Monday, 29 April 2013
Saturday, 20 April 2013
African Dance Choreography a hit with the British Public
The girls of the CEO dance group brought down the house on the hit British show "Britain's got Talent" (more like Africa's got Talent) and we were made proud by the African style dance moves being shown to the world. Love the styling too, by the way.
We look forward to seeing them make it to the semi-finals, finals, and center-stage with the Queen at the Royal Variety Show (the grand prize for the show). Tune in every Saturday night and show your support.
Well done, girls.
Monday, 4 February 2013
Spring/Summer 2013 Fashion Board: Duro Olowu, Banana Republic, Alice & Olivia
It's time to start looking ahead at the style board for Spring/Summer 2013 and the trends have been set by some of my favourite fashion brands and designers.
Pretty in Print
Bold Colour
Pastel Colours
Geometric Print
Soft in Lace
Images by Style.com
Pretty in Print
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| Alice & Olivia |
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| Duro Olowu |
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| Duro Olowu |
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| Banana Republic |
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| Duro Olowu |
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| Alice & Olivia |
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| Alice & Olivia |
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| Alice & Olivia |
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| Duro Olowu |
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| Banana Republic |
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| Banana Republic |
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| Banana Republic |
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| Alice & Olivia |
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Men's Fashion: Ralph Lauren Fall 2013 Collection
What's not to love about Ralph Lauren's Fall 2013 Men's collection especlally for its somewhat english country gent vibe (this is so unlike the American fashion brand's past collections) and it has Tyson Beckford dressed up to impress in a 3/4 length jacket, wowwwww.
VLSL loves the use of tweed and heavy wool which is usually synonymous with our english tastes for the fall season, and the three-piece suits work their magic giving the european touch on the collection. As much as we love the dapper look, the leather jacket looks great, and is sure ready to be worn off the catwalk.
Ladies (you have to love this) and Gents, Ralph Lauren presents:
Images by Style.com
VLSL loves the use of tweed and heavy wool which is usually synonymous with our english tastes for the fall season, and the three-piece suits work their magic giving the european touch on the collection. As much as we love the dapper look, the leather jacket looks great, and is sure ready to be worn off the catwalk.
Ladies (you have to love this) and Gents, Ralph Lauren presents:
Friday, 1 February 2013
The Inside Scoop:Tunde Kelani prepares to turn "Dazzling Mirage" into movie
We at VLSL have to confess (and bear no remorse) that we are devoted fans and avid collectors of the Mainframe movies, directed by Tunde Kelani. They tick the boxes for us in terms of social, moral, and visual elements of a great Nigerian movie. They are spoken in the Yoruba language however, the subtitling is accurate so you wouldn't miss any aspect of the movie (there certainly won't be any 'lost in translation' going on)
Tunde Kelani is an inspiring and gifted director who has won (and should be winning more) film awards. He is living proof of the rare talents we have from Nigeria (if we may advocate on this occasion). His films elicit a social consciousness that you will never find in any other movies coming out of Nollywood. We have seen all of his movies bar a few beginning from 'Ti Oluwa ni ile' and 'Oleku' and even got a chance to catch "Arugba" at the British Film Institute some years ago and we were totally blown away by his work (and always will be).
Anyway, his 2012 installment is called "Maami" (my mother) and even though it's been released in Lagos, we haven't caught it on this side of the pond so we are hoping to get a chance, if not we'll have to grab a DVD on my next visit to the homeland (putting it out there in the universe).
Tunde Kelani is an inspiring and gifted director who has won (and should be winning more) film awards. He is living proof of the rare talents we have from Nigeria (if we may advocate on this occasion). His films elicit a social consciousness that you will never find in any other movies coming out of Nollywood. We have seen all of his movies bar a few beginning from 'Ti Oluwa ni ile' and 'Oleku' and even got a chance to catch "Arugba" at the British Film Institute some years ago and we were totally blown away by his work (and always will be).
Anyway, his 2012 installment is called "Maami" (my mother) and even though it's been released in Lagos, we haven't caught it on this side of the pond so we are hoping to get a chance, if not we'll have to grab a DVD on my next visit to the homeland (putting it out there in the universe).
Tunde Kelani has just announced his next project, a film called "Dazzling Mirage", based on the book with the same title by Olayinka Abimbola Egbokhare.
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| Olayinka Egbokhare and Tunde Kelani |
The book tells the story of a talented, beautiful young sickle-cell sufferer overcoming the social stigma, prejudice and her own low self-esteem to achieve a successful career, marriage and motherhood. It is unfortunate that the book isn't available to be bought at any of the bookstores because it should be a good read ahead of the film, but we hope the publishers are considering making it available for purchase.
