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Alek Wek in Dutch Glamour

Alek Wek in Dutch Glamour

Alek Wek’s magazine cover for Dutch  Glamour looks fabulous. At least here we can see that Glamour Magazine did their best to portray a black woman in a non-wild animal way.  Shot by Marc de Groot, Alek Wek looks absolutely stunning.  I know we’ve all seen the way Grace Jones was constantly coined with having  [...]

Arise Magazine and African Beauties

Arise Magazine and African Beauties

Arise featured these three beauties during the 2008 Africa Rising event.  It was also a  chance to feature  couture/custom pieces by Nigerian designers: The supermodels (Naomi Campbell, Alek Wek & Liya Kebebe) were best dressed by Nigerian designers, Deola Sagoe, Fati Asibelua of MOMO Couture, Lanre DaSilva Ajayi of LDA. As I browsed through the magazine, [...]