Back to Black đź–¤
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Back to Black đź–¤

This post is called “Back to Black” because I’ve returned to wearing black. Well, to be more accurate, I never left…..(more on that below). It’s also a nod to one of my favourite songs by the beautiful talent that was Amy Winehouse. Black was something of a signature colour for Amy —her hair, her ever-present…

Personal Style as Memory: How Memory and Personal Aesthetic Intersect
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Personal Style as Memory: How Memory and Personal Aesthetic Intersect

Style isn’t necessarily invented. Maybe sometimes it’s simply remembered. When someone dresses well, it often has less to do with rules and more to do with what they remember, honour, or instinctively return to. Even on the runway, we mainly see a fresh take on an old style — a never-ending recycling of a former…

Poeticize Your Presence: A Family Tradition
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Poeticize Your Presence: A Family Tradition

This is my grandfather (centre), photographed in 1943 with Eleanor Roosevelt. He had travelled from Nigeria to America to pursue his dream of earning a degree from Columbia University — a bold, near-impossible goal at the time. His elders advised him to dress modestly, to blend in, to avoid drawing attention in a new and…