2oceansvibe Special Beauty, Food, Entertainment, Fashion & The Gorgeous Lalesso Gal's Pay it forward

This past saturday I had a three hour show on 2 Oceans Vibe Radio, This show was special because it not only kept our regular listeners entertained but it was specifically put together for some very lucky readers that took part in the "WOW woman on wheels" event put together by Associate Magazines. I decided to have an all female show, covering all the things girls like to talk about; 
  

Libi

Vanessa, me and Roxane

Beauty (we had 'miss most beautiful skin ever winner' Libi from The Anti-Aging Clinic, Libi gave our listeners excellent beauty tips), Entertainment (We had actress/singer/actress Roxane Hayward chatting about first feature film 'Death Race: Inferno'and her role in the BBC series 'Leonardo'), Food (Vanessa Lara Wood, chatted to us about latest yummy food trends hot men and staying skinny while tasting food for a living) 

and of course Fashion (Alice and Olivia creators of Lalesso). 

What a great show, thank you so much to my incredible guests, it was such fun the three hours flew by in a snap! 

As you all know by now each week I do a pay it forward blog and this week I am absolutely privileged to be writing about two gorgeous woman that are paying it forward in the most fantastic way, Alice and Olivia are making the world beautiful with their incredible woman's summer range's but what should be noted is that this dynamic duo has also established sustainable job creation through a company they established called SOKO. SOKO is a manufacturing comany in Kenya, a country that although rich in culture, aesthetics and warm people has almost half of its entire population living below the poverty line.  (see bottom of blog for a few facts on Kenya). 

"SOKO aims to create a sustainable and creative long term solution to Kenya’s economic crisis by promoting community driven, ethical and environmentally aware trade in fashion."

And this is exactly what they are doing, through training and providing job stability  for a factory full of Ukunda local's, SOKO is now responsible for the production of various international brands.

 
 

Please check out their website for more details 

http://www.soko-kenya.com/

I was thrilled when they invited me to the reveal of Lalesso's Spring/Summer 2013 collection at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, I took my sister Kiki and we sat front row all giddy with excitement to see what the girls had created and boy did they not disappoint!

The show began with a poem about an adventurous character, while the poem was spoken we saw exquisite images projected, mirroring each other on two large screens at the end of the runway, it was a surreal dream like experience and set the tone perfectly as the screens pulled back to reveal...

LOVE, love, LOVE - want them both!

         

 These looks just blew me away I love the base black 

contrasting with the gorgeous colorful print.

 Love this cape with hood - Hoodies on anything are definitely in this summer

My Favorite was this dress, it came in Orange and turquoise blue and it is made in pure silk, the fabric just fell so beautifully!!!

From runway to Facebook:

             

I loved all of the designs, the entire collection was Absolutely gorgeous, colorful fresh, comfortable and just exquisite. I was also hugely blown away by the head rests and accessories especially the necklace with the feathers! I fell in love with everything, the clothing, the accessories, the head pieces the girls, each one uniquely beautiful and inspiring. Thank you ladies!

A few things I noticed at fashion week:

1. Do something cool, visually exciting and bold above the shoulders - be it with your hair or adorning your head with something, is definitely trending, so get creative and have fun which these two girls did with absolute panache and style.

and do the same with your accessories:

Pick a bold statement piece, whether it be an arm full of large bangles or an eye catching neck piece. 

Love jewels on casual, especially cotton or denim.

But what seems to be happening is more of a uniform neutral combination of tone's such as blacks and whites with a few pop's of colour (usually in the shoes, bags and accessories) or one patterned piece. Or the same pattern from head to toe and then neutral accessories. 

Thats it for now on the fashion front, as always be comfortable in your individuality, as confidence is the most attractive accessory you could wear and will never goes out of style ;-)

A few interesting facts about Kenya:

- The population of Kenya is around 37 million.

- The dowry for marriage starts at 10 cows and Kenyan men can have 

  multiple wives.

- The literacy rate in Kenya is about 85% over the age of 15. 

- Life expectancy varies from 46 to 55 years of age with an average of 38% of the deaths 

  being HIV/AIDS related

- There are three world heritage sites located in Kenya, Mount Kenya National Park of 

  Kenya, Lake Turkana National Park and also Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley. 

- The country has 5 neighboring countries including Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia,  

  and Somalia and is also boarded by the Indian Ocean. 

- A Kenyan environmentalist named Professor Maathai was the first African woman to win The Nobel Peace Prize

- In Swahili the word "chai" means tea

- Kenyans' are very well dressed people.

Mount Kenya National Park of 

  Kenya

Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley

I never realized how beautiful Kenya was - oooohhhhh I want to go!!!

A very big thank you again to my guests and to Alice and Olivia for inviting me to their wonderful show and to Dean for giving of his time on a saturday to come and operate the sound desk for me, thanks dude you rock.

Have a wonderful weekend, I have not been well so I apologize for no dating tips this week, and for soooo very much in one blog, I hope you enjoyed it and all the eye candy and I promise to do a blog on love and dating next week. 

Listen out for my next show coming soon on 2Oceansviberadio, 

stay well happy and stylish.