1. Flash back to that time our Founder & Chief Curator Uche Pézard @uchechicc shook up the international luxury world by introducing #AfricanLuxury to the global stage together with our hand-picked curated selection of heritage luxury brands from Africa and #AmbassadorsOfAfricanLuxury. . In this segment with France's foremost cable news network @france24_en @france24, she outlines her vision for the transformation of Africa through the luxury and creative industries and her mission of transforming African luxury brands into successful global businesses while ensuring the right access for international luxury brands seeking to thrive in Africa. . Join us as we revive and accelerate luxury in Africa. Stay tuned for more. . #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingLuxuryInAfrica #AcceleratingLuxuryInAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricasFinest #AfricanExcellence #BlackExcellence #AfricanLuxury #GlobalLuxury #pfw #mfw #lfw #nyfw

2. Flash back to that time our Founder & Chief Curator Uche Pézard @uchechicc shook up the international luxury world by introducing #AfricanLuxury to the world stage together with our hand-picked curated selection of heritage luxury brands from Africa and #AmbassadorsOfAfricanLuxury . In this segment with France's foremost cable news network @france24_en @france24, she outlines her vision for the transformation of Africa through the luxury and creative industries and her mission of transforming African luxury brands to successful global businesses while ensuring the right access to international luxury brands seeking to thrive in Africa. . Join us as we revive and accelerate luxury in Africa. . #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingLuxuryInAfrica #AcceleratingLuxuryInAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricasFinest #AfricanExcellence #BlackExcellence #AfricanLuxury #GlobalLuxury #pfw #mfw #lfw #nyfw

3. Flash back to that time our Founder & Chief Curator Uche Pézard @uchechicc shook up the international luxury world by introducing #AfricanLuxury to the global stage together with our hand-picked curated selection of heritage luxury brands from Africa who are also our #AmbassadorsOfAfricanLuxury. . In this segment with France's foremost cable news network @france24_en @france24, she outlines her vision for the transformation of Africa through the luxury and creative industries and her mission of transforming African luxury brands into successful global businesses while ensuring the right access for international luxury brands seeking to thrive in Africa. . Join us as we revive and accelerate luxury in Africa. Stay tuned for more. . #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingLuxuryInAfrica #AcceleratingLuxuryInAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricasFinest #AfricanExcellence #BlackExcellence #AfricanLuxury #GlobalLuxury #pfw #mfw #lfw #nyfw

"Women are the glue that keep families together, the thread that hold communities tighter and the needle that moves society further." - Uche Pézard @uchechicc (Founder & Chief Curator,  Luxury Connect Africa) Happy Women's Day to our #LuxuryConnectAfrica family! As a female-founded and female-led organisation, we believe in the power that lies within women, and we continue to strive for equality and equity for women in Africa and around the world. #HappyWomensDay #HappyIWD #WomensDay2023 #EmbraceEquity #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingAfricanLuxury #AfricanLuxury #AfricanStyle #AfricanFashion #AfricanBeauty 📷 Our Founder @uchechicc #Chanel #CocosApartment @chanelofficial

Once upon a time, global fashion houses and media companies approached Africa either through parasitic cultural appropriation missions, or dismissive colonial parade shows or mediocre commercial efforts. Then @chanelofficial came along with their Métiers d'Art show in Dakar, Senegal and delivered a masterclass on ‘how to do Africa’ through deploying the level of excellence that Africans deem fit for our beloved motherland. #Chanel has not only set a blueprint for the global fashion industry but it certainly turned fashion and media on their heads by putting heart above head and placing Africans front and center. It’s a lesson for today and tomorrow, and a model which is enduring. #Swipeleft to read our take on the seven most important lessons from this historic event from a first-hand account and an African perspective. #linkinbio for the full version. #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingAfricanLuxury #AfricanLuxury #AfricanFashion #AfricanBeauty #AfricanStyle #LuxuryFashion #LuxuryBeauty #Chanel #ChanelDakar #ChanelFashionShow #ChanelMetiersDart

Happy New Year to our dear #LuxuryConnectAfrica family! 🧡 2022 was a year of positive transformations and great triumphs!  2023 has started off as a year of beautiful projects and projections! We cannot wait to unveal the amazing things we've been working on behind the scenes to you! In the meantime, we wish you all an amazing year ahead. Thank you for riding with us on this journey of advancing and celebrating #AfricanLuxury. We're looking forward to continuing the journey with you 🧡 #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingAfricanLuxury #AfricanLuxury #AfricanFashion #AfricanBeauty #AfricanStyle #LuxuryFashion #LuxuryBeauty

Earlier this week, the official White House portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama were unvieled in a special ceremony at the White House. They are simply masterpieces fit for the royalty that they are! 💯 Hosted by President Joe Biden and First Lady Bill Biden, the event was a break with presidential tradition as it should have taken place under the former administration which succeeded the Obamas but alas there was no ceremony and they were forced to wait for years. We all  know why though 🚫 The portraits, commissioned by the White House Historical Association, were painted by artists Robert McCurdy (in his signature hyper-realism style); and Sharon Sprung ( using realistic oil painting techniques). Both artists had to conceal and preserve the paintings for six years as a well-kept secret. Swipe for a visual feast of this epic historic moment full of symbolism and meaning. #MoreInStories Join us as we revive and accelerate luxury in Africa. #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingAfricanLuxury #AfricanLuxury #AfricasFinest #BlackExcellence #BarackObama #MichelleObama

