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Mami Wata is Africa’s first surf brand. The Surf Concept Store is the love child of ad man Nick Dutton, surf journalist Andy Davis and designer Peet Pienaar. Acknowledging the big surf culture on the continent, the trio set out to capture its own surf identity. ‘There’s a big surf culture here, and yet everyone wears international brands that speak to the cultures of Australia, California and Hawaii.’ says Nick Dutton ’We should embrace the fact that we are a continent surrou

"WOZA" - the Zulu word for "Come" - is a promotional ad for the South African-based surfer brand Mami Wata. It tells the story of a surfer who has been taken as a lover by the African water spirit Mami Wata. The clip was shot over seven days in Durban, South Africa, and Ponto Do Ouro, Mozambique and features the 22 year-old Transkei surfer, Avuyile Ndamase. The Argentinian duo Pato Martinez & Francisco Canton (Pantera) directed the film. "Woza" won ‘Best Cinematography’ at th

Aimé Leon Dore’s versatile collection for FW18/19 is highlighted by a long-awaited collaboration with the outdoor clothing company Woolrich. The assortment was cut and sewn in Italy, featuring down anoraks, parkas, short-sleeve down jackets, birds eye knits, fisherman knits, and more. related LAla Fashion Uomini LAla Epilogue LAla Sandbox LAla The Look LAla Design #fashion #pikin #streetstyle #mensfashion #brand

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"Ikiré Jones is the endeavor of designer/afrobeat musician/attorney Walé Oyéjidé and musician/bespoke tailor Sam Hubler. On rare occasions, we can be described as humble. More often, we can be described as two artists with a zeal for creating beautiful things that sit to the left of what has been resignedly accepted as the status quo." (Ikiré Jones) related articles okeyafrica.com cnn.com While shooting his new editorial, 'After Migration' - photographed by Neil Watson, in Fl

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In 1945 Nazareno Fonticoli, a tailor, and Gaetano Savini, an entrepreneur, founded a company which they named after the once Italian owned Croatian Islands Brijuni, aka Brioni. The brand started out as a men's tailoring company, but would within a short period of time catch the attention of heads of state, business leaders and the movie industry. The Brioni brand was rising and quickly became associated with ingeniousness and innovation: ready-to-wear Haute Couture; the firs

In celebration of its 70th anniversary, luxury Italian fashion house Brioni presents a limited-edition collection of 70 sunglasses titled Gold Edition 70 that revisit the classic aviator eyewear shape while adding Brioni’s innovative style and fine materials. The tribute pieces are each hand-assembled in-house with 18-karat white gold frames, Brioni-logoed horn temples, and polarized platinum lenses with a barely-there mirror effect made possible by avant-guard technology. Th

Brioni The Art of Tailoring (gallery Brioni 2015 & 2016 Campaign 'Creative Minds' by Collier Schorr starring, for the Spring/Summer 2016 Campaign, Serpentine Galleries co-director and art critic Hans Ulrich Obrist, Frieze Art Fair co-director Matthew Slotover, German gallerist Daniel Buchholz, Los-Angeles based artist Oscar Tuazon and American artist and fashion photographer Collier Schorr herself. Schorr shot Swiss artists John Armleder & Tobias Madison, Swedish artist Karl