This month in our “Personal Style” feature is a quest to bring you someone very inspiring we took a long trip to New York to raid the beautiful and envious closet of ex model, fashion blogger and stylist Rosemary Kokuhilwa.
He's survived bankruptcy, two marital breakdowns and a persistent habit of referring to himself in the third person: Ozwald Boateng remains a force to be reckoned with. The first black tailor on Savile Row and former creative director of Givenchy, Boateng this month releases A Man's Story, his 12-years-in-the-making film of his remarkable career. "I'm not nervous about the film, I'm excited - it's like the first time I sold a suit," he explains to GQ.com, sitting in an elegant café in London's Mayfair. "I was always the youngest one around. When I went to Paris for my first catwalk show I was always the kid. Now I'm 45 years old. I've got mileage in the tank." Here he explains how men should wear colour, why Giorgio Armani still inspires him and why everyone should follow the sartorial example of ageing rockers…
It becomes harder for headlining Afro-pop star, Susan Harvey, who is well known and referred to as Goldie to shock the Nigerian entertainment industry and fashion scene with her extreme sense of fashion plus signature bleach blonde hair.
The trendsetting Nigerian designer Lanre Da Silva Ajayi popularly known as LDA has always been obsessed with designing. Having schooled and lived in England for over 10 years it was easy to be inspired by the people and culture. She started by designing and making clothes mainly for herself. Anytime she wore one of her designs compliments came running and this left family and friends placing orders for her pieces. According to LDA, “living in London was just right at the time as the city is infused with different eras, style, people and culture”. Though she has always been influenced by English vintage fashion of the 40’s and 50’s her designs are also influenced by her Nigerian heritage, she is indeed versatile and open to all fashion trends. Her designs are vintage classics yet modern, chic and trendy for the today’s woman.
