French Connection – Fashion Editorial, Arise Magazine

Posted: July 6th, 2010

As Uruguay and Netherlands face off today at the World Cup Semi – Finals in Cape Town, SHF joins Arise Magazine in celebrating African designers with a fashion editorial that features 10 of the best talents from all over Africa, in a seemingly simple story with super styled and strong visual representation of each piece from the designers’ collection for Arise L’Afrique a Porter Autumn Winter 2010 presentation at Paris Fashion Week.  The tag line captures it best – The French Connection – Ten African Designers. One Paris Fashion Shoot. Two worlds collide. Here comes the aftershock.

Edit 1 . ‘It’s a wrap’ Lunar black mohair jumper, black hand knitted Merino wool collar and black mohair scarf – Lunar; black satin corset belt – Gucci (Atelier Mayer)

Edit 2. ‘Avant Garde‘ Eyola Cone hat with spiral fringing and black body suit with macrame collar and fringing – Eyola, black velvet sandals with pearl and gold beads – Vionnet

Edit 3. ‘We are the Mods‘ Clive Rundle Black Tulle Tuni Dress with men’s shirt collars and black tulle underslip – Clive Rundle , Black Tulle Bra – Eres

Edit 4. ‘Un Liason Dangerous’ Christie Brown Black paisley wax print jacket with marble inlay – Christie Brown, dark green bustle – Paule Ka

Edit 5. ‘Foreign Legion’ Eric Raisina Black and bronze silk velevet bonnet, black and gold ikat silk kelly dress, black and bronze silk velvet footless socks – all Eric Raisina, Black and bronze perspex sandals – Donna Karan, gold spiral ring – Mawi

Edit 6. ‘In Bloom’  Momo navy and grey silk brocade dress – Momo, grey felt hat with black latex frill – Lizzie Mcquade, white leather belt belt – Viktor &Rolf, black socks with white tulle frill – American Apparel, grey satin boots with velvet – Laurence Decade, vintage gold hoop earrings – Atelier Mayer

Edit 7. ‘Suits You’ Tiffany Amber Silk tie dye jacket with embroidery and velvet trim with mini prom skirt – Tiffany Amber, white cowl neck vest – vintage Moschino, green leather sandals – Emilio Pucci, black tassel Necklace – Lizzie Mcquade, gold spike earrings and spiral ring – Mawi

Edit 8. ‘School’s Out’ Jewel by Lisa Ankara and guipere lace jacket with brown leather collar and matching skirt – Jewel By Lisa, Belt – Bally, grey over the knee socks – Tabio, grey lace up pumps – Manolo Blahnik

Edit 9. ‘Lady in waiting’ David Tlale Platinum fearless print asymmetric coat – David Tlale

Edit 10 ‘Bird of Paradise’ Kluk CGdT, White silk coat with ostrich feathers – Kluk CGdt, white satin high heeled trainers – Sergio Rossi for Puma, white perspex collar – House of Flora

SHF credits Arise Magazine for Images.

Photography – Misha Taylor

Styling – Sabrina Henry

Hair – Bruno Silvani at Jed Root Paris

Make- Up – Julie Nozieres at Artlist Paris

Model – Lyndsey Scott at Click Model Management

Stylist’s Assistant – Chukwunike Obi and Sally Douglass

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