UPDATES:ELITE MODEL LOOK 2011 set to ROLL

As events gradually come to a halt in the screening of models for this year's Elite Model Look . Tickets will soon be made available for those interested in attending this glamorous event . 

TICKET DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS

PLATINUM VIP TICKETS: N50,000
Front row seating
Black Carpet Photoshoot
Pre Show dinner( September 2nd)
Photos with models and designers
Backstage tour
Complimentary Champagne
Vip passes for After party
Goodie Bags

VIP TICKETS: N25,000
2nd Row Seating.
Complimentary Champagne
Goodie bags

General TICKETS: N10,000
General seating during the show

Republic of Foreigner presents- The ROF Pop-Up Shop

About Republic Of Foreigner:Founded in 2010, Republic of Foreigner is a Nigerian apparel brand established with the aim of bringing out the spirit of freedom in all the ladies out there!

Sisters, Carmen and Selina Sutherland, are the creative forces behind Republic Of Foreigner. Their designs are inspired by folklore, Afrobeat culture, vintage relics, and exude a mutual love of film, art, and design. Operating from their hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, this bohemian inspired fashion duo produce eclectic designs for the modern hippie.

Visit www.intherof.com for more information.

REPUBLIC OF FOREIGNER debuts Resort 2012 Collection.

Republic of Foreigner debuts its Resort 2012 Collection entitled Echizen. The designers use exquisite colours, patterns, and textures to compose creative connections between modern views of romanticism and the natural world.
The result is refreshingly soft, feminine, and whimsical – with sharply tailored jumpsuits and confidence-assured dresses, alongside playful tops, shorts, and trousers.

About The Collection:
The Echizen Collection is a dynamic fusion of chic Bohemianism and the natural world. The name of the collection was literally inspired by a beautiful yet invasive species of jellyfish called Echizen found in the Pacific Ocean.
The collection represents a mix of gauche and glamor—staying true to the designers’ tradition of mixing their easy boho-inspired aesthetic with contemporary African and world culture. Ideas for the collection were derived from vintage photographs of Italian Gondoliers in boater hats, and characters observed in films such as The Chicken Ranch (1970s), West World (1973), Dune (1984), and Giacomo Pucini’s opera, La Bohème.

 Coupled with these influences, movement, shape, and colour all play a big role in the collection, as do graphic prints, textures, and trimming—all working together to celebrate women, beauty, simplicity, aggression, everyday life, and change.  

LookbookCredits:
Photography: Folarin Shasanya
Model: Monishade Gbobaniyi
Styling & Art Direction: The R.O.F Team
Make-Up: Seun for Blush Beauty
Graphic Design: Spark Creative

NEWS; Tote by Bola Obileye

The TÓTÉ.. love affair with African print fabrics , can only be described as “Always and Forever”..Ankara has been a symbol of african fashion and pride for over 50 years and we dear say “it will be around for much longer”..Viva Ankara! Viva TÓTÉ!!!

WABARA'S WIFE SURVIVES BRAIN CANCER

 Felicia Wabara, wife  of Nigeria's former Senate president, Chief Adolphus Wabara, recently survived a brain cancer that almost took her life away. 

  Felicia disclosed this recently at the Living Faith Church, New York durning a thanksgiving session.

 Mrs. Wabara was admitted to the Presbyterian Church in New York August 2010. At that time she could not talk and walk normally.According to the couple it was an harrowing experience. No one thought she was going to survive it. The cancer survivor says she is very grateful to GOD as the recent test shows she does not have the traces of the brain cancer any more.

 Her husband recounted what she went through in the hand of brain cancer. Wabara said he loves Felicia so much and  would be her husband till the end.He advised younger couples to be steadfast and love each other mom because that is the bedrock of every good marriage.

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ANITA QUANSAH AUTUM /WINTER COLLECTION 2011

The long awaited collection by Anita Quansah London for A/W 2011 is finally here. The latest AQL collection is actually based on two subjects relating to the film "Avatar" and also borders around works by Valentim Quaresma- an artist and designer, known for his use of industrial materials in his work.

According to the creative designer and current award winner of Fashion Finest's Accessory designer of the year - Anita Horsfall..." I wanted to create a collection that has an earthy feel to it, but looks industrial at the same time, hence the use of semi precious stones and beads fused with hardware such as bolts, safety pins and washers, things used every day by human but used in an unconventional way to create show stopping statement pieces"......

Just like the film Avatar, the collection is in close relationship and interaction between culture and civilization. Hence highlighting the focus of the collection which is primarily on the recycled components making the pieces edgier yet feminine at the same time, fusing them with bright hues.

The AW 2011 collection has been created with love and will be available to buy soon on the new AQL e-store and available stockist.

To arrange to preview the collection you can contact Morsi PR

Also you can checkout their new website on www.anitaquansahlondon.com

More pictures after the cut 

JENNIFER LOPEZ SAYS SHE TRIED TO MAKE HER MARRIAGE WORK

Top singer and actress Jennifer Lopez has finally spoken on how she tried to save her marriage to Marc Anthony from breaking until they finally had to go their seperate ways.

In her first interview after the break up, the mother of twin – Max and Emme the product of the marriage to singer Marc Anthony granted Vanity Fair magazine, she explained how she worked so hard to preserve the marriage. In her words, "That (marriage) was my biggest dream, and I really worked hard at it. We both did. Sometimes it doesn't work – and that's sad. But I remain an eternal optimist about love. I believe in love".

 She further adds "It's not that I didn't love myself before. Sometimes we don't realise that we are compromising ourselves. To understand that a person is not good for you, or that that person is not treating you in the right way, or that he is not doing the right thing for himself – if I stay, then I am not doing the right thing for me. I love myself enough to walk away from that now."

Jennifer also admits that her career may have been the weak point of the marriage but says he has not giving up on finding a lasting love.

Jennifer Lopez had been with Ben Affleck, then P Diddy before finally settling down with Marc Anthony who we thought was her finally bus stop. They were married for seven years!