The Masafumi Watanabe for Converse Jack Purcell Johnny Sneakers

Founder of the influential label Bedwin and the Heartbreakers, Watanabe is one of Japan’s mostinfluential designers and an innovator of a contemporary, tailored, street-wearaesthetic.His fresh take on classic American apparel, makes his collaboration using theiconic Jack Purcell Johnny shoe a natural fit. Its all brown but in different tones...by far the most alluring feature of these beauties. Converse has been on a roll with these collaborations, i especially love the collaboration with Gorillaz.

Streetstyle LFW: Model Harry Uzoka via Dash Magazine

I met photographer Ellie Tsatsou who shot Harry during LFW and she's incredible you should all check out her work HERE. Harry Uzoka is set to be one of my fav models this year. Love his casual chic look, i would be lost on how to pair purple Nike blazers with my outfit but he pulled this off with finesse. Look out for my interview with him sometime next week.

My London Fashion Week Day 2 Look VIA nicelyturnedout.com

I hardly took any fotos of myself during fashion week. It was always the case of one missing person from the fotos which no surprisingly happens to be the man behind the lens. Lucky for me there were loads of other streetstyle bloggers who took photo's of me and nicelyturnedout.com tweeted this at me so there was no stress of wading through loads of images and spending hours on google searching for my LFW look.  Outfit breakdown after the jump.

Cap: Handmade in Ghana
Camera (as neckwear...lol i kid): Fujifilm X10
Jacket: Vintage (at Topman oxford street)
Shirt: Vintage (copped it in my hometown Lagos, Nigeria)
Jeans: H&m
Sneakers: Nike Air Max.

A Kind of Guise Duffle Bag

I'm not so sure what the right spelling for Duffle is... maybe Duffel? but anyways i guess one's the English spelling and the other the American aberration. Back to the product in focus, AKOG ( A kind of guise) duffel bag evokes all these tribal elements and  is reminiscent of handmade bags at the arts and craft center in Accra, Ghana which is one of my favorite places on earth.  This looks like a worthy investment for your summer wardrobe, not sure about functionality but it ticks all the right aesthetics boxes for me. 

'After two years in the making, this SS12 season witnesses the introduction of A Kind Of Guise’s exclusive capsule collection- “The Kilim Project”-a Middle Eastern take on popular Navajo print bags. Limited to just 100 bags, each rucksack is cut from hand-knitted 19^th & 20^th Century rugs collected by the A Kind of Guise team on excursions throughout the Persian gulf.'

Shiriting: Japanese Prints from Ben Sherman

Tropical prints are big in the game this season and Ben Sherman don't disappoint with this beautiful japanese inspired bird print button down. Although my incessant spending has been curbed nicely thanks to the reality of a depleted bank account, i still yearn for this shirt. But well if we all got what we yearned for, then i'd have my own island and probably another house on Lake Como.

Pakistani Fashion Designers – Milan Fashion Week

Milan Fashion Week came in with a surprise when Pakistani Fashion designers Maheen Khan, Deepak Perwani and Rizwan Beyg showcased their collections at the Milano Moda Donna (women’s) Spring/Summer 2010 season, organized by Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana. Their collections were showcased in the New Upcoming Designers (N-U-De) Category.

The collections caught the audience off-guard, since it was different from the rest – it was all Pakistani! The theme chosen by designers was to showcase Pakistan’s culture and traditions infused in Western attire.

Maheen Khan’s Khyber Mail as she puts it, was a total depiction of the artwork, embroidery from the Khyber, and even the lovely ‘kotis’and sleek pleated shalwars worn throughout Pakistan. That was the whole idea about Khyber Mail. When Maheen puts it, she puts it well! To accentuate more Khyber style in the collection, the designer came up with a brilliant idea of accessorizing it with colorful traditional hats namely ‘pukhol’ made out of khaddar and Satin. Maheen’s prêt collection was a fusion of solid catchy colors ranging from orange, white, grey, yellow and red. Fashion Guru Maheen’s Khyber Mail was purely a work of exuberance and understated elegance.

Pakistan’s Fashion Icon, Rizwan Beyg is a maestro who plays along black or white. Following his success at the Ensemble show this year, the fashion designer again chose white as his theme, to make it in contrast to Deepak’s and Maheen’s rather multi-hued collection. White has become his signature color. His collection had a more defined tilt towards Western style – long flowing skirts, revealing around the torso with most of the skirts wound with a big white bow in the front. The skirts were tremendously designed in crochet and embellished with pearls.

Another Pakistani Fashion Guru left the crowd breathless with his Pakistani themed Western collection. His collection played along the same color variations as Maheen’s, with eccentric use of local ‘dastarkhawan’ and ‘ajrak’prints, elegantly used on white fabric.

