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You know, I really didn't want to, but the fashionista in me feels like if i don't blog about the fashion at Kate and (the new Duke) Willam's royal wedding today, it will be sacrilege. So here goes...  Our Kenyan girl, .... Kate Middleton :-), (we are claiming her like we did Obama!), is marrying her Duke today. She arrived at the Abbey in what I think is a stunningly, beautiful, classic,

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Meet, Nancie Mwai! An Uber talented stylist whom i first met when she assisted me on a fashion shoot for True Love East Africa magazine last year. Well, it seems like Nancie has been working really hard behind the scenes and recently launched a fresh, stylish and totally funkyfied online magazine that is packed with fashion information from cover to cover.  Take a moment and have a browse

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This is my friend Michelle, modeling and looking absolutely BANGIN!! In a fashion spread i did for the magazine Feb. There's a few more fabulous pictures that I'll put up as soon as I get a minute. 

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I promised you i'd put up some pictures of the Fashion High Tea event we hosted in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb 12th. (post below). Well here they are. Enjoy :-) 

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   ….. Away from my fashion career, which I actually think of as my hobby and not a job, I am  also into PR & marketing. I run an events outfit called “Nairobi VIP Parties”. I absolutely enjoy conceptualizing and executing interesting event ideas. It’s something that I started doing while in the United Kingdom and has carried on for many years. I love it so much, I could probably do it in my

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Happy New Year people. I hope the new year is being good to you and for you. Well, lets kick off our first post of the year with this picture of Ajuma that I styled for the January 2011 issue of TL where she talks about marriage, motherhood and her future career plans of wanting to come back to Africa. I have a good feeling about 2011. Or do we say that every new year?

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photog: Simon Cox - model:gift opar of Surazuri - stylist: grace makosewe - makeup: kobby of Suzie Beauty - hair: Shiro I find swimsuit fashion shoots the hardest to style. Why? Well because,..... there's very little fabric to work with. To make swimsuit shoots work, I tend to concentrate on the accessories. I pile them on, from head to toe. I also find that, for a swimsuit shoot to work, it has

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 Last week I got the chance to style Kenyan super model and a good friend of mine, Ajuma Naisenyana for a magazine shoot. It was a fun and easy shoot to do. She was very professional and needed minimum direction. All I did was put her in an outfit and let her get on with it. She's a natural and one of the most humble people i know. She brought along her adorable son Elliot (yes she has a baby)

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Here is former Miss Kenya Shamillah Kiptoo in photo shoot I did for "Penny Winter" ...... " Penny Winter is an Irish born fashion and costume designer, who trained at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the English National Opera. She started her own design label 12 years ago and together with her husband, Paul Verleysen, owns Ngong House - a tree-house lodge in the outskirts of Nairobi where

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I am going through some of my old styling pictures and thinking *i should really try and put some of these pictures up more often* .... here's one from last year some time. Model:Achiko Designer: KooRoo

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Nicely Done :-) Eye Candy David Agboji For Calvin Klein

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....I gotta say, one event that has got me truly excited since its "recent" launch, is the African Fashion Week in New York City. It's self explanatory really. So, without further-a-do, i'll let you head over to their website to check it out. http://africafashionweekny.com

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This is what Cameroon born , industrial designer, Serge Mouangue has to say about his innovative Kimono designs in African print fabric. "They may appear different on the surface but they do share some cultural similarities. Both societies are very tribal and have a respect for hierarchy and an appreciation of the power of silence. And then there are the differences, In Japan there is no

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When Jide told me that he is getting married to his sweetheart in December. The first question I and many of his friends asked him was, "who's going to take pictures of your wedding?"  Jide has photographed some of my designs back in the UK and I think his photography is pretty awesome....... The best way that I could describe Jide's work is that he travels the world documenting precious moments

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UGANDAN FASHION DESIGNER? .......CONGOLESE FASHION DESIGNER? Sometime last week, I was introduced to a very creative young lady called, Kahindo Mateene, the Designer behind a fashion label that goes by the name of Modahnik. A creative and inspiring woman of fashion whom I am looking forward to working with in the future. I am not sure whether to call her a Ugandan fashion designer or a Congolese 

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 Navy Blue Leather and Denim Clutch Bag by N'Damus Photo:Simon Cox - Styling: Grace Makosewe - Makeup: Wacuka - Model: Sylvia A few months ago, I asked my Afrolicious gal pal NNEKA to do me the biggest favour… I asked her to let me use the absolutely amazing, delicious, custom handmade, HUGE leather clutch bags that she designs and makes for a fashion spread I was doing for the magazine, and

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   Location: Magadi Kenya, Photog: Simon Cox, Styling: grace makosewe, Hair: Shiro Wanyoike, Makeup: Wacuka Thimba, Models: Amrit and Emily Njoki, Designer: Kemaya

