Jungle Fever

Hi guys!! Do you remember when I blogged about My 'Traditional' Style? Well, I've made outfits out of most of those Ankara fabric in that post and this is one of the outfits I made. I decided to go for a casual and simple top and shorts that I could wear around the house or to run quick errands. I love the fact that printed outfits are still such a big trend and a lot of prints look like Ankara. 

Introducing New Era Records

Hi everyone!! How have you all been?? I bet you're all enjoying what's left of this great summer. Remember in one of my earlier posts (here) I spoke about my styling of a photo shoot for an up and coming record label? Well, let me introduce you all to New Era Records. This is a record label comprised of a group of young, God fearing artistes and music producers with the unified passion for music and the gospel. New Era Records is going to take the UK by storm so watch this space - and don't forget to buy their singles and albums when they come out!

I was really excited when I was asked to style this young group of people. I mostly enjoyed working with each of them to figure out their own personal style and coming up with concepts for the shoot. Here are some of the photos from shoot day. Enjoy!

Sam is the Suit 'n Tie kinda guy

Eman loves his prints

The 'Mary Mary' of the group

 

Chinwe

Methruth

Toni the Boss Lady

 

Babz the tomboy

Vic is the suave gentleman

 

New Era

Behind the Scenes

 

Doing my thing

Make Up artist, Dorcas doing what she does best



Smart, the creative photographer

Artistes:
Barbara Okerenta
Chinwe Anumba
Emmanuel Olugua
Methruth Kaselampao
Samuel Kalejaye
Toni Taiwo
Victory Obi

Stylist:
Kike Odekunle

Make Up:
Dorcas Kalejaye

Photographer:
Smart Banda

Click here for more photos of the shoot and to follow New Era Records on Facebook. 

Thanks for reading.
xo, K.O.

Pretty Wild

Hi lovelies!!! Here's another custom made dress I made from one of my Ankara fabrics. I love baby doll dresses and I was really looking forward to making one out of Ankara. I think my tailor did such an excellent job with this dress. I paired the dress with a pair of contrasting Ankara shorts (see it here in a previous post) just to add variation to the overall look. 

Read Between The Lines

Hi guys. This was the second look shot for the My Style Journal and E-F Media collaboration. I decided to restyle this skirt (see previous post here) with its matching top because 1. It's my favourite skirt right now and 2. I love these bold stripes and also really wanted to do another monochrome look.

When I purchased this skirt I was aware that it had two tops that could potentially coordinate with it. One was a T-blouse and the other this cropped top. I decided to go for the cropped one because the stripes are slightly smaller while the stripes on the skirt are bigger and I thought it would be an excellent match. 

Floral Tribute

Hi guys!!! The past month has been quite a busy one for me. From styling a photo shoot, to preparing for my holiday, and helping out with the young people's group at my church called the Mighty Ones. One of my most recent and exciting projects was My Style Journal's collaboration with a talented photography duo, Isaac and Tayo. Isaac and Tayo run a photography company called E-F Media, check out their Facebook page here and have a look at Tayo's own photography website here. 

I was really excited to work with E-F Media. Both Isaac and Tayo are so passionate about photography and we had so much fun during the shoot. 

Here's the first look we shot together. If you're a regular reader of my blog you'd know how much I adore floral and graphic prints and coordinates. This is an old top and skirt I got from River Island last year summer but I think floral prints are timeless spring/summer pieces. I can almost see myself wearing this again next spring/summer.