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.

My Style Journal: Six Months On...

Wow guys, it's been exactly six months since I started blogging and I've really enjoyed sharing my outfit looks with you guys - my devoted readers :) I think that I've learnt a lot about fashion and style since I started blogging and one thing I've really enjoyed is playing with trends and adapting them to my own personal style. 

 

To celebrate My Style Journal's six months anniversary I've compiled just few of my favourite style posts on the blog so far:

Relaxed in Uniqlo

As you can probably tell by now, my style is quite laid back. I think comfort is definitely a rule of thumb when considering your personal style; you must be comfortable in what you wear at all times - unless you're rocking 5.5 inch Louboutins, of course :P
 

On a Cold Spring Day 

I just love how edgy this look was! That's the thing about style, it's so versatile. One day you can step out looking as chic and fabulous as Victoria Beckham and the next day as edgy and cool as Miley Cyrus. My favourite part of this outfit was that cape!! I can't thank my brother enough for buying it for me as a Christmas present. 
 

Down in London Town

I remember how much this London trip was such a welcome distraction from my dissertation. I had so much fun with my friends Ellee, Tej and Eman running around London without a care in the world!!

Street Style

I love this post especially because of the photography skills. Big thanks to my good friend Babz who also runs a menswear style and photography blog. Check it out here. 

 

An Afternoon in the Park

 

Monochrome: Polka Dots on Stripes

The monochrome trend is probably one of my favourites of all the Spring/Summer 2013 trends because it is so simple and you can do so much with it. Look out for an upcoming post where I've restyled this skirt. 

My Traditional Style

This was one of my first posts and I really enjoyed sharing a bit of my African background with you all. Look out for upcoming posts on what I've made out of these gorgeous Ankara fabrics. 

I've really enjoyed my blogging journey so far and I sure hope you guys have too. If there's anything in particular you'd like me to blog about please feel free to leave a comment or drop me an email at kikeodeks@googlemail.com. I look forward to sharing more style posts with you all - just don't forget to follow my blog by leaving your email address (see bottom of the screen) OR via bloglovin' to keep updated. Just imagine, My Style Journal will soon be one year old! Woop! 

Thanks for reading and following.

xo, K.O.

Street Style

Hi everyone!! So yesterday I had such a busy day! It started off with an exciting photo shoot that I styled for and then I went for a bowling session with some close friends. What a great mix of work hard, play hard, right?! In the midst of my busy day I took some time out to shoot my street style look with a fantastic photographer and very good friend of mine, Babz. I was extremely impressed with her photography skills and had so much fun shooting with her. Babz also runs a menswear style blog; check it out here. 

On A Cold Spring Day

Happy Belated Easter, everyone!!!

Again, I have to apologise for not posting as regularly as I should, but hey, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's got a pile of uni work to get on with. Anyway, for a while now I've been reviewing the clothes in my cupboard and my shoe collection, trying to get things out that I haven't worn for a while and even things I've never worn before. I particularly enjoy doing this because I get to restyle things I've worn before and I make more (desperately needed) space in my cupboard by donating some of them to the Salvation Army. 

The other day I found this beautiful pair of fur-lined boots that I purchased like 3 years ago but I have never worn them, eek *covers face* lol. So I thought, why not wear them now since the cold has decided to stick around longer than we all expected. Today, I went shopping and for a late lunch with a good friend and here's what I wore - and I didn't forget those boots too ;)