Long Sweater Trend in Pakistan

The sweater trend this season is gaining immense importance.  A long sweater coat seems to be settling as the Pakistani winter trend and people, irrespective of their age, are inclined towards following this winter trend. You could easily use it as a light-to-medium over coat and carry it with you throughout your chilly season.  A fancy scarf or even handy accessories accompanying your winter trend will add to your fashion declaration.
The best way to show off your sweater trend is to utilize rich and attractive colour schemes. But make sure that the shade selected goes with your wardrobe set for the Pakistani winter trend. Some embroidery or broche will also do for the winter trend on your long sweater.

This Pakistani winter trend has some requirements, the most important one being the length of your sweater. As the name suggests, it has to be long but how long? Firstly, you need to ensure that it is not very equally if the length is till the thighs. Dropping from the ends is preferable. Then, if you want it a few inches below your knees, it is better not to keep the sweater trend closed i.e. should be front-open. But if you are using a full length coat, it will acquire grace once it is closed from the front.
Healthy people should prefer thin sweater trend rather than thick furs as their ultimate winter trend.
Try to keep nominal with your costs. Since many branded shops sell these sweaters for a premium price, you can choose the sweater that is not very heavy i.e. help keep you away from cold and light weight enough that they can be used in early spring as well maintaining the sweater trend for a longer period.
Following are a few sweater trends for you to opt as your season’s style statement:
Naughty knits in sweater trend:
Knitwear is all over the brands carrying its shadows on the Pakistani winter trend. You will find numerous styles and designs as the sweater trend ranging from knee-length to ankle-slip to belt to front-open ones. The paramount for the sweaters is their comfy feel alongside satisfying your winter trend fashionably.    
Fur winter trend:
Imagine how mast it will look when you will walk carrying your fur-sweater trend down the street. The fox-fur or cat-tail will lay a luxurious impact on the viewers. You can accompany your presence with accessories such as fur handbags, cheetah earrings or even long boots. This will complete your stunning picture for the winter trend.
Leather sweater trend:
This is going to be a sexy addition to your winter wardrobe collection. Not only will you conquer the cold but will also place sleekness and flirty feel to your winter trend. This can be accompanied with leather skirt and high heels with a simple T-shirt. Also, this Pakistani winter trend can be worn with traditional dresses.

Latest Panel Frocks Trend 2012

The trend of women’s wear in Pakistani has totally changed. No more short shirts and half sleeves or sleeve less shirts. Half sleeves are replaced with long chooridaar sleeves. Short shirts are replaced with long A-line shirts, different styles of frocks, anarkalis. But the most recent trend is frocks with different styles of panels. Although Panel Frocks are not the new in Pakistani dresses, these were very popular in 10 to 15 years back. But now after a long time the panel frocks are re-appearing as latest Pakistani dresses. These panel frocks have been introduces with latest variations, variety & designs.

Panel frocks are of many different types, some starts from the waist attached with choli. In latest panel frocks, the panels start from shoulders cut. Panels are cut in triangles shapes. Different variations like two panel shirt, four panel shirts are part of this beautiful style dress. In wedding ceremonies or for part wear girls love to wear frocks even with eleven panels with long chooridaar sleeves.
One more trend which has been seen in panel shirts is shirt with two contrast panels. These panel shirts are not as long as eleven panel shirt and can be wear with shalwar. Panel shirts are bit more creative than other frocks and are available with beautiful embroidery, prints and panels in different colors.
To carry these frocks in stylish way increase the beauty & style of panel frocks. Although everyone likes to own latest trends but it’s not necessary every fashion is made for everyone. Just want to say that this style of frocks look more beautiful on the girls with long heights with slim figure. And it will enhance their beauty & style if they wear panel frocks with Qhussa or Kolapoori chappals. But never mind, if you are small height girl then you can enjoy this latest trend too with long heals.
No doubt our fashion industry has played important role to introduce such latest trends and designers indulge themselves to make these latest panel frocks with different & unique styles. Panel frocks of designers are available in every price range, starts from 4000 to so on. If we talk about, how long these frocks will be in trend then don’t hesitate to invest money in panel frocks, this will be in trend for coming year especially in weddings.

London Fashion Week AW12:Nasir Mazhar Exhibition

 

Nasir Mazhar has stayed delivering season after season quirky headgear in his now signature silhouettes. He also makes some of the coolest bags that are laden with hipster street cool vibes.  The designer who refers to himself as a hatter rather than a milliner has managed to carve out his hybrids of baseball and golf hats and reworks them with different colors and fabrics from season to season. More images after the jump.

Final Dose of Streetstyle from Menswear Day at London Fashion Week AW12

I ain't no Tommy Ton but i also got an eye which is personal to me. Just like the saying 'beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder' spotting out stylish individuals in a sea of people trying to hard to be stylish  is not the easiest job. My new Fujifilm X10 compact camera gave me all the confidence i needed and the ease of wading through and shooting people unnoticed. More images after the jump.

Painting In Museum