As a movie, it will definitely shed some light on sickle cell certainly dispelling the stigma attached to it in African communities. If you are a sickle cell sufferer, you can share your story on the website at http://www.mainframemovies.tv/dazzling-mirage-share-your-sickle-cell-stories-in-the-comments/. They would love to hear from you.
We are looking forward to enjoying this movie when it is released and we are sure this will be one to celebrate and should meet much success in its final state (if any of his past works are anything to go by). Check out the website for all of the info on getting Tunde Kelani's movies at http://mainframemovies.tv/maami-synopsis/
We are looking forward to enjoying this movie when it is released and we are sure this will be one to celebrate and should meet much success in its final state (if any of his past works are anything to go by). Check out the website for all of the info on getting Tunde Kelani's movies at http://mainframemovies.tv/maami-synopsis/
VLSL looks forward to reviewing the movie so watch this space.
Images by Mainframe
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Music on my Mind: Caterpillar by DMSquared (Check out the Video Dance Competition)
It is quite rare nowadays to get feel-good Nigerian music which should basically comprise of a great dance beat, uplifting lyrics and a clear message, after all we all want to let lose, feel free but end up with a good vibe without having to sell our soul whilst singing along to self-deprecating lyrics.
So, you can understand why we here at VLSL are immensely upbeat (and glad might we say) to shout-out this updated release of the seriously catchy song "Caterpillar" (which is coined from a line from a Nigerian folksong) by our dear friend, DMSquared who hit No.3 on the UK charts and has just finished off a U.S tour (yes, we managed to bag some interviews in the past before he became too hot to get hold of), and the short video to accompany the release.
DMSquared (DM2) is currently Nigeria’s #1 Hip hop Gospel artiste and “Caterpillar” is the first official single serving as a warm-up to the release of his first album in 2 years called ’The Day the World Stood still’. He's bagged our award for clean, original, catchy music without exceptions so we say "good job Bruv" and we look forward to get more great music.
Anyway, listen to the full song on this link: http://www.hulkshare.com/4c8zx2oojbfl and watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NAtwLPJPCk to get a view of DMSquared in New York, and let us know what you think cos we absolutely love the tune here.
And just in case you are an aspiring dancer looking for your next big break, DMSquared is launching a video dance competition. All you have to do to participate is simply record a video clip of yourself or your group dancing to ‘Caterpillar’, upload to YouTube and email the link to differentworldrecords@hotmail.com. DMSquared would appreciate some originality, swagger, and western or traditional moves shall all be entertained, just bring your 'A' game.
The videos will be judged based on how entertaining the dance video is. There are prizes (in Nigerian Naira of course) involved at:
1st Prize: N100,000
2nd Prize: N65,000
3rd Prize: N50,000
The Top 5 entries will become part of the official Caterpillar video so get dancing, have some fun, and let's have a great dance-off.
So, you can understand why we here at VLSL are immensely upbeat (and glad might we say) to shout-out this updated release of the seriously catchy song "Caterpillar" (which is coined from a line from a Nigerian folksong) by our dear friend, DMSquared who hit No.3 on the UK charts and has just finished off a U.S tour (yes, we managed to bag some interviews in the past before he became too hot to get hold of), and the short video to accompany the release.
DMSquared (DM2) is currently Nigeria’s #1 Hip hop Gospel artiste and “Caterpillar” is the first official single serving as a warm-up to the release of his first album in 2 years called ’The Day the World Stood still’. He's bagged our award for clean, original, catchy music without exceptions so we say "good job Bruv" and we look forward to get more great music.
Anyway, listen to the full song on this link: http://www.hulkshare.com/4c8zx2oojbfl and watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NAtwLPJPCk to get a view of DMSquared in New York, and let us know what you think cos we absolutely love the tune here.
And just in case you are an aspiring dancer looking for your next big break, DMSquared is launching a video dance competition. All you have to do to participate is simply record a video clip of yourself or your group dancing to ‘Caterpillar’, upload to YouTube and email the link to differentworldrecords@hotmail.com. DMSquared would appreciate some originality, swagger, and western or traditional moves shall all be entertained, just bring your 'A' game.
The videos will be judged based on how entertaining the dance video is. There are prizes (in Nigerian Naira of course) involved at:
1st Prize: N100,000
2nd Prize: N65,000
3rd Prize: N50,000
The Top 5 entries will become part of the official Caterpillar video so get dancing, have some fun, and let's have a great dance-off.
VLSL will be sure to bring you the top 5 videos once they are announced on March 5th 2013.
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