Nigerian and Ghanaian Models Bring on Their Shoe Game at The Arise Fashion Week Casting in Lagos

 

Whenever you hear the words ‘Model Casting’ certain things are expected; tights, heels and skinny long legs. This past Saturday was the casting day for models who hope to be part of the Arise Fashion week in March. Models from neighboring Ghana also trooped in and the scenario was a mixture of the good, bad and fucking ugly.

But hey, it’s a free world and people are allowed to dream dreams without being judged. My roaming eyes got in a bit of the shoes on display and I thought to treat my readers to some visual delight. 

Look below for my score chart and the players who participated in the shoe game.

 

 

Get Up Close with Nigerian Footwear and Accessories Label Qamin

Anwuli Mordi-Anenih is the Creative Director of QAMIN. She initially studied Business Administration, BA (Hons.) at the University of Kent, Canterbury (2001) and went on to work for in various capacities for several of the world’s most respected luxury fashion brands, Cartier & Gucci included. 

While at Cartier, she was accepted at the London College of Fashion where she gained grounding in Fashion Studies, she then went on to study the art of Shoe Making in 2004 when she was appointed Head Designer at Anyi Mordi Shoes – A luxury footwear label launched by siblings, Anyi, Chuka, & Anwuli. 

Whilst in this position, she travelled round Italy extensively and worked with artisans at factories which offered the best hand-made. Anwuli moved to Nigeria in 2006 and following her passion, decided to create her own Footwear & Fashion Accessories line. She has since been working on her collections for QAMIN.

 

I stumbled upon Qamin sometime late last year at Zebra Living boutique on Victoria island, Lagos and I was blown away by the beautiful handcrafted shoes and accessories that bore both culture and heritage in its nucleus whilst remaining modern.

 Most of us know that the quality of certain bench made products in Nigeria are not always of the best standards but when bring together a trained and experienced designer and skilled artisans to create something, it ends up worth treasuring.

 

 

The footwear and accessories once again demonstrate the versatility of the Aso-oke fabric -which is quintessentially Nigerian- and it shows it can be used for just about anything and rival denim. Who knows maybe in a few years from now, if we can all value the fabric and proudly wear it…who knows just how influential the fabric might be, we’ve seen what happened with batik prints.

 

 

 

 

Stockist:

Zebra Boutique, Lagos, 33 Sinari Daranijo Street, Victoria Island.

Le Petit Marche December 2010 'Buy Nigerian' Issue in Photos

  The LPM December 2010 issue titled ‘Buy Nigerian’ -in support of the campaign started by Style House Files editor in chief, Omoyemi Akerele, who is one of the most important people in contemporary Nigerian Fashion- kicked off to a grand start with its annual fashion show where Nigerian labels Ejiro Amos Tafiri, Obsidian, Prima Rouge, Akpos Okudu, Rouge Vallari, Re Bahia and House of Nwocha showed their latest collections.

  Image above is from The new House of Nwocha Collection I would be previewing very soon. Could not get more images cos I was busy doing loads of stuff.

As usual the stylish kids came to play with their full arsenal of stylish weapons to cause a mixture of differing emotions that range from anger, lust, envy to admiration. As usual your style guy was there to capture the tiny bits that usually go unnoticed.

BAG LOVE

 

This Aldo Cyphert bag that has been causing trouble is the latest ‘It’ bag in town as it has been spotted on some chic fashionistas in the past 2 weeks. Leave your fake birkins at home and rock this budget chic structured satchel that retails for just $45. 

 This one below is from River Island

 

 

 

 

STYLE 101 

I met this young lady at the event oozing sophistication.

 

I so wanted to steal this watch lols

 

Vintage bag toh bahd!

 

  My heart skipped a beat, when I saw her chic Jeffrey Campbell peep toe Wedges. Available at Karmaloop for $170.

 

 

Oreka Godis, the show host in SS11 Re Bahia

 

  Model and my current muse Chantelle. Only she can make flip flops look chic.

 

 

Film maker, Bolaji Kekere Ekun

 

 

Designer Bubu Ogisi of iamIsigo

 

Makida Moka, Face of Sleek.

Bags, Shoes and dashes of Panache at the MAD Fashion and Music Charity Show

 

The girls in Lagos brought their ‘A’ game out yesterday and I just kept clicking my shutter. Certain bags and shoes caught my fancy and I wasted no time in shooting the.