Richard Akuson is a young Nigerian fashion stylist, based in Abuja, with a style which is some-what unconventional, avant-garde and fast-paced. He sees himself more as a style provocateur than just a stylist.
'My
Dark Twisted Fantasy' is his 2015 portfolio look-book in which he used a bit of
everything, mostly, bold striped & patterned monochrome, zig-zag
sequins, leather. Blues, beige and whites.
INSPIRATION: "Imagine that women in the near future will be highly
evolved, as such care more about the art in fashion than the beauty of
it. This lookbook explores the wardrobe of this evolved woman, the
intricacies of her complex and audacious style. Such a woman sees her
self as more of an editorial tear-sheet than a woman, thus, deviating
from convention in her quest for broader self expression.
Naturally, Richard Akuson figures that this woman in her elaborate style wears her hair big,
with little to abstract makeup; subtle blue brows, earth tone eye
shadow, mascara and burgundy lip colour in this case. She's strongly
characterised by her extravagant use of jewellery, and in this case,
rusty tribal jewellery. To her, more is actually more.
This
is an attempt to juxtapose such imaginations to the real life Italian
style icon Anna Dello Russo and the Lagos game-changer Nkiru Anumudu,
whose style have successfully made the unimaginable fashionable. Though
hard to explain, their larger-than-life style partly forms a vivid
representation of what the next generation woman may look
like."
CREDITS:
Styling : Richard Akuson for VHC styling
Photography : Ejike Manny
Models : Zahara Model Management
Hair & Makeup : Black Imagination
Wardrobe: Siobhan Fashion Stall
Contact : Twitter/Instagram- @
: email- richardakuson@yahoo.com
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