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Beyoncé is a double denim queen

Beyoncé is a double denim queen

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER BEYONCÉ is enjoying her time off from being a supreme performer, taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic by push her role as a fashion queen. The R&B singer’s social media presence has been a lot more visible since the USA went into its varied stages of lockdown with the promotion of her Ivy Park x Adidas collection being her most active presence.  While off-duty as a performer, Beyoncé was captured by paparazzi leaving the popular Nobu restaurant in Los Angeles, where she had a mother-daughter lunch with her oldest child Blue-Ivy Carter.  While dining at the Malibu…
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First transgender model of colour poses for Sports Illustrated

First transgender model of colour poses for Sports Illustrated

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER HER name is Leyna Bloom and she has made history.  As March continues to celebrate International Women’s Month, Leyna Bloom made history as a cover star for Sports Illustrated magazine, set to be released in July, making her the first transgender model of colour to do so.  Bloom, a South Chicago native, told The New York Times that one of her biggest goals as a rising model was to be seen, not just for her curves or her looks, but to be seen as a someone who was as deserving to be featured in a magazine as…
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Polyester from pollution? Fashion’s next generation goes green

Polyester from pollution? Fashion’s next generation goes green

THIN LEI WIN FROM using custom-made, biodegradable fabrics and 'living' clothes that photosynthesize to polyester created from planet-warming carbon dioxide, European start-ups are on a quest to transform one of the world's most polluting industries: fashion. The business is responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined during the pre-pandemic period, said the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). A sizable chunk of fashion's emissions - up to 40% - comes from the manufacture of polyester, the most-used fabric, said Benoit Illy, co-founder and CEO of French start-up Fairbrics. "If we can bring emissions from…
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Snazzy face mask fashion reaches Nairobi neighbourhood

Snazzy face mask fashion reaches Nairobi neighbourhood

THOMAS MUKOYA MOST of us have accepted COVID-19 face masks as an inconvenient, albeit necessary, safety measure. For the style-conscious like James Maina Mwangi, however, they are an unmissable fashion opportunity. Mwangi's brightly coloured suits and hats made him stand out even on the busy streets of Nairobi's Umoja neighbourhood, where nobody ever seems to sleep. Since the pandemic hit and Kenya made face masks mandatory, his outfits have become even more eye-catching. This week, the 59-year-old jack of all trades modelled his collection of face masks for Reuters. "Men knew how to wear clothes in black, brown, grey or…
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Rich Mnisi and Karabo Poppy release everyday capsule collection

Rich Mnisi and Karabo Poppy release everyday capsule collection

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER TWO of South Africa’s world-class creatives have collaborated and produced a stunning collection during the COVID-19 lockdown. Designer Richard Mnisi and illustrator Karabo Poppy Moletsane have released a capsule collection. Titled “Running Errands”, the collection was officially released on July 20th and features a number of casual clothing pieces featuring signature illustrations by Moletsane as well as some of Mnisi’s signature clothing items, such as his scarf.  Both Mnisi and Moletsane wanted fashion-lovers to see their first errand-wear capsule collection as a combination of different artistic styles intersecting multiple identities just as complex as South Africa’s diverse…
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Fashion from waste

Fashion from waste

ELLEN WULFHORST UNLIKE some designers, Daniel Silverstein doesn't mind when others freely copy his style. In fact, the designer of fashion from scraps and fabric remnants welcomes imitators. "The more people that do this, the more we see a solution," the New York-based designer told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "My job is to keep innovating and pushing forward and creating new things for people to rip off." Silverstein, whose fashion company is Zero Waste Daniel, creates clothing from bits and bolts of leftover cloth, with an eye to using, reusing and recycling all that he can. From a storefront studio…
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