ThisDay Music and Fashion Festival London 2008

I'm sure everyone knows how much I've been looking forward to this even after attending the one in Lagos. I made my feelings clear on the Lagos leg of the event and hoped it'd be better in London, and it turned out to be worth the wait.

You know yours truly would give you the juicy goss from last night's ThisDay Music and Fashion Festival held at the Royal Albert Hall London and say it as it is. It was great fun and well worth it.

The event kicked off on time (no nigerian time going on) and was hosted by Trevor Nelson and a co-anchor.









With performances from Asa, Seal, Olu Maintain, Youssouf N'dour, and Christina Aguilera, it










was hard to seat still.










Colin Powell's inspiring speech on education and empowerment of the younger generation was
touching.

The Fashion show was my favourite part of the evening with collections from Momo, Lanre Da Silva & Jewel by Lisa, Deola Sagoe, Chris Aire, and Ozwald Boateng.





I loved the collection by Momo for its ethereal qualities. Soft fabrics, long hemlines and classy sophistication.
























Jewel by Lisa's collection gave off an air of modern African femininity with lots of detailing on African fabrics. I would buy most of the pieces in the collection in a minute. Loved it. Go Girl.












Lanre Da Silva's Collection emerged to the thriller soundtrack (the headpieces worn by the models reminded me of the Thriller video).












Deola Sagoe's collection gave off a rock star vibe with ripped leggings, and t-shirts.

Chris Aire is a Jeweller to the the stars and his collection incorporated accessories and clothing with clean lines for the glamorous stylish person. Tyson Beckford more than made up for the entire collection by showing his abs and tattoos. Gorgeous man. Alek Wek's be-jewelled dress was a lovely sight to behold.



























See Tyson Beckford and Chris Aire give each other the manly greeting as he takes his bow with Alek Wek in a stunning dress.









Ozwald Boateng seemed intent on maximising his time at the event because his introduction seem to be a production in itself and the fashion show was long with monotonous and repetitive movement from the models. The clothes were beautiful exuding an air of masculinity and references to the hunter instinct in a man i.e calf boots, country-style hunting jackets and caps all in dark colours of purples, blues, greens and a hint of pink and red. Loved the velvet jackets for the Winter.

His final bow was a show in itself.