Rihanna wore this Stella Jean Barbara layered-shirt made with African print to the White House and you can get Matchesfashion. This multicoloured tribal print cotton dress has close-fitting round neck with long sleeves that is made of light-blue and white striped shirt-style point collar and long length sleeves and button-fastening cuffs. The bottom is designed as a midi-length pencil skirt with centre-back hem slit and a centre-back concealed zip fastening.
Stella Jean is a designer with both Italian and Haitien roots and her combination of this African ankara fabric suits Rihanna very well like almost every other thing she puts on. The singer channeled Olivia Pope as she spent time having fun while re-enacting scenes from the hit TV show ‘Scandal’ during her visit to the White House. She completed her look with a Balmain Pierre 24 Hours Tote, a pair of Manolo Blahnik Chaos Sandals and oversize gold hooped earrings.
Above, the multiple award-winning singer is seen pretending to make a phone call while looking fab in her Barbara African print dress designed by Stella Jean.
In this photo, Rihanna is taking her steps like the boss lady she is. Rihanna is been seen wearing a couple of African designed and African inspired pieces. The star is a fashionista who loves taking fashion risks and always looking fab in almost anything.
In this other photo, a model is seen rocking the African print dress while strutting and showcasing it on the runway.
What do you think of Rihanna’s African print dress? do you think the singer rocked it well and that it went well with her looks? Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below.
While you’re here, please take some time to visit the Afrocosmopolitan Youtube channel and subscribe to it. That way, you’ll be among the first people to get our video updates as soon as they are uploaded. You can also follow Afrocosmopolitan on Instagram and like our Facebook Page. You can check out Afrocosmopolita in Pinterest as well. Thanks and keep on looking your best.
Nigerian couple Lizzy Idahosa, 24 and Jackson Omoruyi, 41, have been jailed for money laundering and human trafficking. Lizzy was sentenced to 8 years in prison for trafficking women for sex to and around the United Kingdom. She was also found guilty of inciting prostitution and money laundering. In total, Lizzy Idahosa was given multiple sentences that consisted of eight years, five years, seven years and two and a half years for her crimes. All the sentences are to run concurrently. Idahosa already has a child for his partner (Jackson Omoruyi) and is also currently heavily pregnant with their second child.
His partner, 41-year-old Jackson Omoruyi was given two years for money laundering. Jackson charged the sum of £50,000 to arrange for the women to enter the UK. Part of the money was used for arranging false travel documents for the victims. Once in Britain, the women are forced to work in brothels across the UK where they had sex with 7 or 8 men a day to pay their debts.
According to the victim’s accounts, before trafficking them to the UK, they are made to undergo juju rituals that entail eating snails and snakes, drinking dirty water and then cutting them with razor blades. Their hairs are also shaven as part of the ritual. They were also told they’ll go ill, run mad, suffer infertility and even die if they speak up about their ordeal.
Miley Cyrus and Patrick Schwarzenegger has somewhat confirmed they are in a romantic relationship by having a very public kiss. The pair, who are both 21 were first seen together in 2011.
Patrick is a model. He is the first son as well as the third child of American journalist and author, Maria Shriver and action film star and former California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The two locked lips in the full glare of spectators during a football game yesterday at the LA Memorial Coliseum. See more photos of the two lovebirds below.
While the internet has been filled with the nude butt pose of Kim Kardashian for Paper Magazine and people condemning her for exposing herself like that especially as a mother and wife, little did they know there were more naked shots from the reality TV star and mother of one.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star did not only pose nude from her back, she also posed naked with her full frontal while smiling to the camera as she is photographed by French Photographer, Jean-Paul Goude. See the photo that inspired this photo shoot.
The whole photo shoot and nudity were Kim’s idea according to an interview published on Yahoo Style. Mickey Boardman, the editorial director of Paper Magazine explained how the whole thing came about.
“Kim’s attitude was “if we’re gonna do it, let’s really go there.” “And it was her idea to take off her clothes and show more than her butt. But we [Paper] didn’t say “let’s do a cover with your butt hanging out,” he said.
While many people, including Naya Rivera have condemned the photo shoot commenting on Kim’s Instagram page with the words, “You’re Someone’s Mother,” Piers Morgan has been very supportive and wrote a whole post on the UK Daily Mail justifying the pose where she asked the snobs to kiss Kim’s ass.
Since the nude butt photos were released by Paper Magazine, there have been different versions of the photo mocking the 34-year-old celebrity. See the first set of photos that were released by Paper Magazine and the different mocking versions below.
In the mocking photo, Chelsea Handler, American comedienne, actress, author, television host, writer and producer bares bum making fun of Kim Kardashian.
UPDATE: Inappropriate photos have been removed from the article and we have decided to replace them with some photos of Kim Kardashian’s style. In this post are some photos of the many times Kim Kardashian rocked pencil skirts. Check them all out and get some inspirations from the ways she styles her and maybe steal some of her looks. Good luck!!!
