Ball Gowns & Afros
The New York Times Sunday Magazine for August 21st ran an editorial featuring various artists with natural hair/afros wearing evening dresses. All photography by Alice O’Malley. Corinne Bailey Rae...
View ArticleAfrican Women in Film – Nikyatu Jusu
During my day job, I spend hours staring at tiny numbers in tiny little gray rectangles, manipulating them (not in any sort of untoward way), cajoling them, squeezing out whatever essence they have to...
View ArticleBergdorfs + The Faces of 5F
Bergdorfs is the place where dreams are born. Period. Bergdorfs recently ran a competition to find the faces of 5F (their fifth floor). I only got wind of the competition after the Bergdorfs newsletter...
View ArticleBetter Know an African City: Move, Learn & Eat
Better Know an African City – is part of an ongoing series of posts on African cities on Cherchez la Curl. The series aims to collate information on and expose the quirks, infrastructure and beauty of...
View ArticleWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Ankara: Acne + Daniel Silver Capsule...
Looking through my recent posts, I notice I haven’t really put up anything around the topic of African fashion. I am suffering from an acute case of ‘African fashion’ fatigue, the primary cause being...
View ArticleAmerican Vogue + Africa’s Best Dressed
I am home at a decent hour this evening, and for that I thank God. After a long week at work, I’m looking forward (as I always do) to the weekend. I’m taking a train to somewhere nice and tucking into...
View ArticleVogue Festival and Fashion Stories
Fa-fa-fa-fashion! For some reason, the e-mail from the organizers of the Vogue Festival hit my multiple e-mail accounts simultaneously causing a sort of fashion-driven sonic domino effect: an email...
View ArticleI Can Speak Yoruba
Coming soon to the Apple App Store. SpeakYoruba: a mobile app providing a gentle introduction to the Yoruba language. Visit www.SpeakYorubaApp.com for updates and to join the mailing list. Throughout...
View ArticleOn African Women & Yoruba Folk Songs
One week after the Olympics, I am still caught in a hazy web of happiness brought on by our collective cheering for our sporting comrades (in my case, Team Nigeria, Team USA and Team GB). I was slow on...
View ArticleHappy Sunday, Real Estate + American Vogue
This has been the bankiest of Bank holiday weekends, funky weather et. al. I’ve been listening to a lot of Morning Becomes Eclectic (whilst taking a break from the awesome Gidi Lounge, of course),...
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