ARISE Fashion Week 2019 opened with a bang on Friday, 19 April 2019, with top designers, high profile guests and hundreds of fashionistas converging at the Lagos Continental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos for the revered fashion week. Kicking off with Fashion Talks featuring the likes of Naomi Campbell, Andre Leon Talley, Reni Folawiyo, Ituen Bassey and other local/international public figures, a-list models oozed fierce sophistication while strutting down the…
Fashion designer Mai Atafo invites OnoBello.com into his beautiful Lagos Atelier and does our fun Q&A. In this exciting interview he talks about fashion, and gives us a peek at his collection showing today at ARISE Fashion Week 2019! For more on Interviews, follow us on Instagram @OnoBello @OBStreetStyle | Twitter: OnoBello | Facebook: OnoBello Magazine | YouTube:…
Blue Mbombo knows how to slay for any occasion. On the day two of thefifth annual Condé Nast International Luxury Conference, the South African model, reality TV star left us speechless in a look that remixed a traditional Tuxedo. In several pics, Blue wears a Mai Atafo tuxedo-inspired dress with layers upon layers of tulle, channeling pure high fashion from his…
It’s every woman’s nightmare. Debuting your new dress at a glitzy party only to find that a fellow fashionista has picked exactly the same outfit to wear for the evening. With more and more stars stepping out at different events in the same pretty frocks, decide who you think wore this custom made Mai Atafo Agbada between vocal…
Mai Atafo has unveiled its latest collection tagged “The Destination Series” and yes, all the dresses are drop-dead gorgeous! The collection features dresses for brides all over the world. Seeing that the Mai Atafo design brand has become a global brand, the designer put together a number of dresses to celebrate brides from outside Nigeria. The…
One of Nigeria’s leading tailors, Mai Atafo is on the cover of the latest issue of Accelerate TV’s The Cover magazine, shot by Oladiran Abidemi. The cover is titled “The Business of Fashion”: the ups and downs, the story of how to run a successful fashion label in Nigeria. Atafo provided extensive insight on his successful fashion brand, Mai Atafo. See more photos…
World leading business school Harvard; whose student club “Africa Business Club”: is set to host its 21st Annual Africa Business Conference on February 15th & 16th 2019. This year the theme “Africa Forward: Forging New Alliances for the Future” recognises the call for increased intra-regional trade, direct investment, and collaborative innovation from thought lead-ers in…
Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and Bonang Matheba are constantly living her best fashion life and quite frankly it’s impossible not to find it inspiring! The popular media personalities headlined Miss Africa 2018 Calabar last night, and they brought some showstopping looks with them. Looking like they literally just stepped out of the pages a magazine, Ebuka stunned…
Prolific Nigerian designer, Mai Atafo is not holding back on anything as he graces the double covers of Blanck Magazine‘s latest issue. Photographed by Kola Oshalusi, the influential designer gets candid with Franka Chiedu in an interview surrounding his sexual orientation and gay rumors, dealing with loss and infertility surviving a house fire and much more. Excerpts from the interview…
The Dew Collection A few months ago, Betty Irabor shared her struggles with depression in a new book titled ”Dust To Dew” and recently she teamed up with 12 talented designers to create ‘The Dew Collection’ that centers around mental health awareness. Making her official runway debut, the media entrepreneur gathered creativity from Mai Atafo,…
