African American Fashion Designers

Cookie AnnCookie Ann Not long Ago we featured the lovely2011 spring/summer collections by Cookie Ann here, we managed to grab her to stop for a chat with shadders keep reading below and be inspired of her journey to establishing cookie Ann!! Shadders: Hello Cookie- Ann thanks for chatting with us at Shadders, kindly tell us a little bit about you Cookie- Ann:I was born in Haiti but raised in France. Thanks to my family I have travelled a lot .I am specially attracted by the USA I went to Los...Read Full Story

One of Shadders favourite model Ajak Deng features in Givenchy’s 2012 Resort Collection. We sure do prefer this collection better than the Fall edition, very elegant and wearable and as always Sudanese born model, Ajak Deng presence always makes difference with her effortless look. The resort 2012 collection is absolutely breathtaking, with a gorgeous combination of colours, prints and sharp cutting of silhouette, and a military touch gives it a strong feel yet feminine. Credit: Style.com...Read Full Story

Pearl 11 30 was created in April 2010 by Ade Yusuf, a brand birth out of passion and love for celebrating and expressing one’s individuality through fashion. The brand offers styling (Image branding), affordable ready to wear and tailored outfits that are produced to the highest quality standards. The developed a unique factor through their personal style by bringing out the real individual out of our Clients and paying keen attention to details. The brand personifies sophistication, class...Read Full Story

This season Jason Wu introduces his swimwear as part of his resort 2012 collection, however thats not the only good news, we are more excited to see one of our favourite African model Ajak Deng as always looking radiant in various pieces by Wu. Shadders loves the whole collection which can be viewed here, our favourite has to be the swimwear which is an inspiration for me to get into shape. Image Courtesy – Jason Wu Via VogueRead Full Story

As each day goes by am finding more designers inspired by Africa, and it looks like summer will be filled with ethnic prints which I am very excited about. Just had this sent to me about Mara Hoffman’s latest collections, Mara has always been known for using bright colours and prints throughout her collections including her swimwear designs. Mara’s 2011 Spring/Summer collections is bold, ethnic inspired and even better to find model Ataui Deng elegantly rocking the pieces is just beautiful...Read Full Story