Oct 29, 20121 min read
Joshua Kissi: The Way I Dress
Joshua Kissi, one-half of Street Etiquette, talks about how he makes his sartorial choices on Mr Porter. SOURCE: MR PORTER #afrocreative...
Oct 25, 20121 min read
Sass & Bide: Ladysaint
Australian label Sass & Bide never ceases to amaze me with their doses of Africa in there pieces. Their designs are very tribalistic and...
Oct 20, 20121 min read
Awaiting
Paula and Symara Templeman adorning African labels such as Eki Orleans, Jewel by Lisa and Tina Lobondi for Factice Magazine Issue #15....
Oct 16, 20121 min read
A.Sauvage & Yasiin Bey
I love how fashion designers and brands go beyond their collections, creating new branches to their work. One designer who does this...
Oct 13, 20121 min read
A.Sauvage & Dr. Martens
I fell in love with Dr. Martens when Goths were rocking them with their Darth Vader capes, Mohawks and a disturbing amount of bolts in...
Oct 4, 20121 min read
iLLER
Ill is cool. Iller is more ill, better, sweeter and cooler. Well that’s what I gathered from urban dictionary, but when I hear or see the...
Sep 30, 20121 min read
Alex Folzi Fall/Winter 2012
I have fallen in love with the briefcases from Alex Folzi for their Winter/Autumn 2012 collection. Alex Folzi is a leather goods and...
Sep 25, 20121 min read
William Okpo Spring/Summer 2013
I have been bombarded online with all the various Fashion Week updates but I am going to try and take my time writing about the various...
Sep 20, 20121 min read
SheKudo ‘WAHALA’ SS13 Lookbook
Shekudo have just released their ‘WAHALA’ Spring/Summer 2013 lookbook. I’ve been so excited for this to come out since they released a...
Sep 12, 20121 min read
The SheKudo Launch
Over the weekend, the Afroklectic team attended the much anticipated label launch of our dear friends Shetu Simone and Amy Iheakanwa...
Sep 10, 20121 min read
Arabesque
In celebration of their 20th anniversary, Kookai Australia recently shot their Spring/Summer 12/13 campaign in heart of Marrakech,...
Sep 6, 20121 min read
Our top 6 buys for Spring
Finally Spring has arrived in Australia! Although the weather in Sydney at the moment does not give the impression that Spring is here....
Aug 31, 20121 min read
Shwe Shwe
I love the quirkiness and brightness of this campaign by South African photographer Jono Wood. There is a great balance of contrast and...
Aug 29, 20121 min read
Township Blues
EDITORIAL: TOWNSHIP CLIENT: MARIE CLAIRE SOUTH AFRICA MODEL: AYOR MAKUR CHUOT PHOTOGRAPHER: ALEXA SINGER SOURCE: CIAAFRIQUE & ALEXA SINGER
Aug 28, 20121 min read
Buy of the week: Kotur Morley African Fabric Minaudière
For $560 you can get one of these cute clutches from by Kotur from Moda Operandi. As much as I think they are cute, I wouldn’t purchase...
Aug 21, 20121 min read
Garden Party
TITLE: GARDEN PARTY CLIENT: ARISE MAGAZINE ISSUE 16 PHOTOGRAPHER: MICAELA ROSSATO MODELS: KIM GORDON & TAMMI STYLIST: HELEN JENNINGS...
Aug 16, 20121 min read
The Colour of Summer
Every season Australian fashion retailer MYER shoots lookbook campaigns in unique locations. Surprisingly they have never shot their...
Aug 11, 20121 min read
MADELEINE – Stella Jean s/s 2012
Madeleine is a dramatic short film featuring Stella Jean‘s Spring/Summer 2012 collection titled ‘The Wax and Stripes philosophy‘....
Aug 10, 20121 min read
Funky Grooves
Honestly, does Vlisco ever get it wrong these days. They just keep stepping the bar with their campaigns and collections. Their latest...
Aug 3, 20122 min read
Philomena Kwao
Philomena Kwao is a gorgeous a 22 year old economics graduate of Ghanaian heritage. She is currently doing an MSc in International Health...