Beyond the Streets – SAATCHI Gallery
An exploration into the worlds of graffiti, street art, hip hop and punk rock and the artists who have preserved its history. The exhibition consists of work from over 100 artists all housed by the entirety of the Saatchi gallery stretching across 3 floors and 13 rooms – Exploring street art from across the globe. […]
African Fashion V&A
The African Fashion exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London presents contemporary African creative minds and the vitality and impressiveness of Africa towards global fashion. Through politics and tradition, it tells the story of African fashion from the 1950s through 1990s to the current times, and the impacts of it as a tool […]
Cedella Marley at Caribbean Fashion Week
The 2012 Caribbean Fashion Week, held at the Jamaican National Stadium was a riot of colour and music. Despite still having teething problems surrounding event organisation and management, the show goes from strength to strength boasting big name performances from the likes of Estelle, Brian Mcknight and Konshens. So if we’re talking international fashion in […]
Review of Golden Spider Silk Exhibition
Having known a little bit about this exhibition I was intrigued to see exactly what on earth the deal was with this silk from spiders thing! Finding the tiny room that they’d put the exhibition in was a little bit of a challenge in the spiraling corridors of the V&A but eventually, I found it […]
Interview with Jacqueline Shaw
Jacqueline Shaw is the Founder and Director of the Africa Fashion Guide and author of Fashion Africa What is the Africa Fashion Guide? The Africa Fashion Guide is an information based platform which promotes and supports the full supply chain of African fashion and textiles. So it’s a one stop shop, it’s a somewhere people […]
Yorubatik Afrotartan Pop Up Shop
As our high streets become more and more clone-like complaints about the lack of variety of clothing in the shops can be heard more frequently. But one lover of fashion, rather than complain, did something about it. Christina Oshunniyi was frustrated with the offerings in the mainstream stores and decided, while on a trip to […]
6 Carlos Magazine
n a recent trip to Trinidad we had the pleasure of going to the launch of fashion and culture magazine 6 Carlos. Apart from the delight of schmoozing with the creative glitterati of Trinidad, the 6 Carlos magazine itself is an absolute joy to behold. Named after the address of the Meiling fashion studio, this collaborative […]
A Discussion with Gail Behr
The Isango Ensemble are one of the most talented and creative theatre companies to come out of South Africa. Taking classic stories and transposing them into a South African township setting. This month saw them arrive at London’s Hackney Empire to deliver a short run of the La Boheme, Aesops Fables and the Ragged Trouser […]
Interview with Mark Charles
What made you want to become a shoe designer and how did you start out learning about design? I’ve been designing since I could crawl but I focused more on Fine Art and Graphic Design, which I studied at Uni. I decided to become a shoe designer after spending years working as a Recruitment Consultant […]
Interview with Thembi Nyandeni
Umoja is the scintilatting show about South African culture packed full of vibrant costumes, music and dance it is a pure feast for the eyes and ears and a joyful delight for the soul. Here I speak with Thembi Nyandeni co creator and costume designer about the designs, meaninings and craftmansship behind these impactful creations. […]