by Christie Brown
source: a fluffy blog
Vlisco 2013
Spring/Summer 2013:
Suno Balenciaga Marni
Bana, Ethiopia
Street Style/ Some girls
D’URBAN DIRNDL, the international fashion brand from Berlin.
(Source: durbamdirndl.com)
South Africa fashion week 2013
Kottin and Twille
Black Coffee
Muntsho by Leon von Solms
Amakrwala
In the Eastern Cape Xhosa communities, hundreds of Xhosa boys aged between eighteen and twenty-three attend Xhosa circumcision schools for a manhood initiation ritual. After these Xhosa initiates return home from the initiation school, they are guided through a six-month process where their elders teach them manhood protocol. Xhosa initiates are traditionally called Amakrwala during this process.
After this “New” Xhosa men, or Amakrwala, will wear blazers, buttoned up shirts, and hats. Trousers and shoes must be smart. “New” Sotho men, or Makolwane, will wear traditional blankets, hats, and beads.
Photos by Araminta de Clermont
D’URBAN DIRNDL
fashion show - 1st Munich Dirndl Fair
Steampunk
Virtuoso is an alternate history of an Africa that never existed, one run by steel and springs, commanded by vast matriarchies and past the height of its culture. Virtuoso is the story of Jnembi Osse, a professional weapons manufacturer for the most powerful empire in the world, and how her private rebellion becomes a full scale international incident.
Virtuoso is created and written by Jon Munger, Art work by Krista Brennan
(Source: virtuosocomic.smackjeeves.com)
