also speak to very different readings and functions of photography. As The Megacity presents a photojournalistic perspective that documents that fast pace of change occurring in Africa today, The Non-City extends LagosPhoto's focus to account for artistic practices that examine the mass circulation of images and the politics of representation. 

A new partnership with World Press Photo, a preeminent international competition and exhibition that showcases the best of photojournalism worldwide, will bring its annual exhibition to Lagos to be showcased alongside the festival.

More about Lagos Photo Festival HERE

Photo Speak: Vlisco Jumping Horse Design

I love everything about this photograph - the elegance of the entire look is just so soothing. I love the contrasting fabrics, the design, makeup, the styling, and the model. The surreal ambiance is also a big plus...Vlisco knows how to make creatively beautiful campaigns that sends a jolt of excitement. 

'The Kinky Twist' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

To celebrate her new novel, AMERICANAH—a story of love, race…and hair— I'll be sharing a series of original illustrations inspired by the book.

All illustrations are from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Here’s the first!

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'Fashion Rphapsody' Featuring Agu and Orange Culture

Designers Foundry (DF) is the organizer of ‘Fashion Rhapsody’, an invite-only, cocktail party and fashion presentation of the capsule collections of two exciting emerging designers, Agu and Orange Culture.

Taking place at one of Lagos’ most stylish new venues: Rhapsody’s V.I on May 21st  2013, ‘Fashion Rhapsody’ marks DF’s first showcase in support of its 2013 awardees.

Temple Muse and Victor Ehikamenor Present "Amusing the Muse"

The poet-painter, Victor Ehikhamenor’s new body of work titled, Amusing the Muse, opens at Temple Muse, Victoria Island, Lagos on Sunday, April 27. The show will last for six weeks.

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