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Maxivive Tailoring Campaign 2019

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Though the weekend is over, the thrill we’re still enjoying and the success of it. Not only attendees enjoyed the show, Omoyemi Akerele and her husband jigging it down at the VIP section after the show proved they enjoyed the show too, even though it must have been hectic organizing it. It was a beautiful show and all the designers were amazing! If I was not proud to be a Nigerian before now, I would have become proud to be a Nigerian, these guys blew my mind away.

The designers at the pop up store created pieces that will make you proud of our fashion industry, brands we did not know we have. That’s the beauty of LFW, the theme this year is Beyond Creativity, the business of fashion and the moral of fashion is the lesson, fashion is beyond clothes.

On the runway designers blew our mind away, they made us applause with excitement. Mai Atafo’s collection did it for me, I was expecting his signature but he surprised us. Ejiro Amos Tafiri, Ugo Monye, Emmy Kasbit’s collection is top on my list to style with and to own, House of Kaya right now got me listening to Sudanese songs, it’s the combination of everything, thrills of the clothes, the styling, his collection is decent and sexy with northern fashion influence. Every culture have their fashion, it’s beautiful if you appreciate it.

Ugo Monye’s Collection

I like to call Ugo Monye’s collection Egyptian and Military, revamping traditional wear with a military vibe. Lagos Space Programme’s collection I’ll die for, especially the cotton woven cardigan. This Is Us pieces I love too, these designers showed us we could wear our own and be stylish. Creativity is embedded in us, these designers channeled their creativity into fashion, defining the industry. They are doing their part; the other part is left for the society to buy. The complain used to be Nigeria designers can’t design, LFW proved that myth wrong, Nigeria designers are mad (in a good way), the only way to celebrate them and encourage of course is to patronize them and let’s define our fashion together.

Reading about designers creativity is always interesting and thrilling, you’ll surely wonder what the designer was thinking when creating some pieces you can’t stop wanting, Maxivive. His collection is so cool and creative, he is a wizard, how he attracts you to his show is interesting. At the pop up store at Ikoyi, he gave out a brown envelope, it was an invitation to watch his show the next day and not an invitation if you did not buy the ticket to watch the show, there was #20 in every envelop. I still wonder what that was for, but it’s attractive and not what you’ll expect, the gesture is art and whatever reaction you gave is spontaneous, not what you’ve planned which makes you feel dazed and wow at the same time. Every of his piece speak for themselves, you’ll understand who the person wearing the clothe is. Like the piece Abiola Sonaike wore, I called it military nun, TG Omori’s piece and his attitude killed it, the gracious way he walked on the runway, the crowd could not hold back their excitement and his smoke made the crowd more proud.

Abiola Sonaike wearing Maxivive

Maxivive’s collection preach freedom and equality, you can wear anything you choose to wear, don’t think for the society how they will perceive you, be you and wear whatever you want to wear. Kelechi Amadi’s excitement every time he’s shooting make me always anticipate what the final work will look like, he’s always happy and excited, among the numerous photos that’ll flood the internet, Kelechi’s you’ll still want to see. Image Faculty made watching it from any screen interesting.

The projection is, in some many few years to come our population will be of active people, guess the “you’re the leaders of tomorrow” statement is finally in view. What we do now will spark the country of our dreams, there is a Nigerian Dream, it’s beautiful and green. Your version of that dream will contribute to this country positively or negatively, the question is, will you want the next generation to bless us or cause and lay blames on us like we do the generation that gave birth to us.

We’re growing our fashion community, we have high hopes to correct and get right the challenges of other fashion industries, especially the issue of size. Our hope is to see our popular kind of body/size on the runway, in this society the popular size is not 0 or 2. Since these designers produce for this society, it will be normal to show our popular body on the runway, it will shape and define our industry and instead of criticizing us they’ll appreciate us instead, for solving and designing for the popular bodies. Models treatment too, though they look happy and professional on the runway, some of them went through humiliation before they could walk.

The show ended well and fun, I’m sure will be more fun for people that made it to the after party, me and friend got home very late and stoned the night away.

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TG Omori in Maxivive

Abiola Sonaike wearing Maxivive

Ugo Monye’s Collection

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Heineken Lagos Fashion Week Experience 2019 Though the weekend is over, the thrill we’re still enjoying and the success of it. Not only attendees enjoyed the show, Omoyemi Akerele and her husband jigging it down at the VIP section after the show proved they enjoyed the show too, even though it must have been hectic organizing it.