While many people have criticised Kim Kardashian for posing naked on the cover of Paper magazine, it is not everyone that find something wrong with reality TV star’s recent photo shoot. According to a British journalist, TV host and Editor-at-Large of MailOnline, Piers Morgan, “The snobs can all kiss Kim’s butt, her biggest talent is always being herself – and I love her for it!” See the full article as written by Morgan below.
The tweet crashed into my feed like a teasing tornado.
‘You can’t un-see this: Kim Kardashian shows off her famous backside,’ it read.
For once, the tease more than lived up to its promise.
As with Man landing on the Moon, Mandela walking free from his prison cell, and Derek Jeter’s winning hit in his last game at Yankee Stadium – it was a photograph that will be forever etched in the memory.
I clicked on the link – how could any red-blooded male NOT click on that link? – and there she was, butt naked and balancing a champagne glass on same said butt, splashed across the front cover of PAPER magazine with the headline: ‘BREAK THE INTERNET, KIM KARDASHIAN’.
Which is exactly what she nearly did as the startled world scrambled to view, disseminate, debate and deliberate over the single most examined and infamous derriere in history. (A bold claim, but think about it and I’m right).
Predictably, the abuse and ridicule began to pour in as fast as the gasps of shock, awe and admiration.
Ms Kardashian-West was apparently a ‘slut’, a ‘terrible mom’, a ‘disgrace to the human race,’ ‘a dumb, trashy b***h’ etc.
Of course, she’s heard it all before, ever since that sex tape was leaked and propelled her into the kind of instant, gigantic cyberspace notoriety that can either crush a woman or make her so strong and impervious to criticism that she builds a $1 billion brand.
Kim’s in the latter category and people hate her for it.
They resent her global fame, her immense wealth, her marriage to one of the world’s most brilliant music icons. Above all, they loathe her resolute refusal to bow to all the bitter venom that spews its way in her direction.
It’s time for me to make a shocking admission: I like and admire Kim Kardashian-West.
I interviewed her soon after I joined CNN and found her to be a warm, unpretentious, honest and rather charming young lady.
When I mockingly asked her to name a single talent she possessed, she smiled knowingly and made no attempt to cite one.
But then she thought about it more and said: ‘Actually, I think being an entrepreneur is a skill, marketing is a skill, and so is fashion designing. My sisters and I are smart enough to understand that having a successful reality TV show is just a platform for people to get to know us on a personal level.
‘But for us, we’ve always been about the business – selling our fragrances, shoe lines, clothes. And we’ve always been about hard work.’
As for her roundly condemned status as a role model, she told me with calm conviction: ‘I think I promote a healthy, natural body image.’
She admitted to using Botox, Spanx and the odd piece of masking tape to aid the daunting red carpet process. But she insisted she’d never had plastic surgery, and was happy and confident with how she looks.
I have studied her face close up and seen nothing to contradict this; Kim’s a natural beauty.
She also revealed she gives away 10% of her income to charity. That, as you can imagine, is a lot of money.
In a stunning illustration of her power, I ended the interview by asking her to look down the camera and order her Twitter followers to follow me. They did, over 60,000 of them in 20 minutes.
Since then, I’ve met her a few more times at parties. She’s always exactly the same – friendly, chatty, and completely lacking in the searing insincerity and delusions of grandeur that so many stars with ‘real talent’ exude.
There’s also an absurd hypocrisy with regard to which female celebrities are allowed to bare their flesh without criticism.
When Keira Knightley stripped topless recently, she explained it was strictly to make a protest against air-brushing. Hmmm.
When Rihanna, Madonna or Beyonce gyrate their booties on stage, it’s done in the name of ‘art’.
When all the supermodels got their kit off for PETA, it was excused under the banner of ‘helping the animals’ .
When Demi Moore posed naked and pregnant, it was applauded, not castigated, because she’s a great actress and the photo appeared on the cover of prestigious Hollywood bible, Vanity Fair.
When Chelsea Handler does it, which seems to be every day at the moment to diminishing laws of aesthetic return, it’s heralded as ‘comedy genius’
But when Kim Kardashian-West does it, in a photo session conducted by highly acclaimed French photographer Jean-Paul Goude, she is lambasted.
She’s 5ft 3in, has spectacular curves in all the wrong places if you’re a Size Zero catwalk star, and can’t sing, dance, act, paint or play the violin.
Yet she survives and thrives because millions of young people around the world find her both real and someone they can relate to. They appreciate that she’s got a very smart eye for business, fashion, television and social media. And an even smarter eye for self-publicity and nurturing her brand.
Kim doesn’t take drugs, get drunk, fall out of clubs, cheat on her man, or do any of the other insanely louche things that stars with far greater ‘talent’ often do.
She works ridiculously hard, is good to her fans, and is by all accounts a good, loving daughter, sister, wife and now mom herself.
