Music is my biggest source of inspiration- everything from Beyoncé to Kwadee to Beyonce to Wizkid to yes, even Bobby Raps and Corbin. I was thinking about when to do this post when I saw a list of all the new music coming out this month. While I’m not the biggest fan of Drake, and have only ever accidentally listened to Childish Gambino, I thought I would use this time…
Click on the subscribe button on the right, I’d love to have you back. Over the summer I spent some time working at Accradotalt, organizers of the Chalewote street art festival and general safe space for Ghanaian artists and art enthusiasts. During this time, I worked on a project about thrifting and thrift fashion in Accra which is in part the inspiration for this post. My first meet with…
The Couch Potato EP by Bobby Raps & Corbin is one of the sultriest pieces of music I have heard in my young life. It was a recommendation by a friend who introduced it that way, and was dead right about it. It’s the kind of music I listen to on a day when I’m facing a long list of boring chores and I need to feel like Naomi Campbell…
Laura Mvula x The Dreaming Room In the face of recent events, I have no words yet but I do have images. And I hope that these will remind you that black girl magic, black girl joy, they aren’t going anywhere. Yeah, love and let yourself be loved. Take care of yourselves. Love, Amoafoa
Frank Ocean x Siegfried This jumper feels like hiding to me. Like snuggling in a velvet throw in a recently bought sofa that doesn’t quite yet feel like it’s yours. The exaggerated sleeves and the ripped detailing make it such a beautifully distraught piece, that although it looks like it wants to be understated draws so much attention to itself because of its tatters. It’s also the perfect last minute…
Photocredit : Me, photographing street style in Milan A few days ago, I had a friend tell me I always look fashionable, even when I’m wearing sweatpants. It’s a really sweet compliment, even if I know it’s only partially true, but thought I would dabble into more how-to blogging and share what I think helps to create that sense of my looking nice- basically my cheat sheet for my personal…
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