These are 3 Fall colours you should have in your wardrobe if not already!
Emerald Green
Mustard
Rust
I personally love all the colours and believe if the right shade of each is chosen, it would suit your skin.
Love
FT.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
I'm Voting Eskado Bird - What's Your Freedom Tanzania
Remember my first feature about Eskado Bird, well Eskado bird will be show casing at the Swahili Fashion Week this week and Estazia (The Head designer of Eskado Bird was voted An award for the new designer)
I am all for creative people who do not follow the norm. I met Estazia at the Dar Fashion Festival and she wowed me at the Fashion Show and I found her stuff very unique. I even tried to push her to sell me some of her very unique display items (I know a sucker for the unique). So I will be Voting for EB... Support a great designer ladies and gents I see a great future for her and her brand.
To Vote:
Be blessed and keep doing you!
Below is a sneak peek at the new What's Your Freedom collection which will be show cased at the SFW this week.
A true Boutique Feeling
Today I am featuring my soul's passion, my boutique! It's been 3 years now and I am still in love with it. When I first thought about opening a boutique I visited a friend of mine who owns a boutique at Kingley Court in London (she is older, funky and very wise). I had been shopping there for years and I've always been inspired in unique fashion (fashion with the difference), so I said whenever I do I must make sure it looks like a Boutique.
I took pictures on my iPhone so the quality ain't as great but you get the gist.
Chic on the Cheap
http://thatchiconthecheap.
Today I am Featuring my favourite favourite photographer and my lil sis from another mother and father, Miss Angelique Sylvia Eungie Culvin. A lot of people have been asking who takes my pictures and this very talented young lady is the master of all the greatness with some finishing touches from my husband :D Angie is very capable of editing and giving the effect you'd like.
Angel is not only talented in photography but she is art, she loves to experiment in the way she dresses, her hair and her art of photography. I was her first client when I started FT Accessories in 2009. She met my vision exactly how I wanted. She is a goal oriented person who will set goals that she will make sure she meets.
I admire young people who know what they want and go for it. Many parents would not support their children in making photography a career and study choice but what they don't realise is, there's so much more to it. She has proved that, she now has so many clients who adore her work, most recently Joy of Dafire Arts (A jewellery designer in Tanzania). I Salute you Miss. Culvin. She has inspired a lot of the now up and coming young photographers to go for their dreams. If you'd like to book her when she is in town as she is now in Ireland pursuing her photography degree (into her 2nd year):
Please visit the links above and her Facebook page!
I admire Angelique's style and her natural hair is bananas, so I picked some of my favourite photographs of her so you can see for yourself.
Working the wrap
In her bantu knots
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
FT Travels
A few months ago, I decided to go explore the Asian world. I've always wanted to go to Hong Kong! My high school best friend is from there and she always came back with the funkiest of styles. But she always warned, 'it ain't cheap.' Never one to shy away from quality uniqueness so after so many years I decided to start from Beijing then Hong Kong then Malaysia for 2 weeks. I was actually going to Beijing for the art festival and for my other business. It is a lovely place but so difficult as no one and i mean no one speaks or even understands English. Good for their pride but for tourists, MEEEEH!
So I got really frustrated and asked my dad's friend if I can get a translator (whom I had rejected earlier when he asked : P). The translator was a petite girl called Shirley. She was so helpful and even though her english was also not so good but she truly inspired me. She is a hardworking 24yrs old girl who is engaged to a guy in Australia and never has time for even shopping. Whilst there I discovered Soho, OOOoooh Lord, I was stuck there and she was so sweet and thankful that I had showed her a new place to shop and hangout! Dumb founded, I realised everyone is a traveller and each day we get up and go out we are travellers who might just discover that little place that you just fit in.
The boutiques there were incredible and top class, damn the blazers just thinking of them makes me yearn to go back. BUT, would I, that's a question for another day. The other thing I loved about my new find was the healthy food and I spent a lot of time at the gym each day an hour or two. I vowed to try each spa at each hotel we stay at. In beijing we stayed at The Fairmont Beijing. It was lovely the architecture and the theatre right next to the hotel which was actually part of the hotel.
