Rihanna shows off her beautiful and well-toned legs in a pink floral mini kimono. The umbrella singer wore the outfit and was photographed while stepping out for dinner at her favourite Italian restaurant. The Barbadian star is a regular client at Italian restaurant Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, California.
The Dolce & Gabbana floral brocade mini Rihanna is wearing goes for £2400. She wore the dress with a sash belt tied around her waist. She then wore a plain black top under the kimono and completed the look with a pair of metallic silver heels. Her dark hair was styled in a bun while she had minimal makeup on her face.
You can use the ankara African print fabric to make this gorgeous pink floral mini kimono worm by Rihanna and it will come out looking fab. See more photos of her below.
What do you think of this gorgeous pink floral mini kimono? do you think Rihanna slayed in it or not? And would you rock such an attire? Share your view by leaving a comment below.
Check out these lovely asoebi styles that you can add to your wardrobe right now and start looking fab. These lovely asoebi styles are great to wear to church, wedding, child naming ceremonies and many other special events that African women attend.
Asoebi styles are the go to outfits for special events among Nigerians and many African women who love fashion. While this outfit can be made with a variety of fabrics, the number one choice of fabric that is mainly used us lace. Nigerian women and a lot of African women do not play with the type of lace they use for their lovely asoebi styles.
One very import element that African fashionista take into account when choosing the fabric for their lovely asoebi styles is the colour. As most people already now, Nigerian women and many African women like brightly coloured fabrics, especially when it is for a special occasion, and they usually go for this. In some kind of events, especially wedding, asoebi colours are usually coordinated and the guests are usually asked to buy a particular lace fabric and in one particular colour.
What do you think of these lovely asoebi styles? Did you find any piece that you would like to pick up and add to your own collection.
If you are looking for more asoebi styles to add to your wardrobe, do take a look at the site and you will find loads of styles to choose. You will find loads of styles that you can get from the designer or use as a source of inspiration for your own unique look.
Take a peep at the Afrocosmopolitan Youtube channel and subscribe to it so you can get our video updates as soon as they are uploaded. You can also follow and like Afrocosmopolitan Facebook Page. We are also on Twitter, on Pinterest, as well as on YouTube. We cannot wait to connect with you and start interacting on another level. In the meantime, feed your eyes with various African celebrity styles and update your wardrobe with some of the looks.
Ankara love: See how gorgeous Sarah Langa-Heaton is looking a custom made Tuelo Nguyza Collectiv Swati Gown.
Sarah Langa-Heaton wore the ankara dress during her marriage with her businessman partner, married Jehan Mackay. The South African model wrapped her head with a matching ankara scarf and looked breathtaking in the outfit. Check out all her photos and steal her style for your own wedding or to wear as a wedding guest. If you want to show some ankara love at a red carpet event, a birthday party, or a naming ceremony, this African print dress will make you still the show and be the centre of attention.
Check out the neck piece of this attire. It is super breathtaking and will look great in a lot of African brides or wedding guests.
Sarah completed her look with a pair of golden bracelets. Her beautiful wedding ring is also visible on her finger.
In the picture above, Sarah is rocking her ankara wedding gown with a cape that is made of the ankara fabric and the white material used for the top of the dress.
What do you think about Sarah’s ankara wedding dress? Do you think this is something you can rock at your own wedding? What other kind of event do you think you can rock this attire to? Share your views by leaving a comment below.
Fibroids are noncancerous tumours that develop in or around the uterus (womb). A lot of women with uterine fibroids have no symptoms or just very mild signs. This is because the fibroids in and around their wombs are too small and do not really cause them any problems. However, it may slowly get worse as the size of the uterine fibroids gets bigger and begin to put pressure on other organs.
Painful Periods Most women suffering from fibroids usually goes through painful periods. If you are in such a situation, it may be a sign you have fibroids and the best thing to do is to visit your gynaecologist for proper examination.
Heavy Periods Fibroids affects a woman’s monthly period and results to heavy bleeding. Sometimes, these heavy bleeding are accompanied by blood clots. If you have heavy periods that requires very frequent changes, it may be a sign you have fibroids and need to go for a thorough checkup.
Belly Bump Yes, you read that right. Uterine fibroids tumours can make you have a belly bump that will make people wonder you’re pregnant. If you’re not pregnant but look pregnant, it’s time to consult your gynaecologist for examination to enable you know the next line of action to take.
Frequent Urge to Urinate Urinary frequency among women is often associated with uterus fibroids. If you urinate more than you normally would, it may be a sign you have uterine fibroids. This is because the weight of the fibroid tumour or tumours sits on the bladder and put too much pressure on it.
Painful Sex Most women with a reasonable sized uterine fibroid usually have pain during sex. If you have pains that make you feel like a virgin each time you make love, it may be you have fibroids and needs to see your gynaecologist from proper examination.
Long Periods Long periods that may last longer than normal is one of the symptoms of women living with fibroids. Women in this group can have periods that last as long as seven days and even longer.