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FAFA 2010 (Festival For African Fashion and Arts) is upon us! Dubbed East Africa's premier fashion event. Since it's inception, this gala event has attracted some of the biggest Fashion designers from across the continent. e.g. Imane Ayissi from Cameroon, Tribe Kwesi-Nti from Ghana, Modela Couture from Nigeria, just to name a few. Every year it gets bigger and better. Which fashion show do you

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If anyone needed a reason or any other reason to love African prints, Kitenge, Chitenge, Ghana wax or whatever you want to call these beautiful fabrics, ...... Then designer Juan Jooliva from Spain, just gave you plenty of reasons why.  I am thoroughly digging these cuts! pictures courtesy of:FashionFreax.net    I have to be honest, I had never heard about Juan until i checked out one of

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I almost want to bet that Carter Smith photographed this Louis Vuitton travel 2010 collection somewhere in Kenya. That landing strip and that park could be anywhere, e.g. Magadi, Maasai Mara or Tsavo national park. Who knows? If you do, please leave a comment. Director Willian Snieg made Dree Hemingway look at home and comfortable on this African Safari. Talk about selling a lifestyle. Antje

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Mzansi's Favourite Fashion Designer David Tlale.www.davidtlale.com

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  Earlier this year, African Fabric Turbans @ Jean Paul Gaultier fall 2010 collection 

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Agnes! My beautiful friend Agnes Kuye (pictured) *sigh*. Love her to bits. The first time i met this vivacious African woman, with tonnes of swag, was at an event in London. I stopped by her stall to have a look at her beaded jewelry and garments and gorgeous bags made of African fabric. Next thing i know, she is "giving" me one of nicely designed tops ...... for free, wouldn't let me pay for

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                           Here are some pics from a fashion spread I did for True Love Magazine recently. Tried out a new photographer called Peppe. Apart from my usual production team of Wacuka for Makeup and Shiro for Hair who kicked a$$ as usual, I was assisted by the lovely Nancie who also writes a fashion blog http://www.fashionablenotebook.blogspot.com/  who I asked to come on as my

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Ladies and gents, it would appear that African inspired fashion has officially arrived in Hollywood, and WE LOVE IT! It's about time too. Tinsel town A-list celebrities like R and B singers Solange Knowles and Kelis are proudly wearing African prints and getting adorned in African themed jewelry. Being Afrocentric has never been cooler. Well, we knew that already didn't we? All we can say is

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I bumped into a funky designer (online @ www.catchavibe.co.uk ) called “Nicole OldSoul”. Nicole makes exclusive, hand-crafted, one off pieces under the brand name ONEKANA (pronounced 'o-neh-karna'), a Swahili word which means to “BE SEEN”. I love these Safari Peep Toe pumps made from African print fabric. They cost 45GBP. To see the rest of Nicoles collection, pop over to  her website 

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It Is Not Cool To Paint White Models Black! It wasn't THEN, and it is not NOW! It baffles me how in this day and age, magazines are still comfortable painting white models with black paint so that they can look black! I mean, WHY? With so many black models in the industry, i fail to see why this is necessary, art or not! Look at this image for example, even has the African bangles to boot!

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I had a shoe party a few weeks ago at a health spa. It was a day out with the gals, had ladies coming out to have mani-pedis, cocktails and spend money on fab shoes while listening to music. There were Loads of ALDO kicks care of my friends at www.Stilettos.co.ke , Kenyas premier online shoe store - check em out. Thinking of making it a monthly gig. 

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I style men too! In this picture is the one and only, Swaggalicious, International DJ, DJ Stylez of Code Red entertainment! Loving the strewn records....Niice :-) Shot by: Emmanuel Jambo  Makeup: Wacuka Thimba

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I often get asked if I do "non-afrocentric" shoots.....Well, yeah! Take this picture for example. It is from a collection of images for a shoot I did for True Love East Africa.  Unlike most of my other styling shoots, this one was done indoors. I sometimes prefer studio shoots because you can control the lighting much more effectively.  I bumped into Judy (model) while out and about in

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Here is another picture from the shoot @ Kenyas tourist TreeTop hotel in Nyeri. The stilts the hotel are built on are visible on the right. This is the front of the hotel, beyond the stilts, is one of the animal watering holes safely guarded by an electric fence. At one point the management had to turn off the electric current because we needed to get to the other side of the fence (before the

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The tree looking building in the background looks like an old haunted house. It's actually where the queen of England became queen. It is a very popular tourist attraction in Kenya, It is, The TreeTop Hotel in Nyeri situated in a national park. It's rustic and basic. So don't expect 5 star service! The main structure is built on stilts and has trees growing through the bulding  - yes i said

