Hello all! Naomi Campbell and her celebrity fashion friends came together on Valentine's Day to raise money and awareness to combat the spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. A full review of the show will follow soon but for now check out these fabulous video snippets of the celebrities & models who worked the runway:
New York Fashion Week is always cause for excitement but when Beyonce shows up to the Kanye West for Adidas presentation in Head to (ankle) Harbison, that takes things up a notch:
Harbison color blocked overcoat, floral embellished bustier & midi skirt & fox fur clutch.
Across the pond, TV personality Sam Faiers strutted the red carpet premier of Focus in a jeweled gown by Virgos Lounge:
Draya has been quite the fashion ambassador lately. She tailored an embellished Jewel by Lisa blazer into a dress and was spotted shopping in a miniskirt by the brand:
Here she is slaying a Marie Anette NYC ombré feathered dress at a Ciroc event last week:
The starlet was also spotted out and about for NYFW in frocks by the same brand:
The business of love, can be a funny one. Dress accordingly.
“If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’
If I hold her foot she says, ‘Don’t touch!’
But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know.”
Hello everyone! Today has been a rough day, I can't even type a lie (lol), but I can share this Valentines Day outfit idea to take my mind off of more difficult things. I've always been a language arts kinda girl, so I find inspiration in words. In honor of Black History Month I searched for some quotes by Richard Wright and this one really spoke to me:
"I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all." - Richard Wright, Black Boy
When was the last time you sent your words to fight for you? Activism through words comes natural to me, even before I became an attorney I was an outspoken young person who was not afraid to advocate on behalf of myself or others. But what happens when you arrange your words like disciplined little troops and send them into war but still loose the battle?
Anywho, I love this V-Day outfit idea. I started with an oldie but goodie, this Alexander Wang mesh/pipe-detailed skirt, and old piece of lingerie as a top, old Express suit jacket, old Nordstrom sandals and this beaded Madam Wokie clutch as my little piece of Africa for the night. There are a million great reasons to carry a little piece of Africa with you, but I do it for the LOVE.
Happy hump day everyone! I hope....
Hello everyone! I've been feeling really refreshed and excited about life since the start of the new year. I've never been huge on new year's resolutions because life is in continuous motion until you die so I don't believe that a new year or month is truly a clean slate. For the most part you wake up with the same problems on January 1 that you went to sleep with on December 31st. I do find lots of inspiration in the holiday season however and in people's resolve to accomplish more in the next 365 days. This year I plan to work harder to find and cultivate my talents and use them create a positive impact in the lives of others. I wish you all the support of the universe and a positive mind as your pursue your goals for the next year,
On that note, the Foreign Market has some really exciting things in store for the new year! Hopefully, you've already read about our work with the Fashion Does Good Campaign which will benefit children living in Sierra Leone who have become orphans because of Ebola. For a limited time, you can support that campaign by shopping Madam Wokie accessories on our site. Mary-Ann KaiKai, creative director of Madam Wokie has committed to giving 10% of all the proceeds of her accessories sold on this site to our Fashion Does Good Campaign and we couldn't be more grateful. This is an amazing way for all of us to use things that we love to create a positive impact and I couldn't be more excited. Lots of accessories have already been uploaded to the site and more are coming so please shop hard and shop early! We all know how quickly Madam Wokie's stuff goes!
Here I am casually sporting a Madam Wokie Beaded Foldover Clutch below:
Sweatshirt - DRC Apeparel, last season but similar here
Striped, semisheer button up - Forever 21 old but similar
Shoes - Michael Kors available here
Leatherette pants - H&M old but similar here
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Happy Friday everyone! Hope you had a great week. Please check out the final post in Siata's style takeover below:
My third and final look is a chic high waist-circle skirt and crop top also by Kadiatu Kamara for Printex. I paired this look with silver drop earrings that were a gift from my aunt, and red Jessica Simpson pumps. The hand beaded clutch is by Madam Wokie. (I wanted the outfits to speak for themselves, and since these fabrics had beautiful pops of color and intricate patterns, the less jewelry, the better.)
On a final note, I think its important to say that style isn’t only a way of dress, it is also the manner in which we live and how we give back to the world. An issue that I care about and I’d like my career to revolve around, is reducing conflict in Africa. The effects of ethnic conflicts, civil wars, and genocide are extremely detrimental to a country and it’s people, as we have seen in Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and many other nations in Africa. The people that have been proven to suffer the most as a result of these conflicts are women and children. Many women become victims of abuse and children become orphans without the opportunity for proper education. My goal is to work with these groups who have been marginalized and to find solutions that provide better lives and opportunities for people to become active members of their society. Wearing African brands is not only fashion forward, its a way to support and uplift the global community and to make the statement that I stand with them as they strive to create beautiful products and beautiful lives. For instance, the beaded clutches that I've worn with all of my outfits were created as a part of a project that Madam Wokie has with former women prisoners in Sierra Leone, which teaches them skills that they can use to generate income for themselves. The clutches are available for sale on the shop portion of this site and a percentage of the proceeds will benefit the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. If you'd like to make a 100% donation rather than a purchase, the Fashion Does Good campaign has a great fundraiser that will benefit children who have been orphaned by Ebola.
Hello Everyone! Thank you for checking out part two of Siata's style:
Style is something that I've always possessed, even from a young age. Maybe it was the effect of my fabulous aunties whom I looked up to while growing up in Sierra Leone, or the pride my parents took in making sure I looked presentable as a young child. Either way, I find that style comes instinctively to me.
Hello and happy new year to all! I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season and that you're ready to make 2015 count!
One thing that the Foreign Market wants to accomplish in 2015 is to offer more consistent and diverse content for you to enjoy, so we're beginning the year with a few guest bog entries from a young African style star, Siata Swaray. Check out her first post:
Hello good people! I hesitated a while before sharing these pics (I had a sty underneath my eye that I was super self conscious about) but I decided that this Virgo's lounge dress was too fab not to share. Virgos Lounge is a Nigerian owned brand that is based out of London. VL curates and designs fabulous vintage and vintage inspired pieces like this "Trophy" dress that I'm wearing. I wore this to the bi-annual Pujehun Dance, a charity gala thrown by the Pujehun District Descendant's Association, which was organized some twenty years ago with the goal of assisting the Pujehun District of Sierra Leone as our people grappled with the civil war. Although the war is over, the organization is still going strong and the Pujehun Dance is always well attended and contributes greatly towards medical care for the District. Organizations like PDDA are a great example of how our people have once triumphed over tragic circumstances and brought order out of chaos and I have every belief that we will do the same in the wake of the Ebola outbreak. I had the huge honor of being asked to present my uncle, Dr. Joe Nuni, with an achievement award for his contributions to the district, so I tried to go all the way glam with my look. What do you think? Mission accomplished?
Trophy Dress - Virgos Lounge, sold out
P.S. I'm all for using one's interests or passions to champion a good cause. Some friends and I have brought our non-profit foundations together to raise funds for children in Sierra Leone who have been orphaned because of the Ebola outbreak. Our campaign is called "Fashion Does Good" and we are collecting fabulous items from well known and regularly known donors and then auctioning off the items and contributing 100% of the proceeds to the shelter, care, education, food and clothing needs of the children. We have done well with short term fundraisers for Ebola relief in the past (see story here) and we want to build upon established relationships with local partners to continue supporting Sierra Leone's most vulnerable in their time of need. Please email me if you'd like to contribute in any way. munjebfoh@gmail.com
