African Print!

   I love Africa. Everything from the beautiful landscapes, the weather, animals, the people, the food, the fashion and let's not forget, the African print! Africa is all about beauty, life,color and culture which are well translated through African prints. African print in itself has cultural diversity in terms of the different fabrics that can be used. We have the Kitenge from Nigeria, Kente from Ghana and Leso and Kikoy from the East African coast. <forgive me if there is any I have not mentioned>

  African print clothing funny enough, from what I remember, was not popular with young people in the past but lately it has been trending tremendously and has been fully revamped!  With fabulous modern designs, it has been embraced quite well worldwide, and across ethnic groups as well. We have seen celebrities like Solange Knowles, Kimora Lee Simons, Rihanna, Kelis among many other celebrities rocking this trend.

African print fashion has been incorporated into shoes and accessories as well

Last year we had Kitenge festival Nairobi at The Village Market and dress code; African print. Missed it :-(  but here is what two of my lovely fashionista friends wore.

On the right Miss Fauzia wore a gorgeous Kitenge jumpsuit designed by Nick Ondu of Ankara Vintage and on the left Miss Vavavum wore a beautiful African print pencil skirt paired with a denim shirt. (click on Miss vavavum to check out her blog)

The fun doesn't end there! Absolutely love the print on print look !!

xoxo,

Pat :-)