January 26 2015
Street style wishes
In less than 2 weeks fashion week will start with New York. That means thousand of pictures of worldwide fashionistas (and fashionistos!) invading the streets. But this season (more…)
January 20 2015
Style Icon: Keri Russell
We all remember Keri Russell as the sweet college student Felicity in the namesake award winning late 90’s TV show. She kind of (more…)
January 17 2015
American Beauty
Publication: Vogue US
Issue: December 2014
Stylist: Tabitha Simmons
Model: Kendall Jenner
Photography: Patrick Demarchelier
Mood: On the way to the stardom
Photo courtesy of Vogue US (photography by Patrick Demarchelier)
January 9 2015
Imagine…
There is no word or image to describe the tragedy. Over the last two days I felt chocked, angry, sad, scared, terrified in front of such intolerance and barbary, this is the world we live in, but too much is too much. Some words from John Lennon’s song “Imagine” to meditate.
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
Je suis Charlie.
January 5 2015
Happy 2015!
And here we are in 2015, new year, new beginnings, new resolutions… Hoping this year will be full of success, great surprises, peace, interesting challenges and joy like in the picture above. This is one of the movies I would have loved to watch during the holidays with a hot chocolate and Christmas cookies and maybe be transported (again) in the magic of this particular moment of the year. Funny how the good vibes of this image are drastically different from the dark place the world was then, a good example of hope for a better tomorrow when everything seems falling apart…
December 11 2014
Guess who? Part 2
Publication: CR Fashion Book
Issue: 5
Stylist: Carine Roitfeld
Model: Beyonce
Photography: Pierre Debusschere
Mood: Little mermaid
(image courtesy of CRfashionbook)
November 28 2014
Guess who? Part 1
Publication: CR Fashion book
Issue: 5
Stylist: Carine Roitfeld
Model: Beyonce
Photography: Pierre Debusschere
Mood: Stylish Pinata
(image courtesy of CRfashionbook)
November 21 2014
Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2014
of Kola Oshalusi Insigna Media)
For the first time I attended the Lagos Fashion & Design week, sponsored by GT Bank, Fayrouz and Maybelline who also handled the make up and hair backstage. The designers I knew already did not deceived, and proved they were on their way to conquer the world like Tiffany Amber, Maki Oh, Lisa Folawiyo (previously known as Jewel by Lisa) or Lanre Da Silva. This group of (more…)
November 10 2014
XoXo
Publication: Nylon
Issue: November 2014
Stylist: Sean Knight
Model: Leighton Meester
Photography: Felisha Tolentino
Mood: Gossip girl turned rebellious
November 3 2014
To watch: Hood by Air
New York based label Hood By Air, aka HBA, is revolutionising fashion street wear. Have you always wondered what would be the result of a mix between luxury and hip hop clothing? Don’t search anymore because genius founder Shayne Oliver found the right (more…)
October 29 2014
A legend is gone
I really discovered Oscar De La Renta collections while living in New York. Since then I became a huge fan of his work. Each of his collections was a wonderful tale that he narrated with such elegance and poesy. Almost every little girl (more…)
October 20 2014
At the spa
I visited a couple of times the Clearessence Hotel Spa, I was quite impressed by the service quality and the overall experience. Especially in a busy city like Lagos, sometimes you just need a little escape. Inspired by the Californian lifestyle, the boutique hotel is a peaceful place where you can eat healthy dishes, drink fresh fruit juices and pamper yourself. The spa which is nested in a beautiful garden, offers a large range of luxurious treatments: from different sorts of massages, facials*, body treatments to mani pedi you can be sure you will feel relaxed and refreshed after a little visit!
To experience or for more information about the Clearessence please visit
*The Clearessence uses its own line of products for facials (adapted for each skin type)
October 13 2014
Spring Summer 2015 Fashion Week Recap
This fashion week season was full of exciting things as usual, I thought it will be fun to relate what I liked and disliked about it!
