Lolë White Tour Toronto, #so awesome

Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Lolë White Tour hosted by the athletic brand Lolë. It was the biggest yoga party in Toronto with over 2,000 yoga enthusiasts gathering at the beautiful Fort York. All attendees were

African Fashion Week Toronto 2015

Photo by Clover D

It's that time of year again and the 3rd annual African Fashion Week Toronto is back from August 13th- 16th. I've attended this event every year, and I know you guys always enjoy the coverage. You can check out last year's  African Fashion Week Toronto 2014 coverage here.

This year I was also nominated for the African Fashion Industry Awards 2015 for best fashion blogger taking place August 16th, 2015, and I'm still blushing from being nominated with some awesome people. 

Forever 21 opens new store in Yorkdale Mall

As of December 20^th 2014 shoppers can now shop the trends of Forever 21 at Yorkdale Mall, Canada’s premier shopping center. The Forever 21 Yorkdale grand opening event was held on December 20th to unveil the massive new three-level store. Many Forever 21 fans, myself included enjoyed their opening day sale promotions and live brand entertainment. The popular actors Luke Bilyk and Alex Steele from Canada’s Degrassi: The Next Generation were also present for the ribbon cutting ceremony and to greet fans. 

Youth Love Fashion, Toronto

It always melts my heart when I get an opportunity to support a project that helps someone’s vision come to life. What I love about fashion and styling is not only the chance to wear wonderful garments but the ability to express myself to the world, and speak to others without any verbal communication. So, how awesome would it be to design and build something from stretch and showcase your hard work to a bigger audience? Last month this group of young designers had the opportunity to find out.

African Fashion Week Toronto 2014

Photo Credit: smissj designer Kadeem Faustin

African Fashion Week; an explosion of colors, unconventional silhouettes, and the fearless ability to mix different materials and patterns. These are just some of the things to expect if you ever get a chance to attend any African Fashion Week. If fashion is a type of expression and a form of art to you,  you will definitely appreciate this post.

African Fashion Week Toronto

Hello Everyone, 

Last week I attended African Fashion Week Toronto, which took place from Aug. 15th-18th. If this is your first time hearing about this event, do not feel badly because this was their first year running the event.  Although, I did not get to attend the full week of events, I had a chance to attend the fashion show on Saturday and loved it. My senses of sight, touch and hearing were fully stimulated by the energetic atmosphere, the beautiful outfits, models, and numerous vendors. I'm very pleased that a large city like Toronto was able to host such an event that brought together so many talented indivduals to celebrate African culture. As an African myself, I felt like a proud mother, as the event unfolded. The designers present that night included Adebayo Jones (London, UK), Eloli Designs, Zeena Kay,  Mema Xclusive (Liberia), Stephanie Owusu Ansah (Toronto), and Kaela Kay (Toronto).

Unfortunately, I lost alot of my pictures that I took at the event, I am still recovering from the shock. As described in my previous post, I accidentally formatted my camera which cleared all my pictures on my sd card including other personal photos. All 1000+ gone.However,I was able to recover 40% of them, and thought, it's better than nothing right?

Enjoy the pictures below. Unfortunately, my research came up short and  I could not figure out what all the designer's individual pieces shown below were, if anyone knows please contact me so I may label them accordingly.   

Please feel free to visit the African Fashion Week Toronto facebook page, and website @ www.afwt.ca for more information and updates. 

Adebayo Jones



Eloli Designs





Zeena Kay







Kaela Kay



Kaela Kay

I decided to wear a dress that I got custom made in Ghana 2 years ago. 

One of the models and I

 Until Next Time,
Sincerely Miss J