She was also, lest we forget, pursued, wooed, and won by a genius who professes (and I believe him) to love Kim for her mind as much as her coveted body.
Kanye West’s reaction to this wife’s latest controversial cover photo was to simply tweet this: #ALLDAY.
We knew what he meant.
Oh, and nobody can call her talentless any more either.
As she herself tweeted: ‘And they say I don’t have talent – try balancing a champagne glass on your ass! LOL.’
I laughed out loud at that comment, just as I did when I first saw these new photos. She’s a cheeky little minx at the top of her game.
Kim Kardashian-West’s laughing all the way to the bank. And all you lazy, snide, snobbish, patronising and hypocritical critics can go kiss her ass – there’s plenty of room.
Kim Kardashian’s #BreakTheInternet photo shoot was inspired by an earlier shoot by French photographer, Jean-Paul Goude. In the photo shoot, the American television and social media personality, socialite, fashion designer, businesswoman and model was seen balancing a glass on her butt as she pop the champagne and it goes into it (glass).
On the left above is the photo Kim Kardashian and on the right is the original photo that was recreated for the #BreakTheInternet photo shoot.
Jean-Paul Goude is well known for shooting mostly black women naked and in exotic poses. He has photographed black celebrities such as Grace Jones and several others.
In 2010, while Amber Rose was still dating Kanye West, she recreated the iconic pose of Grace Jones. See the photo below-
Naya Rivera finds Kim Kardashian’s recent photo shoot and cover image for Paper magazine’s new issue distasteful. Over the years, the 27-year-old Glee on-screen diva and Kim Kardashian has been compared as look alike. Apart from the comparison, Naya has regularly been accused of being a copycat of Kim’s fashion style. Pictured above is Kim on the left and Naya on the right.
But while Naya may be a fan of some of Kim’s fashion style and do replicate them, the actress is certainly not impressed with Kim’s recent public display of her naked butt in an editorial that intends to make Kim Kardashian “Break the Internet”. Condemning Kim’s recent photo shoot for the new issue of Paper magazine where Kim shows of her massive and naked butt, Naya made the following remarks on the reality TV star’s naked butt photograph that was posted on her (Kim’s) Instagram page, “I regularly don’t. Anyhow… you’re somebody’s mother… ”
See the Instagram comment where Naya Rivera condemns Kim photo shoot for the Paper Magzine below.
While Naya and some of Kim Kardashian’s fans find the nude magazine cover photos shoot  inappropriate for a wife and mother, her husband thinks otherwise. Kanye West shared the Paper magazine’s new issue cover with Kim’s naked but on his Twitter timeline with the caption, “AllDay!”
Forbes magazine has released this year’s list of the top-earning personalities in entertainment and British media mogul, reality TV celebrity, music and television producer as well as talent scout, Simon Cowell tops the list for the second consecutive year. With an estimated income of $95million between June 2013 and June 2014, Simon is listed as the best paid entertainment celebrity. According to Forbes research, Simon’s earnings came from the X Factor talent scout show, his label Syco, One Direction boy band group, among others.
Sharing the top position with Simon is radio personality and America’s Got Talent judge, Howard Stern. With an income of $95 million between June 2013 and June 2014, Stern is number one on the list as well.
Following Simon and Stern on the list is Glenn Blaze. With an earning of about $90million, the talk show host comes in third. Below is the complete list.
Jay-Z got 99 problems, and so is his wife Beyonce. However, the mother of one say’s her ass is not one of the problems. The multiple award-winning singer wore a white one-piece swimsuit with the text, “99 Problems But My Ass Ain’t One”. The text referenced her husband’s 2004 hit song that was titled, “99 problems”.
Jay-Z was also seen wearing a 99 Problems jersey designed by Rodarte during his recent On the Run Tour. The power celebrity couple is not the only one to have referenced the phrase from the song. In 2013, the American president, Barack Obama jokingly said he had 99 problems and now Jay-Z is one of them.
“Some things are beyond my control. For example, this whole controversy about Jay-Z going to Cuba – it’s unbelievable. I’ve got 99 problems and now Jay-Z is one,” President Barack Obama said, borrowing a phrase from Jay-Z’s hit 2004 song. The president made the statement during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.Â
Hello everyone, come in here and take a look at these fabulously bold ankara styles for fashionistas. These ankara styles are fresh, hot and direct from the runway. If you are an ankara lover looking for the latest styles to add to your wardrobe, take a look and you will id something that’s just perfect for you.
All of the pieces from this post are from Alinafe and was showcased at Glitz Africa Fashion Week 2014 in Accra. The African print fabric used for all of the pieces are bright and vibrant.
What do you think of these fabulously bold ankara styles? Did you find something that would look great on you? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
If you think your style is on flick and would like to share it with us, please get in touch with us by sending us an email. You can do that by taking a look at the contact page. We look forward to hearing from you and featuring your looks here. Until then, take care and keep on killing it.
