A Premier Formula 1 Viewing Experience Launches in the Heart of NairobiThis past weekend, Radisson Blu Hotel & Residence Nairobi Arboretum officially launched its highly anticipated Formula 1 Watch Party Series in the beautifully refurbished Midori Garden, setting the tone for a season filled with high-octane excitement. The series debuted with a live viewing of the Bahrain Grand Prix, delivering an unparalleled experience for motorsport fans in Nairobi.The event, hosted in collaboration with The Wheelspin Podcast, drew an eclectic crowd of media personalities, influencers, motorsport enthusiasts, and F1 devotees. Set against the lush, vibrant backdrop of Midori Garden, the watch…
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Summer is at its peak right now, which means it’s time to start thinking about the September shows. The spring 2025 New York Fashion Week schedule may be small, but it’s chock-full of surprises.The week will officially kick off on Friday, September 6th at 1pm with Area, which is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary. It’ll be a big day for the city, with Collina Strada and Willy Chavarria also holding shows on opening day. They’ll be joined by Pieter Mulier, who opted out of Alaïa’s usual off-calendar slot adjacent to the Paris couture season in favor of an off-calendar show…
South African media personality Minnie Dlamini will be walking the ramp for JessicaJane to show off the French-Xhosa Range at Paris Fashion Week in early March 2022 in a fabulous case of women supporting women on their journeys… whilst making South Africa proud and making dreams come true.Little did JessicaJane know that when she fell in love and married Wandile Molebatsi who is half Tswana and half Xhosa how this would impact her fashion design journey, culminating in an invitation to the famous Paris Fashion Week.After receiving the invitation and after much thinking during Covid lockdowns, Jessica decided to create…
SHOW US YOUR PRINTPrinting has become an integral part of fashion design.Your consumers want something different now, they want something unique.BRIEF:CHANGING HOW WE LOOK AT FABRIC DESIGN WITHIN FASHION DESIGNConsider fabrics that have the least impact on the environment.Use natural linen, cotton, and sustainably sourced fabrics.Keep fur and leather-free.Your design must include print on at least 50% of the garments.Employ zero-waste cutting such as draping, knitting, or use a zero-waste pattern.Provide consumer care instructions to increase the garment’s longevity.Create a timeless and trans-seasonal collection.Base your designs on 2022 world trends by combining contemporary shapes, styles, and construction with your inspiration…
She is fast becoming the choicest of celebrities, and an emblem of African fashion in a world of numerous fashion and beauty stylists, with a dynamic market where only the strong can thrive and expand.Also, the business of designing and styling is becoming even more prominent and ubiquitous. In this competitive and ever-growing industry is where she has taken advantage of her love for fashion, as she is creatively aggrandizing her brand and fashion entrepreneurship to top-echelon.Multiple award-winning fashion designer and the CEO, creative head of Prudential Styling and Prudential Fashion Academy, a fashion empire located in Lagos, Prudent Gabriel,…
Creative DNA x Fashion Scout present WAUZINE – a digital showcase including three limited edition digital publications, featuring 11 emerging designers from Kenya, and bringing together cross-cultural collaborations between writers, illustrators and creative teams in both London and Nairobi.The first of our three issues explores Nairobi’s myriad neighborhoods through a fashion story by photographer Maganga Mwagogo showcasing the bold and powerful work of our designers and an in-depth essay by Awuor Onyango revealing the cultural and social ley lines that underpin the Kenyan capital.WAUZINE is designed and created by the team at Fashion Scout, with Helen Jennings, Co-founder and Editorial…
Black Star Revolution, a fashion brand owned by US-based Ghanaian businessman, McAaron Keli Ketor-Tay has been officially launched in Ghana with a call on African leaders to spearhead an agenda to accelerate the continent’s development through reversed brain-drain.Speaking in an interview with Lord Kweku Sekyi, Mr. Ketor-Tay, said, Africa’s renaissance must be backed by a comprehensive agenda to harness its own human capital to its own advantage rather than exporting scholars abroad.He said Africa’s unfortunately negligible position in the world economy does not reflect the enormous resources at its disposal which encompass both material and manpower, adding that, foreign nations…
Coming 2 America, the highly anticipated follow-up to the Eddie Murphy-Arsenio Hall classic, opens just like the original. As viewers, we’re immediately transported to the grandiose and opulent Zamunda, a feat achieved thanks largely to the costumes, thoughtfully reimagined by Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter.The cult-favorite film, which broke box office records when it premiered in 1988, is a study in visual splendor when it comes to the wardrobe, from Prince Akeem’s draped furs to Lisa’s pink royal wedding dress, not to mention hilarious as hell who could forget Murphy’s goofy, Scottish-inspired McDowell’s uniform, complete with a red tartan vest and matching tam-o’-shanter…