Aminata Niaria

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Aminata Niaria, a rising star in the model field has been busy.  She is good friends with Kinee Diouf, her fellow model from Senegal.  She was discovered by Alber Elbaz of Lanvin and signed to Viva Models in Paris in 2006.

She has walked for Roberto Cavalli, Dries Van Noten, Louis Vuitton, and Vivienne Westwood, to name a few, been featured on French Glamour magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Russian Vogue, and German Vogue.   » Read more…

Tags: , Alber Elbaz, Aminata Niaria, glamour, Harper's Bazaar, Lanvin, Senegalese model, Viva Models Paris, Vogue

Gorgeous Georgie - Young Burkinabe on the rise in model land.

Written by Grace Yama | July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It is only fitting for us to do an updated profile on our models following the ‘hoopla’ of the ‘chocolate Italian Vogue’. She was chosen as one of the 12 New Faces To Watch on WWD following the New York Fashion Week earlier this year.

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Tags: , , Ben de Lisi, Burkina Faso, Diane von furstenburg, Fashion, Issey Miyake, Jasper Conran, LV, Marc Jacobs, Model, Storm, Vogue, WWD

Duro Olowu - Lawyer - Turned Fashion Designer.

Written by Grace Yama | July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

British designer Duro Olowu is a lawyer turned designer, born in Lagos Nigeria, to a Nigerian father and a Jamaican Mother, and was raised between Nigeria and England. What better environment to develop his love for designing than England, a place that embraces international culture, art, and music?

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Tags: , Art, Collection, Culture, Designer, Duro Dress, Ethnic, Exotic, Fashion, Fashion Week, kimono-styled, Vogue

Liya Kebede does Photo Shoot in Mali

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Liya Kebede was spotted in Mali doing a spread for Vogue Magazine. Titled “From Here to Timbuktu”, the shoot seems to be opening up the discussions, once again, about using black models in the otherwise blandly pale landscape of modeling. It also raises the question about whether the people that are in the shoot with her will be getting paid for their part in the shoot, after all, Vogue will be making money off the pictures. My guess is that they don’t get a cent…..sigh! » Read more…

Tags: , Alek Wek, Iman, jourdan dunn, Kadiatu, Kadra Ahmed-Omar, Liya Kebede, Nnenna Agba, Noella Coursaris, Oluchi, Teiko Dornor, Vogue, vogue italia, Yasmine Warsame, Yordanos Teshager