While the temperature of the winter is killing some of us, H&M is not hesitating to give us a quench of their Spring 2012 collection. Guess who’s beautiful African face is head of the campaign? Liya Kebede! The collection has a variety of colors and fashion styles of which the prices do not go above 50 EUR. H&M does it again: affordable and chic. Don’t hesitate to look for more. 
We know that Burberry is not a new brand. But Abina is totally in love with the Burberry Prorsum spring 2012 collection. The reason why, is because, it is all African inspired and it look absolutely chique. The collection displays Critics say that the African print outside
The Burberry Prorsum 2012 spring collection is a combination of chunky necklaces, dresses, and pencil skirts finished with an edgy top and colourful coat. Fabulous all the way! Pictures displayed below.he African print outside
Abina Mag is all about highlighting Africa and Fashion, this includes African designers
Louis Vuitton has chosen a fresh-faced Zimbabwean model to be the face of their 2011 fall/winter ad campaign. The sixteen-year-old Nayasha Matonhodze is her name and she is making us so proud. She is represented by Elite Model Management in 
Being so much into fashion, allows U to run into collections of various designers every day, but not all stand out. I mean, In terms of creativity and style. But this brand caught my attention. Christie Brown has a definite chique, elegant an edgy style that I know will have you convinced. Christie Brown is a young brand, which was founded in 2008, and she has enough goods to be under our mag. 
World famous fashion designer, Tom Ford held a fashion show during NY fashion show. It was such an exclusive fashion show. Only limited people could be at the fashion show, and no pictures were to be released. So, we all got excited about this line, but we couldn’t see anything. This line is inspired by the Everyday Woman, the woman with curves, you know, real looks. This made it more interesting. Finally, pics have come out.
Vlisco has launched their November collection: Gallery of Poems. The fabric is looking fantastic! The Dutch company Vlisco is the World’s number one textile company which launched what we now know as African fabric, Wax Hollandaise in 
Lanvin for H&M released
Tomorrow is the day! The Lanvin for H&M collection will be in stores. The collection of cute dresses, jackets, accessories and tops will be launched first thing in the morning.
Swahili Fashion Week makes me wonder what is behind that name. This event caught my attention and I didn’t hesitate to let you know. The Swahili fashion week, this year on the 4th -6th November, is regarded as the platform for designers from Swahili speaking countries. This fashion week is a combination of expressing creativity in fashion and accessories, Swahili cuisine, arts & crafts, music performance, entertainment and more. This year, many designers from East Africa gathered to make this event a successful one in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Many designers showed their fined creativity at the event. Chichia London, Koroo and Asia Idarous are a few of the designers that participated in the Swahili Fashion Week. Abina is familiar with Chichia London, her style and designs.
I love the distinctive style of East Africa. Compared to the Central and West African style, they use more dark colors in their designs.
More Glimpses of the LanvinDon't mind them weard puppets. That's what we call fashion.
Well, I promised to keep you posted on Lanvin for H&M. Here is a glimpse of what is yet to come on the 2nd of November. The collection is with full Lanvin style: The one shoulder puff dress, the ruffled skirt, tuxedo tops, textured coats; this is a cohesive and chique line. The full line consists of 30 pieces and 15 accessories for women and 25 pieces and 10 accessories for men. What do you think? Does it make you go crazy like Cavalli did?Note: The full line will be revealed on the 2nd of November. It will be in stores on the 23rd of November.
It seems as designer Ozwald Boateng is going to branch into a new market by designing for women. The Ghanaian-British designer, who is known for his Couture design line, has been making fit suits since 1990 for stars such as Chris Tucker, Will Smith, Mick Jagger, Samuel L. Jackson, just to name a few. It seems that our sexy, chocolate-looking designer will soon be creating a fit line for women.
It is time for a new high-fashion designer to create a clothing line for H&M and the brand is Lanvin! The clothing line will arrive in stores on the 23rd of November.
The noted womenswear designer: Alber Elbaz comments: ‘I have said in the past that I will never do a mass-market collection, but what intrigued me was the idea of H&M going luxury, rather than Lanvin going public’. Well let’s wait and see if Lanvin can have us going crazy like Cavalli did.
I can’t give you a glimpse of the new collection yet. Preview happens on 2nd of November. I can show you what Lanvin is about. Three words: c’est très chique!
Wow, after an amazing Kente Fashion show, I am astonished at the wonderful creations of the fashion designers at the annual Kente Festival at the
owed their idea of how you can wear kente at your best and in your unique way. The designer that caught my eye most was Edith Konadu-Yiadom. She is a a student at the Amsterdam Fashion institute and Miss Face of Ghana Holland 2009's first runner-up.