Miscarriage Depending on the location and size of your uterine fibroids, it may lead to miscarriage. The closer your fibroid is to the centre of your uterus, where a fetus is likely to implant – the more chances it can cause you problems and lead to a miscarriage.
Fatigue Fatigue is another symptom associated with uterine fibroids. This happens when uterine fibroids causes very heavy menstrual periods that lead to a serious anemia or low blood count.
Infertility In some cases, uterine fibroids can lead to infertility and ruin the chances of becoming a mother for some women.
Not long ago, Nigerian celebrity fashion designer, Tianniah Styling shared photos and stories of her fibroids and how they were surgically removed. In an Instagram post, the mother of two narrated her struggle with the benign tumor and how it was finally taken away.
You can check out the Afrocosmopolitan Youtube channel and subscribe to it so you can get an update on our uploads. You can also connect with Afrocosmopolitan on Instagram and like the AfroCosmopolitan Facebook page. If you have some time, also check us out on Twitter and Pinterest. Take care and keep on slaying and looking fab.
Beyonce African Fashion
Beyonce loves African Print and African fashion. In one of our post, we wrote about some of the African attires the multitalented entertainer has worn over the years. Not long ago, the multiple awards winning singer and mother of one was seen wearing a kimono designed by a Senegalese designer, Selly Raby Kane.
On June 15th, 2016, Twitter user, @LuluHaangala tweeted Queen Bey’s photo wearing the kimono by SKR with the caption: “@SellyRabyKane girl @Beyonce dressed in ur designs!!!! This is huge for African fashion! Congrats hon #wekeepmoving”.
Selly Raby Kane, also known as aka SKR was created in 2008. The African fashion designer label is based in Dakar, Senegal. The picture above is from SKR’S Autumn Winter 2015 collection look book and was photographed by Omar Victor Diop.
Street style has become a sort of fashion show where styles and inspirations are being showcased and Afro women are not left out in this trend. While runway fashion shows have been the major trendsetters for latest fashion shows, street styles have recently been contributing a great deal to the fashion scene.
In fact, some men and women have developed their own street styles that have a large following with audience looking forward to their daily or weekly street styles of their style icon.
To showcase the street style game of several Afro women, we have put together some of the best Afro women street styles we can find. Check out these Afro women street style photos for your own fashion inspiration and keep your fashion game up to date.
• Triggerfish is releasing Mike Scott’s ‘A Dogshow with Cat,’ a South African animation short licensed by The Walt Disney Company
• ‘A Dogshow with Cat’ is the first animation to come from last year’s Triggerfish Story Lab
• Triggerfish is presenting four TV series from the Story Lab at Annecy
• ‘Stick Man’ in competition at Annecy in the TV films section, having just won Best Animation at Shanghai
Annecy, 13 June 2016: Triggerfish Animation Studios is releasing A Dogshow with Cat, a South African animation short that has been licensed by The Walt Disney Company.
A Dogshow with Cat is the first animation to come from last year’s Triggerfish Story Lab, established by Triggerfish with the support of South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry and The Walt Disney Company.
The Story Lab’s continent-wide search for animated African stories received nearly 1400 entries from 30 countries across the continent. Triggerfish selected four features and four TV series for development, after input from Disney and the likes of Aardman’s Oscar-nominated co-founder Peter Lord and The Lion King writer Jonathan Roberts.
A Dogshow with Cat is a teaser for Mike Scott’s series of the same name, which is set in the South African outback and is about the madcap antics of a sophisticated dog and his best friend, a feral, obsessive-compulsive cat.
The three-minute short is part of Disney XD FC (#DisneyXDFC), a series of football-themed shorts commissioned from leading animation talent across Europe, Africa, Latin America and the United States. A Dogshow with Cat is the only short included from Africa.
Users can log on each week to Disney XD’s Youtube Page to view the original productions.
Mike is best known for his animated music videos for South African DJ duo Goldfish, which have over 17 million views on YouTube.
A Dogshow with Cat is Mike’s second collaboration with Triggerfish, following on from Moosebox, which was part of the 2013-2014 Nickelodeon International Animated Shorts Program.
Stick Man in competition at Annecy
Triggerfish is currently attending Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market, running until 18 June 2016 in France.
Stick Man, Triggerfish’s collaboration with the Oscar-nominated Magic Light Pictures, is competing at Annecy in the TV Films category. Based on Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved children’s picture book, Stick Man is the story of a happy-go-lucky father’s epic journey to make it home in time for Christmas.
Voiced by the likes of Martin Freeman (The Hobbit), Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), and Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous), the short film screened to nearly 10m people on BBC1 at Christmas 2015.
Stick Man was recently named Best Animation at Shanghai International Film and TV Festival. In March, it also won two British Animation Awards.
Triggerfish is currently collaborating with Magic Light Pictures on another Christmas special BBC adaptation, this time of Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes.
Triggerfish’s strongest lineup at Annecy yet
At Annecy, CEO Stuart Forrest, head of production Mike Buckland, and head of development Anthony Silverston will be representing A Dogshow With Cat and the other three TV series being developed through the Story Lab.