--- African Luxury Rising --- Today, we're shinning a spotlight on @tiffanyamberng, Africa’s first luxury ready-to-wear brand and our Ambassador of African Luxury, which recently opened its striking multi-purpose flagship store in Lagos, Nigeria. Fittingly named Tiffany Amber Gardens, the impressive contemporary-style building sits on sprawling grounds that feature an expansive retail space and includes a historical garden, an outdoor swimming pool, beauty spa, café & lounge and gallery, making it a lifestyle destination yet unseen in Lagos and rarely seen in Africa. Designed by the house’s Founder & Creative Director Folake Akindele Coker @folake_c , Tiffany Amber Gardens is inspired by the brand’s DNA and signature codes entrenched in its distinctive African heritage and contemporary attitude, all meticulously mirrored in the choice of interior and exterior layout, colours, fixtures, textures, finishings and colours.    Nestled in the lush greenery of the prestigious neighbourhood of Ikoyi in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos, #TiffanyAmberGardens is the new home of the brand where all its ready-to-wear, made-to-measure and accessories collections are housed, as well as its interiors & lifestyle range Tiffany Amber Home. A truly inspirational destination of heightened indulgence and elevated experiences.   Congratulations to #TiffanyAmber and #FolakeCoker for consistently elevating, defining the path, and setting the pace of African luxury fashion for the past 23 years. Follow @tiffanyamberng for more and join us as we define and accelerate luxury in Africa. #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingLuxuryInAfrica #AfricanLuxury #AfricanFashion #TiffanyAmber #FolakeCoker #AfricasFinest

#SwipeLeft - It's Nelson Mandela International Day, a day designated by the United Nations to honour the colossal legacy and heroic values of this giant of humanity #NelsonMandela. #NelsonMandelaDay day was officially declared by the United Nations in 2009 as a day to bring people together around the world to promote peace, reconciliation, cultural diversity, and the fight against poverty. Born on this day 104 years ago (18th July 1918), Nelson Mandela sacrificed most of his adult life to fight for the freedom of South Africa from the repressive apartheid regime, a modern-day criminal government characterized by a concoction of the worst atrocities against humankind, which only ended in 1994. Spending a record 27 years in prison and going on to become South Africa’s first democratically elected President upon his release, Nelson Mandela is widely viewed as one of the most admired men in human history. On this #MandelDay, we share ten of his most memorable quotes as our own tribute to his legacy #SwipeLeft and #SeeStories. Happy Mandela Day to you all and let's continue to keep the flames of his legacy burning. #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingLuxuryInAfrica #AfricanLuxury #AfricanFashion #AfricanIcons #NelsonMandela #Freedom #Justice #Equality #Diversity #AfricasFinest

A look back at the spring-summer 22 haute couture collection by @imane_ayissi the first African designer to have the official “couture” label presented last January during #ParisCoutureWeek. The striking collection called "Foufoulou" which means "mixed" or "together" is a dialogue of cultural exchanges that blends traditional shapes such as the boubou with noble materials like taffetta and sustainable embellissement like raffia and bamboo fibers, in that uniquely Imane Ayissi way. The collection seamlessly blended artisanal African textiles like Kente and Adire with couture techniques offering a unique signature true to the designer. The runway show was followed by the official ceremony for the presentation of the French national merit distinction, the "Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" to Imane Ayissi, in recognition of his artistic and cultural excellence and contribution. The medal was presented by Pascal Morand, executive chairman of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode and the event was also attended by UNESCO's Director General and former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay, among several others. A powerful and emotional moment. #SwipeLeft and see Stories for the gallery and follow@imane_ayissi for more. Join us as we revive and accelerate luxury in Africa. #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingLuxuryInAfrica #AfricanLuxury #AfricanFashion #ParisFashionWeek #PFW #ParisCoutureWeek #ImaneAyissi #AfricasFinest

🎬 #PressPlay Watch @imane_ayissi's AW22 Haute Couture collection presented last week as part of #ParisCoutureWeek. The sumptuous collection called MIYENE which means “appearance” or “to see and be seen” in the Ewondo language of Cameroon, was a homage to the “art of appearance” deeply ingrained in the African consciousness and transcending generations. The collection particularly drew on the influences and iconography of traditional African hair artistry which has historically been used to express the prestige and honour of African women. The collection was in collaboration with Gabonese artist Boris Nzebo who lives and works in Douala, Cameroon. Imane Ayissi is the only African designer on the official Paris Haute Couture calendar. Follow@imane_ayissi for more and join us as we revive and accelerate luxury in Africa. #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingAfricanLuxury #RewritingOurFuture #ImaneAyissi #ParisCoutureWeek #ParisFashionWeek #pfw

As part of #ParisCoutureWeek, Imane Ayissi, the only African designer on the official Paris Haute Couture calendar showed his AW 22 haute couture collection last Thursday 7th July to an enthusiastic fashion elite. The sumptuous collection called MIYENÉ which means “appearance” or “to see and be seen” in the Ewondo language of Cameroon, was a homage to the “art of appearance” deeply ingrained in the African consciousness and transcending generations. The collection particularly drew on the influences and iconography of traditional African hair artistry as a historical means of expressing the prestige and honour of African women. The collection was in collaboration with Gabonese artist Boris Nzebo who lives and works in Douala, Cameroon. #SwipeLeft and see Stories for the gallery and follow @imane_ayissi for more. Join us as we revive and accelerate luxury in Africa. #LuxuryConnectAfrica #RevivingLuxuryInAfrica #AfricanLuxury #AfricanFashion #ParisFashionWeek #PFW #ParisCoutureWeek #ImaneAyissi #AfricasFinest