Spring 2012: A romantic feel

 The spring collections of the clothing stores were staring me in the face, as I was looking for the best sale items to add to my wardrobe. As it stared at me, I felt as if I was being lifted into this romantic and sophisticated feel. When I ran into L’Officiel magazine with Chanel Iman on the cover, that’s when it hit me: the coming spring is going to be romantic! The trend of coming spring is going to embrace us with a romantic feel. I know it. This means: soft colors, like white, pink, blue, flowered prints, chiffon dresses, high-waist skirts and more. Opposing to the stop blocking colors of last summer and the snake prints of the winter season, fashion is doing a flip and is appearing to be less raw. The 90's, the leather, and the stop blocking colors swag is still worth keeping, though. It’s just now that the trend is inspired by the fashion style of the Pan Am woman and the lady of the 60’s. Below is an idea of how to go with this romantic flow and yet keep the African accents in your style. 

Spring with Liya

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.  

H&M goes African in Spring 2012! All because of Marni

The next top fashion designer who is will produce H&M's Spring 2012 collection is Italian fashion label Marni. Marni is not African, obviously, but this collection has a lot of African elements. The African elements are the colourful prints in the collection. Remarkable how Africa’s colourfulness is now taking a hold of the Westies.

Under the Mag: Burberry Prorsum

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 Ankara prints, deep brown and all that is African inspired. Africa is going global, baby! And Abina's the first to tell.

Critics say that the African print outside Africa is just a trend. This might be so, but Abina absolutely loves the now trend: colourful and African. It might be a trend outside Africa, but we Africans will keep rocking African prints.

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 Africa is just a trend. This might be so,