Likes ♥
All this 70’s and rock festival frenesia on the catwalk, spotted at Tommy Hilfiger, Anna Sui, Tom Ford, Pucci…
Angel face model Binx Walton who walked shows in NY, London Paris and Milan. She was The Girl of this fashion week
Watch out Pat Mc Grath, there is a new make up artist in town! Nigerian Bimpe Onakoya, first African woman, representing (more…)
October 8 2014
Spring 15 Paris: One designer one look
Here is my recap for Paris Collections, there is so much to say but I just selected the most striking moments for me. First, Givenchy was my favourite show. I’m crazy about tight over the knee boots so when combined to leather laced up the result is just spectacular, plus the pairing with the warrior princess dresses and sexy black jumpsuits is to die for! I’m really starting to be into the Hedi Slimane revamping of the Saint Laurent house. In this particular collection there was a certain nostalgia of 70’s rock glam groupies hanging out on L.A’s Sunset strip, oh and don’t get me started on those hats and platform shoes… Dries Van Noten collection made me think of fabrics brought back from a trip to India but chosen with a lot of delicacy. The silhouette was flowy, with a rich palette of organza, brocades, satin colours and patterns. I felt at peace when looking at those feather weight silk chiffon tanks, dresses and silk pyjamas pants, pure happiness. The new Paris sensation, Jacquemus, is most definitely one to watch. I believe it’s only his second or third season showing but we already get a good sense of who the Jacquemus girl is. She ‘s a “Femme enfant”, who is not conscious of her sensuality and the power she has on others. The looks I like the most were the big stripes structured biais skirts worn with bikini tops over men’s white shirts. One of the other highlight of Paris week was Jean Paul Gaultier presenting his last ready to wear collection, the show was full of references: Miss France committee former chairman, Genevieve De Fontenay, soccer players wives, mexican wrestlers, famous fashion editors, elderly women turned beauty pageant queens, like we say in French it was a grand “n’importe quoi” (meaning a big mess) and that’s probably where reside his genius. When you are Jean Paul Gaultier, one of the most influential and avant garde designer of his generation, and it’s your last collection I guess you can afford to do whatever the hell you want!
September 29 2014
SPRING 15 MILAN: ONE LOOK ONE DESIGNER
Milan fashion week was quite exciting this year, it’s also one of the most expected with it’s talented roster of designers. Dolce and Gabbana continues to surf on the baroque, embellishment trend. This time the Italian sexy “mama” goes to Spain, the collection was dense, beautiful with pop of red, black, gold and ton of precious accessories. Gucci’s Creative Director Frida Giannini is known for digging in the house 60’s, 70’s archives looks to reinterpret them for the modern woman so we could be a little bit over it, but she succeeds to present a fresh, modern and yet very Charlie’s Angels collection, with tons of denim! Moschino paid tribute to the world favourite doll, Barbie, showing how fashion should be fun and not too serious, Dsquared2 also offered a joyful collection, one of the most interesting one in my opinion…
All images are from style.com
September 23 2014
Spring 15 London: One designer one look
The big winner of London fashion week has to be Burberry. I loved how the collection was so casual (compare to what we are used to) but still detail oriented with those delicate sheer tulle skirts and dresses for example, worn with denim shearling jackets (Hello the 90’s) and sneakers. Yet the Burberry DNA was still very present so bravo! As for Tom Ford, I’m thorned. I liked the collection because it was rock glam, I loved the Bowie and Debbie Harry vibe, but also Joan Jett in the look. What threw me a bit off was that most of the silhouettes reminded me of Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane for some reason. Tom ford is one of my favourite but I wasn’t dazzled this time…
All images are from style.com
September 18 2014
Spring 15 New York: One designer One look
Here is a selection of my favourite designers showing during NY fashion week. I have selected for each collection one look that I liked but the choice was tough as for most of them, I just loved the entire collection! So just consider this as a tiny sample of my best looks. The 70’s are back (again) everything gypsy, hippie and tribute to rock stars, I just can’t resist! It already started in New York with Tommy Hilfiger, Anna Sui and their Woodstock girl, or Honor who offered a romantic version of the era, think Virgin Suicides… The phenomenon is spreading in London and Milan in the streets but also on the runway, stay tuned!
All images are from style.com (except Tommy Hilfiger)
September 16 2014
Chanel envy
My latest crush is this beautiful pair of earrings from Chanel Fall Winter 2014 Collection. All the accessories were amazing but I just love the woven/tweed feel of these!
Visit the Chanel website for more information
September 15 2014
The Wives
Welcome to a brand new category called “Where I live”. I had the chance to live in different countries, and it might continues in the next couple of years so why not make the other benefits from my experience?! I am now between Lagos in Nigeria and Paris, two opposite worlds but with common factors such as a tremendous cultural, artistic environment and buzzing life. I would like to share with you my favourite spots and anything interesting happening in both cities. Talking of interesting, I went to see a play called, The Wives, starring Evaezi Ogoro, Odenike, Kaylah Oniwo, Olawumi Heavens, Patrick Diabuah and David Azeez. It’s about the drama, rivalry and dirty secrets between the wives and the sister of a powerful man who just died. It’s funny, sarcastic, clever with an unexpected twist at the end. They only had one day of representation at Terra Kulture (future post coming up on this venue!), but check out the production company Paw Studios website for upcoming plays…
September 10 2014
Back to school!
Can you believe we are in September? Kids are back to school, fashion week season is starting in New York, and editors, models plus all the fashion crowd is back to work. Street style has never looked so fun, young, preppy and school inspired! Stay tuned for the best looks of NY shows…
All images above from The Cut (photography by Youngjun Koo/I’m Koo)
All images above from Style.com (photography by Tommy Ton)