Black & Gold

Went to a bridal shower last weekend (aaaaaalllll of my friends are jumping the broom) and we had to wear black dresses and statement jewelery. So I wore my fall-back black dress and a gold body harness.

Dress: H&M. Jewelery: Topshop Body Harness. Shoes: Zara Suede Loafers. Sunnies: Dolce & Gabbana Aviators



I call it my fall back dress because its my token LBD and is whipped out for nearly every occasion that requires a black dress. The poor thing will soon start giving away at the seams, I'm really regretting not buying at least 3 of them.

It was hosted by Shally and Segi of ForStyleSake.

The bride-to-be, another old friend from QC, Tolu

*random*

I've never used picstitch before so I decided to launch it with this hilarious collage of me dancing to Chuddy K's 'Gaga Crazy'

sugarcane no be bambooooo

Another fun day out with my QCOGs.

Love and light xx

Work Chic: Red & White

Wore this rather cheery ensemble to work a couple of weeks ago.

I get up everyday at 4.45 am to be able to leave the house for 6am and its a miracle I manage to keep my eyes open enough to even sort out my make-up. That morning though I remember being too knackered to go at my long ass 24 inch hair with a curling wand so just did a quick braid and a fishtail plait.

Minor hair crisis solved.

Shirt: Ann Taylor. Skirt: ASOS laser cut pencil skirt. Bag: Calvin Klein. Necklace: Dorothy Perkins: Shoes: Dorothy Perkins. Sunglasses: Prada Baroque. Watch: Gucci

Blinding.

Lol.

Love and light xx

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Best Of The Week

The Obamas

I don't know how much of this is staged, being a Kenneddy stan and watching shows like Scandal have made me very cynical as to what the White House projects as a loving, married couple. I mean JFK was giving every woman within a one mile radius of Hyannis Port and he and Jackie slept in separate rooms but in public they looked like the perfect family. I don't even want to get into the mess that is the President, his wife and Olivia Pope on Scandal.

So yeah I know these things can be manipulated but unless the Obamas have the ghost of Paula Strasberg herself coaching them, I don't think its possible to fake the love and affection these two project constantly. They are so beautiful to watch and I can't lie to you I got a little misty-eyed looking at these pictures. Like how many years have they being married and he still looks at her like that?

Adorbs!

Baba God do it for your girl.

Love and light xx

ps. Can someone please tell me what relaxer MObama uses? This is a burning question because her hair stays laid and it can't be the work of Dark & Lovely.

photo credit: buzzfeed.com

Beauty And The Beat

This is a genius video I saw on Luvvie's blog and IT. IS. AMAZING.

I laughed so hard I nearly hurt myself, I can't even do it justice, just watch.

Oh and it's by Todrick Hall who led an awesome flash mob at Target performing Beyonces End Of Time.

Brilliance!

Love and light xx

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Chaud Magazine Cover

So I'm on the cover of Zimbabwean fashion, lifestyle and entertainment bible, Chaud Magazine's November fashion issue.

You can read the full interview HERE

Love and light xx

OOTD - Black Velvet

Wore this out last week to my friend Nnekas bachelorette party. The theme of the bridal shower had been an English tea party and the plan was to ditch the shift dresses and hats and transform to playboy bunnies/ladies of the night for the hen do. We all had to wear bunny ears for that, I put mine on later.

Dress: Virgos Lounge. Shoes: Topshop ankle strap sandals with perspex heel

This dress is from a Virgos Lounge collection from about 2 years ago I think, can't really remember but the VL aesthetic of sequins and embellishment had already started emerging. I still have a bunch of VL dresses from collections from way back and I love whipping them out now and then because then VL hadn't really flooded the market like it has now and spotting these dresses are like a game of Where's Wally as opposed to now that the fear of wearing aso-ebi with 25 other girls grips me when I'm wearing new VL.

I still love them though and I'll remain a faithful customer but the fear is real.

LOVE this dress.

Love and light xx

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Nne's Journey

If you follow me on Twitter and Instagram, you'll know I've been on wedding overload for about 2 weeks now. My bestie of 17 years got married last weekend and it was a throw down of epic proportions, from the traditional wedding to the bridal shower, to the hen do, to the rehearsal dinner and finally D-Day......the wedding. It was a party from start to finish

Its been frankly surreal watching it all happen, from the day she got engaged up until the wedding day I still couldn't believe Nneka was getting married. The same girl I met in Jss1 in Queens College, that I shared boarding house woes with, studied for exams with, partied with, traveled with, got shattered with, had sleepovers with....became a wife on Saturday.

She basically transformed from being my friend to being someones wife and I was so proud of how she embarked on and ended her journey, with extreme maturity and grace. Nne was not a bridezilla at all thank God, which made my job as a bridesmaid and friend-in-need so much easier.

I've had the same core group of friends from JSS1 and all of us were in full effect for TNA2012 ensuring that Nneka had all the support she needed.

Traditional Wedding
We drove down to Nnewi for the traditional wedding, let me re-phrase that, we were driven down to Nnewi, Lord knows I could never make that journey. Anyhoo the road trip was so much fun, I hadn't done that in a while and I'd been looking forward to it for weeks. Basically the entire wedding party; bride and grooms side; drove in a convoy from Lagos to the East and it was so much fun.

In this photo we had stopped at Ondo State to get fuel and somehow managed to get entangled in a mad womans rant. This was taken before the woman revved up properly so we were still all smiles thinking she was harmless.

Hairnets and scarves are the only way to survive a road trip, none of that hair flying around and getting into crevices thanks very much.

 

Was sooo excited when we crossed the Niger bridge, I love me some Biafra.

 


Our beautiful Nnewi/Item bride

*I did her make-up!*

 

In her 2nd outfit after she had found her husband.

 

Bridal Shower and Hen Night

The next event on the agenda was the bridal shower which had been a great source of stress for my fellow planners and I for the past 2 months. The theme was an English tea party as a nod to Nneka's British ancestry and everybody had to come in shift dresses, twinsets, fascinators, hats, pearls....the works. We had the whole room tricked out in Union Jack bunting, flags, plates, cups etc and despite all the planning brouhaha we had endured it turned out fantastic. The guests were amazing and everybody dressed the part beautifully.

Our crowning moment was when the bride declared it the happiest day of her life.....so far.

 

*whew*

You cannot imagine our relief.

 

 

After the bridal shower was the hen night and the theme was loosely pegged as Playboy Bunnies in Sin City, hence the black dresses and bunny ears.

A beyond epic night which took a turn for the hilarious when the groom and his groomsmen crashed our party.

 

The Rehearsal Dinner

We had dinner at Marco Polo and my Nne turnt it up in another fab outfit.

 

The Wedding

The official happiest day of Nneka's life....so far.

I'm in bed on a Sunday night tapping away on my computer so I can finish all my draft posts and go to sleep, I've had a fantastic week and I can't believe that there's no more planning, no more dress fitting, nothing else to do. My Neks is now married, she has assumed one of the several roles she was born for and I am so happy I got to share every moment with her.

I love you Mrs. Nneka Osoka and I wish you all the very best in your new life.

Love and light xx

 

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