Malenga Mulendema’s Mama K’s Super 4 follows four African teen girls who are recruited by a former secret agent to a low-budget superhero operation.
Lucy Heavens’ Wormholes is about three teen cosmic worms who adventure through wormholes to the far reaches of the Zooniverse, and help all manner of creatures deal with anything from planetary threats to boring meanies.
Kelly Dillon and Marc Dey’s Ninja Princess follows Zoe, who tackles ordinary obstacles in an extraordinary preschool, with the skills of a ninja and the grace of a princess.
“This is Triggerfish’s strongest lineup for Annecy yet – and probably South Africa’s too,” says Stuart. “In addition to Stick Man, three of our employees – Wisaal Abbas, Alex Bain and Nicholas Danks – have their graduation film Arid in competition in the student category, while Naomi van Niekerk’s powder animation, ‘n Gewone Blou Maandagoggend, is competing in the short film category. Clea Mallison, who edited A Dogshow with Cat for us, is also pitching her short Fairy Wheels at Animation du Monde, and we’re also expecting a lot of interest in Kariba, by our collaborators The Blue Forest Collective, which was over 200% funded on Kickstarter earlier this year. So it’s exciting times for South African animation.”
Blue Ivy stole the show at the just concluded CFDA Awards where she wore a chic white blazer that was paired with a white bow on her hair. The four-year-old daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z completed her outfit with a pair of black ballet shoes and a black dress with a feather skirt.
The little fashionista attended the star-studded event where her super talented mum received the Fashion Icon Award. Blue Ivy arrived at the star-studded event hand-in-hand with her loving father Jay-Z, who was there to support his multiple award-winning wife.
Rihanna was spotted wearing a blue Kaftan dress while heading to her car in New York City, New York on May 29, 2016. The ‘Anti’ singer wore the popular African attire that was made of bright print while shopping with a friend on Sunday. Bad girl Riri was seen shopping at MAC beauty store and several other stores while rocking the brightly patterned kaftan maxi-dress.
This is not the first time the Umbrella” singer has been seen in an African attire or in African print. From rocking pieces made by Stella Jean who is popularly for making top-end pieces from African print to several other known and unknown designers – Rihanna is one international celebrity that has a love for African fashion.
The Barbadian singer is one of those celebrities that is very open to trying different styles. And according to many people, she’s one of those women that could even put on a rag and slay it like a classy piece.
Not long ago, Rihanna’s ex-partner, Chris Brown was seen rocking a Dashiki top. An Africa attire that is similar to the Kaftan. American singer and mother of three, Monica was also recently seen rocking the Dashiki with her daughter. The “Boy Is Mine” singer and her daughter wore the attire while celebrating one of her sons birthdays.
See more photos of Rihanna’s African kaftan dress. In one of the photos below, a model is wearing the Dolce & Gabbana African inspired dress as she shows it off while strutting the runway at a fashion show. The model was styled in true African fashion as her head was wrapped in an African head tie to complete the look.
On the left is a model strutting the runway while wearing the blue kaftan dress. On the right, you can see the multi-award-winning singer wearing the same outfit.
What do you think of Rihanna’s blue kaftan dress? Did the star nail it? Let us know what you think about this complete look by scrolling down and leaving a comment below. Take care and keep on slaying.
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.
Ade Bakare Couture is the headline designer of the 2016 edition of Africa Fashion Week Nigeria taking place in Lagos. The London based brand will be debuting it’s cruise line collection at the three day long fashion event.
The word, ‘cruise’ evokes travel, luxury, style, boats, yachts and summer.
Ade Bakare Couture has designed a capsule Cruise Line Collection for summer 2016, influenced by his constant travels between London and Lagos where he maintains his design studios and boutique respectively.
The Ade Bakare Couture Cruise Line has been greatly inspired by his clients on both sides of the Atlantic who desire something colourful, modern and ethnic to wear while abroad. To satisfy these demands, Ade Bakare came up with an exquisite range of vibrant jackets and dresses in neoprene textiles and adire in modern geometric and circular designs embellished with his unique signature style of wood and glass intersected with beads that sparkle.
High-necked coats with eyelets that are roped with silk adire and large balloon sleeves, capes and empire-cut jackets are teamed with straight silk adire dresses, some cut off the shoulder, whilst sleeveless shift dresses and halter neck styles are all shown in bright effervescent colours such as neon pinks, yellows, deep purple and cobalt blues.
Picture a slight commotion at the airport as a lady emerges from the crowd in a vibrant orange neoprene coat and an adire orange and yellow dress with heaps of her luggage being moved by several porters and imagine that behind her bejeweled reflective glasses lies that anonymity of reserved elegance . . . she just might be wearing the 2016 Cruise Line by Ade Bakare Couture!
What do you think of this gorgeous pink floral mini kimono? do you think Rihanna slayed in it or not? And would you rock such an attire? Share your view by leaving a comment below.
