Showing posts with label #vavavumMaasai #OwnYourCulture #MaasaiJewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #vavavumMaasai #OwnYourCulture #MaasaiJewelry. Show all posts

Thursday, 17 December 2015

#OwnYourCulture Style + Christmas Giveaway

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Here's another batch of the visuals we did for Refashionafrica.com, taken at my fav art space, Kuona Trust. Join the movement, #OwnYourCulture with style!








































Styling: Perpetua O.

Happy Holidays!
Miss Vavavum
Xx

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

#OwnYourCulture X Refashion Africa

Over the past few weeks, I have been collaborating with an amazing team to create some visuals for #OwnYourCulture X RefashionAfrica collab. Taking #OwnYourCulture to the global stage.

Here's some of the cool stuff we made







Photo: El Photographia  

Neck Piece: Zanta Beads
Stylist: Perpetua Adoyo



Peep www.refashionafrica.com to see more of the work

Join the movement on Instagram #OwnYourCulture

Miss Vavavum
Xx

Monday, 6 July 2015

Flower power Re-defined

Large traditional style Maasai neck pieces are easy to style especially against white canvases clothes especially so on the top half of the outfit. The colors on these pieces add a little fun to plain-colored outfits

Style the pieces with a timeless floral skirt, white tee, strap-on sandal heels and for a cool-kid effect add on mirrored sunnies.

Or style the look with the very on-trend slip on sneakers,


How would you wear your #MaasaiPiece or #KenyanTraditionalJewelry? Tag me on #OwnYourCultureInstagram
Have a power week! 
Miss Vavavum
Xx

Monday, 15 June 2015

Siblings Thrift Social 2

The creative scene in Nairobi has grown immensely in the past 5 years especially in the art and fashion industries. One such event  is the style gig - the Thrift Social by 2manysiblings. This past weekend saw the second edition held at Live at the Elephant in Nairobi. 2manysiblings is a brother sister duo of style and art enthusiasts, whose style sense and social media pages are a Pinterest-lovers dream! With their creative photos and a great sense of style to match. Their event, designed to appeal to style mavens and enthusiasts saw Nairobi's best style crowd, from fabulous 'fros to the latest trend in the fashion world and even the Maasai jewelry made appearances(besides myself!)

One half of the 2manysiblings duo ,

Velma

The tastefully curated stands,

 Suave bags,

Given the ever changing weather in Nairobi lately, I opted for my go-to outfit which easily works hot/cold weather, the old and trusted denim x denim. Little story about these pants, bought them 5 years ago when all cuffed harem pants were all the rage, fast forward a year later, trend died brutally and replaced with boyfriend jeans; being a woman of solutions, I ripped them off and thus the end result. And as luck may have It, ripped pants are really in season this year ;)

As part of the #OwnYourCulture campaign I'm running, It's mandatory(to myself mostly) to wear at least one traditional piece. This has greatly enhanced my creativity and envisioning techniques. Whether it's a new purchase or deciding to what to wear, I must always know which color/texture/prints of clothes will work best with these pieces. Lookout for cool Maasai pieces on www.uberduka.com



Lately, I have found that most of my 5 year old fashion pieces making a comebacks(see my post @missvavavum instagram), for example these red tasseled wedges that only come out in the cold season. Note- to pull off the ripped cuffs, make sure to pair the pants with stunning shoes

More style from the event, nude colored boots x shirt dress= this season's total style win!


When sports wear meets office wear,


Absolutely loved how she wore her Maasai necklaces!


For more street style, fashion and the event check out their site 2manysiblings 

Miss Vavavum
Xx

Monday, 13 April 2015

Enkarewa (Maasai Jewelry) #OwnYourCulture

African culture is rich and beautiful. With modernization fast moving into rural areas, we must as Kenyans , East Africans, own what’s rightfully ours. We have seen our cultural pieces selling for millions abroad, why not own it and wear it proudly? and to better our creative economy, buy, create more and sell them? Beads have been a symbol of beauty in centuries past here in Africa and for the longest time, these pieces were the style items back in the day. I am of the opinion that these pieces are still stunners to date, and why not whip ‘em out and wear them proudly, as an appreciation to our ancestors creative genius.





Directed by; Cate Rira
Production; Panoram Production
I am curious how do you wear your traditional jewelry, tag me on @MissVavavum Twitter or @MissVavavum Instagram let me know!

Miss Vavavum 
Xx