The online fashion market in the UK is predicted to be worth £4.8 billion be the end of 2011, according to Mintel, the market analysts. But the latest analysis carried out by Greenlight shows that 50 per cent of the 1.1 million fashion searched carried out by Google in July related to women’s clothing, compared…
Peony, the protagonist in Peony in Love, is a pampered sixteen year old when the reader meets her. She is sequestered in the Chen household with female family members and knows nothing of men beyond her relationship with her father. She is betrothed to a man she has never met and during a performance put…
A growing number of brides are referencing their heritage for bridal inspiration from the ancient thrones of Africa. They are taking their cues from Cleopatra, Nefertari, Makeda, and Queen Kahina of Egypt. Upholding such high expectations is challenging, yet can be found in the crafty hands of a soft-spoken dress designer working in Texas. TeKay…
As part of Oxjam, the month long fundraising music festival, the charity Oxfam is launching its first night of entertainment based around African Culture on October 21. It will feature traditional dance, song, drumming, fashion shows, and African cuisine. The event is being organised by 4TY (for the youths) a charity that aims to bring…
Anyone who has ever visited the natural hair channel on YouTube will be acutely aware that it is dominated by African American women. Afro textured hair is firmly on the mainstream media map in the US with the likes of CNN, The Huffington Post and the New York Times amongst others all running stories on…
At the ‘Naturally Fabulous’ event I attended last Saturday organised by The Natural Lounge and Naptural Roots magazine, I not only had the pleasure of socialising and exchanging hair stories with fellow naturals, I also met some very talented women each with their own unique skills who are part of the growing natural hair community…
Okay so we all love afros and ‘big hair’ is en vogue among naturals (black women who wear their afro-textured hair in its natural state, free of chemical straighteners, perms and hair extensions). But there are literally hundreds of other styles as I observed at the recent natural hair event ‘Naturally Fabulous’ organised by The…