Hibiscus Tension

A record of illustrations, comic books, music, photography, videogames, design and fashion.

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t a k e o  k i k u c h i   par  s h o j i  u e d a 

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Dries Van Noten SS2015

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Shot a promo video for my store a while back and finally found the right time (and courage!) to put it up.

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Flos Mayday lamps and Paul Pope's Battling Boy just came in courtesy of the ladies of @jand2gidi #newbookstoread #paulpope (at Stranger)

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#Repost from @lakinogunbanwo --- Modelled for @kennethize SS15 with photography by @lakinogunbanwo the full lookbook is out soon.

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Silverbird Cinemas (Terrific Tuesday) 9:00AM - 11:00PM

Fee: N1,000 Includes Ticket, Drink, & Popcorn

Location: Check your local Silverbird Cinema

Contact: [email protected]

Website: http://silverbirdcinemas.com/

A Whitespace (This is Where it Started by Yinka Ilori)...

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CLOTHES BEYOND BEDSHEETS: AN INTERVIEW WITH GHOSTFACE

by Jasper L

It’s rare to find someone who blends styles, silhouettes and designers with as much whimsy and as much ease as Styleforum’s ghostface. He has an incredible eye both for texture and for color - and he’s perhaps unsurprisingly erudite, which comes across in his responses to interview questions as well as in the way he dresses. 

What drew you to clothing? Did you have a long gestation period, or did you roll out of bed one day and think, “You know what, I need a change”?

I’ve always been drawn to beautiful natural materials, weird textures, clean lines, and organic shapes. The earliest manifestations of that attraction drew me to alpine mountain environments and, when back in civilization, to amateur interior design. In both cases I was seeking and finding a certain kind of aesthetic experience, a sense of harmony that included elements of risk and imperfection. It was only natural for this interest to spread eventually to clothing, since choosing what to put on our bodies is just a more intimate, direct version of shaping our personal environments. But I only made that transition in a deliberate way five or so years ago. I suppose that does make it a long gestation period.  

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Interview by Karen Harte of Girls Like Comics.

Written by Shobo Coker (right) and drawn by his brother Shofela Coker (left), Outcasts of Jupiter, a sci-fi adventure comic, takes place in the distant future, where outlaws and refugees roam the universe looking to survive.

On May...

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My brother's on Kickstarter trying to get funding for a feature film project called "The Hades Pit". Check out the pitch video above and if you are interested in seeing something like this, please donate! He has done quite a few features already on shoestring budgets and you can check them out on the Kickstarter page.  Support independent film!

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This video is all kinds of perfect.

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Noomi Rapace by Aitor Throup.

Finally get to see how he makes those amazing sculptures. Music by FlyLo makes it perfect :D.

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Yohji Yamamoto

Does anyone know when this picture is from?!

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no, I’ve never seen it! I’d love to know too!

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Same! Beautiful.

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DOOM's new project with Bishop Nehru - NehruvianDOOM - is out on my birthday along with Flying Lotus' new album.

Gonna be a good day :).

Love the artwork.

Preorder here or on iTunes.

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Peter Finn walks for Kenneth Ize at Spice TV's Runway Fiesta yesterday in Lagos.

Seriously he is one of the best Nigerian designers right now. 

Love his stuff.

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A Slice Of Lagos' by Sesu Tilley-Gyado. ‘Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (the world’s first black Bishop), and Missionaries’ 

via Okayafrica

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@abasirosborough AW14 just came in. Taped seam shirts, long sleeved Tshirts with thumb holes, jackets with shoulder straps. #strangerlagos (at Stranger)

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Weekend viewing.