Hair-do and make over to complement your wedding dress
African traditional bridal look
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Adebisi Adetunji(C)
Thinking of a wedding…here is a stylish look for you
Category: Fashion Friday
No to Sugar Daddy: Fashion & Beads
Some girls wait for a Sugar Daddy to give them handouts such as money, provisions, cloths and sometimes cars…hmmm. My people(Yoruba) have a saying “ohun to nbe leyin efa o ju eje lo” Literal meaning: the numbers that come after 6 goes beyond number 7. It can connote “All that glitters is not gold”, “Be careful of that serpent that plays good music in your ears”; “Be wise” and more depending on the context of use.
Well Jolivia,( i call her Wunmi) is one young lady who has decided to pay attention to her studies and also went further to acquire a skill in bead making.
She learned this skill while still an undergraduate in order to augment her allowance. I featured her story in an earlier post Beads Accessories Trending: Jolivia’s collections.
Finally Jolivia has bagged her degree and is off to participate in the NYSC scheme of the next batch. A big congratulations from femininematerz. Keep aiming higher girl as you are on your way to becoming a Big Success and a CEO too!
Girls – Harness you gifts and talents. Go learn a skill and pursue an education…the world is waiting for the manifestation of your unique quality. There is more to you Girl!!!
New designs by Jolivia Beads.
Catch Jolivia on http://www.instidy.com/joliviabeads
BB Pin: 52FOA857 to order for your stylish beads.
Adebisi Adetunji (C)
Styles you can Sew with African Prints
Thinking of new styles you can try out for your African Cloth materials? I got these photos from a dear one who just loves taking pictures. I found them stylish, youthful and lovely…you might want to show your fashion designer.
Adebisi Adetunji (C)
Orange Color making a Fashion Statement
Its Fashion Friday and we are splashing orange colored attires celebrating the 16 days activities against all forms of violence against women and girls! Spice your wardrobe with new styles of orange attires.
Gorgeous striped orange and black dress
Business/Office Orange wear
Orange India Elegant Safari attire
Lovely Orange Evening Gown
Orange Iro & Buba
Nice and simple Orange mixed with white dress
Exquisite and elegant African Orange wedding attire
Photo Credits:
Pinterest Orange outfits /Office wear
Battle of gowns Both Sridevi and Madhuri
Best Dressed Bollywood Wedding Guests
Adebisi Adetunji
Colours you might like to try for your wedding
Imagine a Wedding without colours…no way! In fact the first thing a lady begins to shop for in magazines is a theme colour and a style for her wedding dress. And trust me the lady usually wins in the choice of the theme colour. Just what informs the choice of a wedding colour?
People will first think of their best colour, and then later be influenced by current trendy colours….so lets splash a few colours from weddings i witnessed to give you something to work with
Royal blue and Tomato Red nicely matched
A blend of baby blue and pink
Lemon, yellow & white
Pink & turquoise blue
Photo Credit 1: 10 Hot wedding colours
Photo Credit 2: Nigerian wedding colours archive
Adebisi Adetunji
Oleku – Old school Fashion Trending
Oleku is the Iro and Buba from the 60’s.
It is a wrapper(Iro) tied to reach just above the knee and a short sleeve Buba hand. In fact it is what you can call a mini- wrapper just like what is known as a mini skirt. Modern day ladies used to make fun of the older generation when viewing photos of their mum’s Oleku attire including yours sincerely(me). But its amazing how we have now found the oleku style tasteful in modern times. It is now a fashion statement at various occasions.
Oleku is a smart way of wearing the Buba and Iro attire which was traditionally worn elegantly by tying the wrapper to reach the ankle in length and the Buba is worn as a long sleeve.
The length of the wrapper might still be big in size , all the wearer has to do is to stylishly tie it to the preferred length above the knee.
There are different fabrics that can be used to sew the Oleku style. Fabrics like lace, ankara, Aso ofi would do just fine.
Describing the word Oleku in the English language from my point of view can mean smashing, prim, proper and cute way of wearing the traditional Iro and Buba style. Or simply a statement of an out of the ordinary way of wearing a common style.
Word Glossary
Iro: The Yoruba language word for wrapper( A wide metres of cloth tied around the waist)
Buba: It is the Yoruba word for a blouse worn on a wrapper
Lace: An open delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in a weblike pattern.
Ankara: African print fabric which comes various colourful patterns.
Aso Ofi: Traditionally woven Yoruba cloth used to make different attires.
Photo Credit 1-Nollyview
Photo Credit 2 – Skinnyhipster
Photo Credit 3 -Toke : beatingbeats
Photo Credit 4 – Iamfar
Adebisi Adetunji
Hats and Styles
No matter what your taste is….there is always a hat for you. So if you want to achieve a different and stylish look throw on a hat
Different types of hats fits into different occasion and seasons:
Summer hats
Beach hats
Winter hats
wedding hats
cozy hats for cold days
Occasion hats
So throw on a hat to complement your dressing and style ladies!
Photo Credits: Subeta Summer Hat
Winter Hats – Winterfashionhouse
Wedding Hat – Derby Hats Pinterest, Fascinators hats
Cozy Hats Flipeez Hats
Adebisi Adetunji
