Over the years, designer Kenneth Ize has come in contact with Karl Lagerfeld only indirectly: first as a student in Vienna where the latter’s vision and ideas were taught by professors and then as one of the 2019 finalists for the LVMH Prize for Young Designers. This second occasion would have be…
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ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Top 5 Luxury African Safari Lodges
Are you planning a safari trip anytime soon? Find out countries on the African continent you can visit to make this a reality, and the most luxurious lodges to make your trip even more memorable! Where to go for an African safari experience? There are over 50 national parks in Africa for you to g…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: The Lemlem x H&M Collection is All You Need This Summer
Ethiopian-born supermodel Liya Kebede may call herself an “accidental entrepreneur”, but there is nothing accidental about the offerings of her womenswear brand, Lemlem, which is an Amharic word for ‘to bloom’ and ‘flourish.’ Its latest collaboration with H&M is further proof of this. “Becaus…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: An Audemars Piguet + Marvel Collaboration for $5.2M
In March, Audemars Piguet – the brand behind the beloved Royal Oak and collaborations with LeBron James and Jay-Z – teased a collaboration with Marvel. Now, we know the first piece in what will be an ongoing partnership is a Black Panther-themed timepiece that puts a full figurine of …
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Top Tech Women in Nigeria Maintain their ‘Why’
In keeping to our pledge to highlight the achievements of women, as well as shine the spotlight on those who are working tirelessly to make our world a better place for everyone regardless of gender, we teamed up with Moyosola Kara, Director of Communications and Marketing at YC startup, Eze and …
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Jeremy Snell Captures the Lives and Emotions of the Boys of Volta
“Lake Volta is the largest man-made lake in the world. Spanning across half of Ghana, its surface is scattered with eerie tree trunks emerging from glassy waters. The trafficking of children and child labour in this region has a lot to do with the complex economic and social history of the Ghanai…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Xigera Combines Art and Luxury for an Elevated Safari Experience
Sitting majestically on the western side of the Moremi Game Reserve in the heart of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Xigera – pronounced ‘kee-jera’ – named for the Pied Kingfisher that makes its home amid the watery channels of the reserve, is set to open in January 2021. It is part of t…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Yinka Ilori Launches His First Homeware Collection.
Yinka Ilori has definitely been busy, from his recent collaboration with Samsung at the launch of the latter’s Living Colour paints to go with its lifestyle television. He has once again translated the characteristic, joyful patterns that grace his large-scale installations into a limited-edition…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: More Reasons to Visit Serengeti
You may have guessed correctly: 2020 and all the craziness that came along with it. But Serengeti offers more than just a quick escape from a crazy year. This vast ecosystem which sits in northern Tanzania and extends its reach to southwestern Kenya means ‘endless plains’ in the Maasai language. …
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: South African Wines Feature in Top 100 Wine Discoveries 2020
Following the success of unveiling ten top wine discoveries last year at their New York Matter of Taste event, the review team at Robert Parker Wine Advocate have since taken this initiative a step further. Announcing their best newly discovered, under-the-radar wines of the year, Robert Parker W…