One thing I hated was the food, uggh! Weird thing I looooove Chinese food so much. In fact my favourite new hang out is at the Great Wall Restaurant at Oysterbay by my favourite person Jackie Chan (Yes, you had that right, Not the movie star but he is a star). I'll tell you what he does in another post.
Anyway, After Beijing we jetted off to Hong Kong, and I fell in love. We stayed at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong. It was nice weather although it didn't look like it as there were clouds everywhere but it was so hot and no rain. Hong Kong is made of mountains and the main city is under the mountains so we went to visit the peak and see hong kong from a high view. We loved! : D
This is hong kong, see what I mean about the think cloud yet it's HOT! Pollution people stop it : )
Then we were off to Malaysia for my cousin's graduation. By the time I got there I was sick so thank God cuz my Hotel was right next to the best attraction. The Twin Towers, the 2nd tallest buildings in the world and most other attractions. I was home with the food and again we stayed at the Mandarin Oriental Malaysia. It was alright but I loved the park and the fact that they had everything I would need at close vicinity, gym, food, shops, and a park with a running track. That's my hotel by the way, it was too tall so didn't want to break my neck taking a picture of it.
Ain't this a beautiful park, why don't we have these in Tanzania! Dear Corruption, please stop it! : )
Through this tiring but well worth it journey I learned the above and really just wanted to go home and spend time with the people i love the most and appreciate them.
Love FT
Monday, 7 November 2011
Weekend and all
Hi Lovelies, I hope you've had a love weekend. Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim readers. Eid was great, after being sick yet still working the whole week even Saturday. It was nice to have my Aunty over, she has always taken care of me. She is so sweet, we cooked the lovely food and spent the whole day with kiddos around us.
We never miss Eid prayers and the speech today hit right home and made me feel just a bit stronger, just a bit more patience.
So today, I'd like to urge you all to be very patient whilst working hard in life, God will answer your prayers sooner or later.
Love FT.
Top of Today
How Beautiful is this with a bow tie at the back, Pretty
Looking very Fox Ms. Hudson
This is Funky nice African Jumpsuit
Friday, 4 November 2011
Essence Curly Nikki Event - Natural love
So Essence held a Curly Nikki event featuring all the natural sistahs who could attend. Such beautiful display of how beautiful our own natural hair can be! How Beautiful can these be...!
Will teach you how to get this look soon
My Next hairstyle, when I feel better! I am under the weather at the moment, it's dampening my mood
I loove and seriously can't wait! I'm Giddy excited : D
Oh The possibilities
Fuschia, Olive and Cream with hint of Grey
When decorating your spaces choose colours and items that work. It is always good to accessorise and use accents. Flowers add a warm and beauty to any room which could otherwise be very dull.
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Beautiful
I find this beautiful in so many levels, the natural hair, the yarn and the model herself. I love it when people embrace their natural self.
Going Natural
Hi Ladies,
Check out Yaya Da Costa with her Natural hair. On the left she has done a wash and go and the right is a blow out to straight.
Doesn't she look wonderful! I am giving you snippets of the tutorials I will be sharing with you all soon, so take note of those terms.
GOING BACK TO MY HOT COMB, anybody remember those : D
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
PICHINI COLLECTION AVAILABLE AT FT BOUTIQUE
For those wanting this PICHINI Dress on the RIGHT hand side worn by Vodacom Tanzania Marketing Manager at the 8020 Fashions 5TH Anniversary. PICHINI COLLECTION is available at FT BOUTIQUE, these long dresses come in various patterns and colours.
KARIBUNI/YOUR ARE VERY WELCOME!
Natural Hues- Love
I can't wait till I can do this
My Sis looking absolutely beautiful in her natural hair
My favourite Blogger Naturalle, mine is about her height at the moment
Traceey Ellis Ross
Nice Fro
Can't wait to get here which I hope for the end of year
Monday, 31 October 2011
Love for Fashion Illustrations
I love Fashion Illustrations, now I am so bad with sources, I actually forgot where I got this from or who the artist is. But this is just beautiful, I wish I could order some for FT! it's Love at first site for me
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