ASAKEOGE

Friday, 14 October 2011

Sporah in sweet pea lacy dress

TV presenter Sporah is wearing one of Asakeoge's design. This sweet pea lacy dress is ideal for occassions such as weddings and events. You can get yours for £120 @ www.asakeoge.com

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Ms Pauline Long

Yes! It is the one and only Ms Pauline Long, the founder of BEFFTA Awards. Ms Long is wearing an elegant dress by Asakeoge.

“I would like to welcome every black and ethnic person to celebrate the Black History Month by showing love and support not only to BEFFTA awards UK 2011 nominees through voting but to all African/Caribbean businesses, organisations, charities and projects. Together as a community we can achieve a lot. We are a community of talented, intelligent and hard working individuals and groups and the world must know about this. However they can only know about us if we show them what we are capable of doing as a united community. I hope we will continue to support one another not only in the Black History Month but in all 12 months of the year”. Pauline Long

Interview with Dji Dieng

"Your collections are marvellous, colourful and amazing"

Today, among the fashion specialists Dji Dieng is considered one of the most beautiful Black Supermodels in the world.
Her smile is flavoured with an extraordinary Aura! Dji, born at Thies, Senegal, of French nationality, past her childhood partly in Dakar, as well as in Paris and grew up in Italy and the USA where she developed her 5 language skills. As an internationally recognized supermodel she has an impressive list of Editorials and Covers such as – Marie-Claire, Glamour, Vanity Fair, MAX, GQ, Vogue, Brigitte, Woman, You, The Mirror, La Repubblica, Metro, L’Officiel des 1000 modèles, Punkt, Shenka, Vogue. Equally, Dji performs from Paris to New York, from Milan to Copenhagen, London to Vienna, from Cape Town to Berlin, Asia and other fashion spots around the world for important designers like Hermès, Christian Dior, Carven, Cavalli, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Diane von Furstenberg to name a few.

What happened when Asakeoge intern interviewed one of the world top supermodel, "Dji Dieng"

Asakeoge shapes contemporary fashion

Above: Asakeoge model

Please tell me about yourself and what you do?
I am Dji Dieng, born in Senegal, raised in Europe and the USA. Actually I am working successfully as model on all five continents for the best designers and hand-selected clients for product presentations and commercials.

What motivated you to do what you do?
It was a real hazard that I became a model, and the motivation was and still is the challenge to be at the heartbeat of the fashion business, discovering creative people and new cultures.

What are the positive and drawbacks of the industry?
The positive aspect of my job is that I am able to transfuse my image for the benefit of humanitarian missions.

What is your highlight (s) of your career so far?
This is one question I cannot respond to as I have so many highlights in my career. But certainly some of the most important highlights are the awards I received for my social engagements as the Award for Humanity, the Leading Ladies Award and the United Nations Volunteer Award. And I am still the only Supermodel bestowed with these honours, and I will continue to assume my social responsibility.

Do you consider yourself a fashionista?
I am probably a Fashionista, but not addicted. I also wear simple and easy-going cloth where I feel comfortable in them. But of course I am addicted to shoes and bags as any woman.

What are your favourite brands/outfit/style?
Favourite brands are many, I wear an outfit depending on the style and occasion. One of my favourite is certainly Alexander McQueen. He was gifted with inspiration and creativity. But there are also many others I love. The list would be endless, I wear them all.

Who are your fashion inspirations?
My fashion inspirations are the girls and women in the different countries I travel for my job. Each has its style and many things can be combined for your own style.

How would you describe Asakeoge designs?
You want to know the truth? Okay, then I will tell you the truth: Your collections are marvelous, colourful and amazing. I loved the entry page with the models wearing different styles. I love them! Wow. Congratulations.

What are your future plans?
My future plans are certainly to continue for a few more years of my modeling career and also my humanitarian assignments. Also, I would continue to expand my other activities which will become more important the moment I terminate my modeling career, as I have established my own company with my management some years ago.

Any advice to aspiring models who want to get into the modelling industry?
Oh, sure as confirmed supermodel I do have a lot of advise to aspiring models. The most important is to be realistic even dreaming about becoming a model. Not everything that shine is glamour. Being prudent but following the dream. To get a lot of discipline and making sacrifices in life, and to be at the right time at the right place.

