Arise Magazine Fashion week 2012

Arise Magazine's Fashion week was in full swing over the weekend in Lagos, Nigeria, show casing some of the best African designers and it certainly didn't disappoint. The mix of vibrant African prints with western style tailoring is something I tend to gravitate towards. The pictures are a mishmash of some of the designers that stood out to me.

Check out more from Arise Magazine here.

Abi xxx

Lanra DaSilva Ajayi

Top: Designer - Davida 

Bottom: Designer - kezia Frederick

Designers: Phunk Afrique and  Romero Bryan

Retro Style Inspiration - Swedish Hasbeen S/S 2012

Swedish Hasbeens

One for the BOYS

Hey lovelies,

So, this is one for the boys; we've decided to incorporate menswear into our sping/summer VJA collection. We are always coming across men’s clothes on our vintage travels, so we thought why not also thrift for those dapper gentlemen who appreciate the clothes of yesteryear.

The vintage pieces below and lots more are being added to our store today (CLICK HERE), so please spread the word to all your vintage loving boys and join us on FACEBOOK to be first to know what’s new in store.
 

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My bits and pieces in Instagram

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1/    My DIY attempts to arrange some of my jewellery and Polaroids in a frame... kinda shabby chic!

2/  Love my vintage Escada shoes but I've never actually worn it - its too big, so i actually use it as art and so it decorates my shelf.

3/ camera collection

4/ DIY choker

5/  Some of our vintage upcycled cut off denims coming to VJA store soon.

6/ My boyfriends mum is an absoutely amazing artist, just one of her pieces.

  7/ I'm actually in Orlando at the moment, these are some of the vintage pieces I've thrifted - I love array of colours I've been able to source, and the dress is a beyond gorgeous 1950s floral number which has stunning details... can't wait to get it on our model!

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Street Style Colour Inspiration LFW

While there were some truely inspring collections on show on the catwalks of LFW, there was also a different kind of catwalk going on the streets of London town and in my mind it was all about COLOUR, colour and more colour - here some of my favs.

Source: fab sugar,Tommy Ton via style.com

DIY Valentine Inspiration

Hi Lovelies,

Valentine’s Day is just round the corner and I thought I'd do a DIY Valentines inspiration post. I do think the day has become over commercialised; but it’s great to show or tell your loved ones how much you love and appreciate them. Instead of spending ridiculous amounts of money, why not get your DIY on and make something simple and heart felt.

Here are some of my favs - simple but incredibly sweet, don't you think?

1/ Hand stitched book 

This is actually my favourite (courtesy of Free People) - it’s an adorable idea to make a hand stitched book full of  pictures, memories, jokes... actually anything you like really. It's something they can treasure for ever.

Check out Free People full post here.

images: Free People 

    

2/Pill box of notes and treats 

Another rather sweet and simple idea- using a pill box and filling it with love notes, sweets

and treats... who wouldn't love this?!

                                            

image: thedatingdivas.com

3/ Hearts on Toast    

  I don't know if I have the dexterity to make heart shaped strawberrys but I think they are so pretty, and who  wouldn't love to be woken up to this?

Have a great Valentines day from the VJA girls xxx

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Charlotte Free: Picturesque in Print

Model of the moment Charlotte Free, with her unmistakable neon pink hair is looking almost picturesque in the Nov/Dec Wonderland Magazine issue. We totally fell in love with the vibrant mixture of prints against floral canvas background = AMAZEBALLS, don't you think?

Source: oraclefox