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Another example of a location making fashion look awesome. We shot this at picturesque Severin Spa @ Tsavo West National Park, Kenya. Emily Njoki the model effortlessly carrying this look by designer Rushma Marwa off. I think the photography did most of the work on this shot. The light blasting from the right hand side of the frame is one of Simon Cox's powerful lights. The sun was coming in from

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Styling: grace makosewe - Photog: Simon Cox - Model: Amrit Kalsi - Hair: Shiro Wanyoike - MakeUp: Wacuka thimba Location: Tsavo National Park, Kenya Designer: Rushma Marwa

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Isn't this like one of the most beautiful African fashion images you have ever seen? Well, i know it is for me. We shot this at a Spa location @ Tsavo West National Park, called SEVERIN! Wonderful place. The guys over at the lodge were so nice to us that we have since vowed to go back. They were as excited as we were about this fashion shoot in the African bush. On this occassion, I was styling

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by far my favourite shot of that day. this purple, yellow and orange silk sarong from Annabel Thom came with a little top but i thought it would be too obvious to put them together. i loooved this leather belt(worn on the chest) with a big buckle. and again, i didn't want to use it as a "belt" so voila! as a boob tube it was worn. luckily enough, Kemunto our ever so gracious model had a model

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This shoot location was in the beautiful Kenyan town of Naivasha @ a serene farm called The "Sanctuary Farm". Naivasha town which is predominantly a flower farming community, is based about 2 hours drive away from Nairobi. We started off early and got there without incident. Kemunto, the model featured, hadn't done any fashion modeling in Kenya prior to this. She told me how she was exciting to

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This look is the same as the look on the "Pure Natural African Sunshine Post". In this shot the model looks like she's is "Enjoying African Sundowner." Production: Styling: Grace Makosewe Designer: Annabel Thom Photog: Charlie Grieves-Cook Shot of Location @ Sanctuary farm in Naivasha town, Kenya Model: Kemunto DRUM MAGAZINE fashion spread June 09'

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This dress is made of Kenyan khanga leso fabric underskirt (flowery), put together with a red and black batik tye & dye fabric from Ghana and bodice made of Black French lace. When i was designing this dress, I was thinking "girly, afrocentric, contemporary, fun, colour".... The fitted lace top and the round frilly skirt with crynolin underskirt, work well me thinks? WarmSpirit Collection 2009

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Sometimes, shoot locations can dictate the end result of a fashion shoot. This shoot was a good example. I can't imagine having taken this pictures at any other location because i don't think the pictures would have looked as amazing. A studio shoot perhaps? Nop I don't think so. The dramatic African harsh arid baren landscape of Ol Kermatian landing airstrip in Magadi Kenya, brings these cloths

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WarmSpirit Desgins featured in UZURI USA Modeled by noella coursaris

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model: noella coursaris designer: grace makosewe photg: bobwheeler

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Fashion Styling for Drum Magazine - Issue March 09PHOTOG: Charlie Grieves-CookPRODUCTION: Grace MakoseweHAIR: Shiro Wanyoike MAKEUP: Wacuka Thimba MODELS: Doris Kwaka & Nike Kondakis THE KONDAKIS PARACHUTE COLLECTIONLocation: Ol Kermatian Airstrip, Magadi, Kenya

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Sometimes in life, there's people that cross your path and leave a lasting effect. These effects can be either positive and negative. Well, this one is definitely a positive one. My very beautiful friend Noella Coursaris (now Masters), is one of the most inspiring young African women that i have EVER met. Despite her success in Europe and the USA, she reamains humble and compassionate. She's

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Model: Chantelle ADesigner: grace makosewephotog: Jide Alakija

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The gold skirt is from the WarmSpirit 2007 collection. It's one of those verstatile pieces that can be won on the waist, empire line or on top of the bust. I love this gold detail wax fabric i got from ghans. designer: grace makosewemodel: noella coursarisphotog: BobWheeler

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WarmSpirit 2008Designer: grace makoseweModel: Chantelle APhotog: Jide Alakija

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This Tye and Dye purple bulbous harem pants is a warmspirit piece that was featured in DRUM east Africa magazine fashion spread. The round disc on the models neck is actually a beaded table mat (don't ask) i got from a local shop. Decided to use it to create a bit of drama - along with the blue head piece that the hair designer and myself came up with. You like? Designer: grace makosewe Model:

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WarmSpirit Collection 2009 Featured in DRUM East Africa April 09 i get inspired by fabric! especially african fabric. But i try not to use them in the conventional ways. when i saw this orange African tye dye fabric, i stared at it for a couple of days (because thats what i do) then i knew exactly what i wanted to do with it.i made my rough sketches and met with my seamstress, Dzame,  and

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