SL Trend Watch: The Turban//Fashion Week Staple

Perhaps it's time for us to whip out our turbans. We spotted a variety of patterned head-wear on four of our favourite Afro-cosmo stylistas during their Fashion Week pursuits. Between Pepper's plaid statement turban, Ore's soft and sweet scarf, and Andrea and Sandy's fun ankara headwraps, we're itching to get a-tying.

Whose look most inspires you? Whoever you choose, be sure to visit all their blogs:

Fab African Black

Lipstick Boudoir

Paris Most Wanted

XO

Photo of Pepper courtesy of Vogue Italia

Who Wore What: Folake Kuye Hutton in Ituen Basi

We'll confess: we spend an unhealthy amount of time on the webternets seeking "inspiration" (*coughs*) and a particular corner of it has had our hearts a-flutter this week. Folake Kuye Hutoon - super blogger & brains behind WeWe Clothing - started her week in faraway LA with an ultra cool Ituen Basi iro and buba. Since then, it has been one Ituen Basi look after another and it really shouldn't come as a surprise that we secretly wish this could go on forever. In any case, we'll take what we can get and we'll keep visiting her blog to see what she wears next and how she wears it. Are you smitten yet?

XO

FYI: Terence Sambo//Elan

Excited to spot Terence Sambo [some of you may know him as a blogger and menswear editor] in this Sunday's Elan! Easily one of the more down to earth and unpretentious mini style interviews we've read and it's well worth a look at here. Great photos, too!

XO

Photo courtesy of 234Next/Elan

Love: KemKem Studio's Lime Aso-oke Suit!

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Several Sundays ago, two stunning dresses from Kemkem Studio (by  Kemmy Oguntosin Solomon)graced the cover of Elan Magazine. For the uninitated, Elan is the free Sunday style supplement for 234NEXT.com, a vibrant daily out-of-Nigeria newspaper. 

Back to the clothes. Both dresses are absolutely gorgeous, but it's the lime aso-oke suit that did it for us [N69,000]. Aso-oke (a woven fabric usually reserved for special occasions) is by no means as mainstream as ankara (african print) and this piece stole our hearts for its simplicity and uniqueness. The words "lime" "green" and "suit" generally don't belong together but this look is such a hit that we couldn't help but share. It also helps that it was fabulously accessorized. Here's a closer look:

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Here are other models wearing the same piece:

[Photos courtesy of KemKem Studios]

Stunning and definitely on our wishlist!

To shop in Lagos, please visit KemKem Studio @ 5 Abiola Close (Shonibare Estate), Lagos and/or call 0807 2933 179.

See more of KemKem Studio's pieces here.

XO

love: the african hologram dress

totally dying over this african print jersey + bling bling dress...it's only the most amazing dress, like, EVER. love, love, love.

get yours here!

xo

SLiq TV: virgos lounge

all 3 members of team SLiq have many, many things in common, not least of which is our abiding love of vintage. we realize this makes us like several other people :-) entirely too many hours are spent trawling through ebay, etsy's vintage section, and several other websites, looking for that perfect cocktail dress or leather satchel. so much excitement ensued when we stumbled on the ladies at the virgos lounge blog's new project. shortly, they will debut their first vintage-inspired collection as well as carefully and thoughtfully selected vintage pieces, all of which will be available for purchase online. watch the behind-the-scenes proceedings here:

get excited!!!!!! more info here.

xo

wanted: christian louboutin's lady page

SO...i'm sitting here completely enamored by an inanimate object i can't afford. if this doesn't make me pathetic...wait, scratch that -- this makes me pathetic :-) i will never fully understand what it is about mr. louboutin's genius that leaves me teary-eyed (really) and lustful, but e-window shopping/stalking certainly hasn't been the since he came into my life. i'm sure you can relate. here's to hoping 2010 is a louboutin-filled year...but more in my closet and less in my internet history, lol...

learn more about the lady page pump here, subscribe to this ridiculously amazing louboutin-only blog, and stay tuned to shopliquorice for more decadence :-)

xo

wearing africa/who wore what: NY couture fashion week

what's almost as exciting as a fashion show? seeing what attendees wore to shows and after parties. we love, love, LOVE Jo and Ozzy's (of 4acesdate) lanre da silva-ajayi's pieces. Jo (left) wore an embroidered metallic dress straight off the runway...

...while Oz (right) wore a fitted LDA jacket. both ladies hit all the right style notes. nous adorons!

xo

guilty pleasure: celebrity blackberry sightings

hellooooo :) just breezing through to share one of our many guilty pleasures with you! everybody knows (okay, maybe not everybody, lol) the blackberry is the ultimate accessory. if you own one, you get it. if you don't own one, you should get one! it keeps us organized and connected on-the-go...and it's so much cuter than the i-phone, lol. okay, let's not go there. welllll, we said all that to say this. we've been hooked on celebrity blackberry sightings for ages. it's one of those guilty pleasures we can't quite justify...but it works just fine for us, thanks! if the idea of seeing your favorite celebs on-the-go with their crackberrys in tow catches your fancy, you should pay this blog a visit pronto (totally didn't even mean to kinda sorta rhyme)! this blog is also a great, painless way to keep up with who's wearing what if that's the kind of thing you need to unwind after a long day, lol.

xoxoxoxoxo

bloggah love: the daily alygator

personal + street style blogs are such an easy, great way to borrow ideas from fashionistas all over. so it was much to our delight that we stumbled on the daily alygator and an idea we haven't played around with in a while. presenting the dress/top/skirt; a three-in-one look built around one central piece:




we're totally off to our closets to remix some of our dresses!

thanks for the inspiration, alison! you totally rock.

more here and here.

xo

P.S. you really should check out her other looks as well. she's preeeeetty fly!