Thank you so much for honouring this interview, I wish you all the best in your career.
Thank you for the interview opportunity and your wishes are most welcome.
Peace and Love.

We must admit, Dji has the longest legs we've ever seen.

House of Dereon

BEYONCE KNOWLES

So, House of Dereon collection is officially in Selfridges. About time, we are so delighted to see the African themed collection by Beyonce and Tina Knowles. True inspiration! Good-luck ladies.
If you would like to view this collection off the run from London Fashion Week, click on the link below;
http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/house-der%C3%A9-international-collection-launch-selfridges-london

ANIMAL PRINT A/W 11
As you already know, animal print is back this season and we have our eyes on some of this items.

Victoria Beckham

We like everything edgy and classy, from handbags to jewellery, lengthy dresses to short dresses and many more. Asakeoge designs are cutting-edge, therefore it can be worn to enhance individual personality and style. Below are some of this weeks "we like". Victoria Beckham in a striking mini backless dress, less is more!. Make-up is essential for maximum impact on your outfit courtesy of make-up artiste online. Ensure that you select shades that works with your skin tone. Yellow is a daring colour!

Above: Handbag from online retailers.
Below: Dress by asakeoge. This dress is edgy a must-have for all Rihanna lovers!

Rihanna VS Grace Jones

As an artist her music continues to appear in movies and serves as samples to many singers and rappers. Her style and image which was developed by her stylist Jean Goude has been copied by many from, American politicians, 1970s boy bands and Annie Lennox to more recently the likes of Rihanna and Lady Gaga. Her low cut faded hairstyle from the 1970s era was adopted by black men all around the world and continues to be popular today in Africa.

In the 1970s-1980s she partied with the likes of Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfield, Pat Cleveland etc and became a favourite with European designers who used her as their muse. Photos of her promoting their lines became some of the best taken for the designers. Rihanna’s stylist Mariel Haenn admits she is one of the top influencers of her work. Lady Gaga has also admitted that she is one of her role models and was recently shunned when she wanted to sing an duet with her. She is scarier than scary spice, crazier than Lady gaga cooler than rihanna, sexier than naomi Campbell with a voice that spans two and half octaves, I present to you GRACE JONES

Rihanna does Grace Jones

Welcome!

Welcome to our Blog

At last we have an avenue to share all the exciting titbits that go on in the Asakeoge world and lots more. Through this blog we'll be bringing you the latest style trends we love, but as you know we at Asakeoge are pacesetters not fashion followers so get ready follow our spirit of bold, passionate trendsetting!

We would also be bringing you style tips, trend advice and fashion sneak-peeks, as well as competitions and exclusive offers. Plus, we’ll be going behind-the-scenes at photo shoots and events and posting up all the pictures. Watch out also for pictures of the fashion savvy ladies who have been rocking Asakeoge outfits and their reviews.

A lot has happened this year, showcasing the haute couture collection in march, and the ready to wear this summer, most memorable has been winning the Best Female Fashion Designer 2010 at the BEFFTA Awards in October. Not to forget of course our special recognition for business and entrepreneurial achievement by strides media.

To celebrate we have our Christmas Sale Party coming up with all our samples, couture garments and limited edition ready to wear up for grabs at 20% off just in time for the party season.

African Wax Print

African textile trade dates back in the 1900s. The prints were later developed by European traders using machineries. African wax print is produced using resistant dyeing technique. The surface of the fabric is painted with a resist substance, which in the case of batik is wax. The waxes are drawn in different colours: bright, brash and in unusual combinations. The design can be big and bold as well as delicate and subtle but always printed on both sides. The fabrics often tell stories of proverbs, poems and traditional African fables.

Today, African print is worn across continents and, has been particularly popular with A-list celebrities like Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani to name a few.

ASAKEOGE VS CELEBRITIES AFRO PRINT

Above: Kelis, Beyonce Knowles, Solange Knowles and Rihanna in African print
Below: Asakeoge S/S11 collections

Below: Alexandra Burke in Black fitted dress

Get a similar version from Asakeoge, see below:

Above: Cameron Diaz in a white dress with red shoe and belt

Below: Asakeoge S/S11 white dress with red belt

Jumpsuit was a trend S/S 11 and we think it will be back next season in colours. Below, Kimberley from Girls Aloud and Kelly Rowland take on the trend.