[stylevitae]

Comfort and style should not have to be mutually exclusive of each other, and if there’s one fashion trend for men that completely embodies this, its the jumpsuit.

Men wearing jumpsuits isn’t exactly a novel idea or trend, I mean apart from the obvious orange prison jumpsuit reference you’re about to make, men have been rocking adult onesies as far back as the disco boogey nights era. So why has it taken this long for Nigerians to catch up with the trend? Well the answer to this is obvious – our fragile masculinity just couldn’t handle it.

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If you need any proof as to how social conditioning has forced men into a hole fashion wise, let me remind you of the unfortunate “Romphim” situation of 2017, were someone felt even though wearing a romper was cute, the fact that it didn’t have a manly name was deadly and thus it needed to be changed, which resulted in the term “Romphim”.

However, men are breaking out of the fashion box and turning the fashion world on its head thanks to designers like Adebayo Oke-Lawal of Orange Culture, Babatunde Oyeyemi of Maxivive, and Tokyo James, who runs his eponymous brand.

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Pulling off a jumpsuit is no walk in the park if we’re being honest, but the key to killing the look, is to keep it very simple. A jumpsuit on its own is a major statement maker, so to avoid clownery, it’s best to keep your accessories to the barest minimum.

Also, endeavor to get the right fit, you can’t afford to be looking like John Travolta from Saturday Night Fever. Why? We’re not in the 70s, duh! Go for a streamlined almost boxy silhouette, so you don’t get attention to the wrong places if you know what I mean (*whispers* crotch).

While jumpsuit wearing men over the years have stuck to really neutral colors like the greys, blacks and army greens, don’t be afraid to push the envelope a little further with a bold color. Balmain and Louis Vuitton, are just a few of the labels who embraced a colorful mechanic look on the runway this year, so go for it.

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Finally, remember to dress for the weather you’re actually experiencing as opposed to the one you hope to experience. So this means lighter fabrics, and shorter sleeves.

Overalls/Jumpsuits or whatever you’d like to call them, are officially back on, so jump into one ASAP!

These Men are Inspiring Us to Jump into a Jumpsuit Comfort and style should not have to be mutually exclusive of each other, and if there's one fashion trend for men that completely embodies this, its the jumpsuit.

[comradeorangutan]

Maxivive 2018

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Papa Oyeyemi designed a capsule of three looks for the Launch of Bo Young Creatives (BOYC), a crystal ball of underground creatives through young creatives with the hashtag # WEBOYC.

The collection was inspired by a 2017 film written by James Ivory, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Andre Aciman, ”Call Me by Your Name”, staged in Northern Italy in the early 80’s.

photographed by Kosol Onwudinjor 

Papa Oyeyemi Presents capsule Collection for the Launch of Bo Young Creatives (BOYC) Papa Oyeyemi designed a capsule of three looks for the Launch of Bo Young Creatives (BOYC), a crystal ball of underground creatives through young creatives with the hashtag # WEBOYC.

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#portraits #series1 "The Prince[ess] & His Pea[ce]" Look. Closer. Harder. Not through. Inside. See. Feel. Believe. Knowing is as important as understanding. Seeing belief in you and your journey is important. Don't age. Mature. Replenish your heart's youth. Have an adulterated experience with your skin through its second, u bonded layers. Don't take pity on those who don't see you for your worth. CREDITS Photography @larryephotography Beauty @lusetibeauty Wardrobe: Oversized cut-out jumper and wide-leg pants by @stiaanlouw Shot on location at the gorgeous boutique hotel - @cloud9hotel. Images captured using the @hauwei / @hauweiza P10 device. #menswear #photography #styleblogger #fashionblogger #capetownstylist #capetownblogger #blackmalemodels #africanluxury #mxvv #maxivive #blokeng #MadeInAfrica #copywriter #words #threads #androgyny #vogueitalia #blackwriters #storyteller #FASHIONTALKS

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Millennial Designer Spotlight: Babatunde “Papa” Oyeyemi The Designer Leading A Gender Neutral Generation

Millennial Designer Spotlight: Babatunde “Papa” Oyeyemi The Designer Leading A Gender Neutral Generation

Maxivive is far from your average menswear brand, it is an advanced non-conforming fashion movement!

Led by 26-year-old Babatunde “Papa” Oyeyemi who runs the Maxivive Group of Fashion Brands which houses; Maxivive, Mxvv the sports luxe extension of Maxivive, Bodun a limited edition, subsidized streetwear brand and more recently, PAL, a new addition to logo-mania streetwear/sport aesthetic.

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