TITI BELO's SPRING/SUMMER 2018 LOOK BOOK: TITI BELO Wuz Ere!

TITI BELO's SPRING/SUMMER 2018 LOOK BOOK: TITI BELO Wuz Ere!

The TITI BELO label began long before our clothes began to grace runways and elicit glowing reviews from fashion critics in and outside the country. It began in the heart of Queen's College, Lagos. 
The "Corridors" were our first Runways, 
The Dorm Rooms and "Corners" our first private Presentation spaces, 
The Girls our first Muses. Queen's college taught our Creative Director the magic of self expression through dress, how a slogan scribbled on a t-shirt could be a powerful statement in a school where conformity was required. 
The lessons she learnt there have stayed with her and now as a woman in control of her own narrative, she revisits Queen's college through the Titi Belo Spring 18 collection, stealing back to her youth and refashioning it with the experience and resources she wished she had as a teenager getting her first taste of freedom. 
The collection is themed 'TITI BELO Wuz Ere' and draws inspiration from the coded attire around which life in a structured environment like Queen's College revolves and re-imagining them with new freedom. 
The classic graffiti slogans, she re-imagines in the style of the statement tee, but with a twist the #QCOG will instantly recognize. 
Denim is sexed up and deconstructed to reflect the sophistication of our time. 
Ruffles, pleats and layers are updated and taken in new, experimental directions. 
Titi Belo re-imagines "Sunday Wear" in egg-white jersey, cut with a bias to appeal to a much more sophisticated woman. 
Pleated silk chiffon mini dresses drape effortlessly, a liberation from stuffy pleated uniforms skirts. 
Ethereal damask and lace are layered to create a fragile graduation dress, cut for flair, modesty ignored. 
Polish cotton and spandex combine to create Machiavellian pant and skirt suiting  and ruffles add a extra prance to flirty a-line ensembles. 
TITI BELO Wuz Ere' is an exploration of those early reclamations of individuality and the place that inspired them and reclaiming both, through the medium of fashion. '
TITI BELO Wuz Ere' and her influence endures. 
#TITIBELOss18 Inspiration Notes.
Words by Edwin Okolo (@edgothboy )

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The Amazing Team


Featuring Alex Nwokedi @alexnwokedi 




Designer TITI BELO @TITIBELO_


Creative Director: Edwin Okolo @edgothboy and Titilayo Belo @b.t.h.a.y


Designer's Assistant Shalewa Belo @tolani13


Photographed by Tolu Sanusi @rubyspolaroid


Graphics Titilayo Belo @b.t.h.a.y


MakeUp by Precious Nwele @preshy_n


Hair Styling by Titi @teeteelicioustouch


Shot In Onikan, Lagos.

#TITIBELO #TITIBELOss18 #SS18