4th African Fashion Fair - The Gala Cocktail show

This was the cocktail gala evening of the fair which started on Thursday 27th of October.
I did enjoy the show; was a good break from my busy school life- more like a breath of fresh air. Iddi Achieng provided entertainment with some Luo benga tunes.
What I wore:

For this event, I thought I would try something abit out of the norm for me. I wore a white shirt which was my high-school shirt that I found when cleaning my wardrobe and a plaid skirt, which I had altered. It was really long when I bought it (ankle height), and guess how much? 30ksh from toi market, but with a little imagination and renovation, this is the skirt I ended up with. I used a ribbon and improvised it to make a thin tie. The jacket, is from the U.S (courtesy of my dad), the clutch, a gift from my mum; the ring bought it at FAB (Fashion and Beauty expo) for 1200/-; shoes from Nairobi Stalls at 3000/-; socks were 100/- from toi market; geeks from my sister. Fashion styling and looking good is all about mix and matching, and knowing how to make drab (the skirt) look fab. :)

Any-who, onto the main agenda. Got to see some wonderful pieces both from student designers

Today I went fabric shopping for a dress I've been requested to have made. I love the fabric I chose; a golden-brown kitenge (popular African fabric) with some beautiful embellishments, and a plain black stiff kitenge.

Golden-brown kitenge with silver embellishment

Shiny-stiff black kitenge

The client preferred green and/or brown as a choice of color.

The Language of shoes

Recently as I was reading an article in Vogue.co.uk, where Louboutin was giving his insight as to why women would endure wearing killer heels. "There is an element of seduction in shoes that doesn't exist for men…The language starts with the shoe and radiates over the whole body. A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes. Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character. ...That's why women are happy to wear painful shoes.”

Artistic fashion - John Galliano

Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano-Guillén (best known as John Galliano) is a renowned British fashion designer born in Gibraltar (28th November 1960). You know those designers that you look at their shows/clothes and wonder “where in the world do you wear that?” Yea he’s that kind of designer (honestly I never understood such fashion until recently so don't worry, your not alone).

He has been the head designer for couture houses, Givenchy (July 1995 to October 1996) and Christian Dior (October 1996 to March 2011). He also has his own label John Galliano.

His success is largely attributed to the highly respected fashion trend setter, Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue, and Andre Leon Talley, then European Correspondent at Vanity Fair. With their assistance he managed to secure the necessary financial backing and high society stamp needed to give him credibility in Paris, in 1993.