African Queen
One of my absolute favorite models, Liya Kebede had a fashion spread in Sunday’s T:Style Magazine in the New York Times featuring clothes inspired by traditional African dress. Just caught the photos now and absolutely loved them. Shot by Paolo Riversi, these have such gorgeous color and styling… of course she looks absolutely stunning. (And I wish I could find more of Riversi’s work online past the cursory Google search!) Anyway, see the whole slide show here.
Liya Kebede for the New York Times Style Magazine. Photography by Paolo Riversi.
So beautiful! I especially love her in the Christian Lacroix cotton dress-the blue is so incredibly stunning on Liya.
February 28th, 2007Beautiful post!
so smoky and atmospheric. love. xp
February 28th, 2007oh wow.
March 1st, 2007i can’t believe i missed the darn T magazine. the one time i don’t buy the sunday times. thank you for showing…
Hi – I love your blog!
Not sure if you know, but Paolo’s last name is Roversi. He’s a superstar in the fashion photography world and has a website:
http://www.paoloroversi.com
Enjoy!
March 4th, 2007Thank you Sonya! New York Times had credited his name as “Riversi” … thank you for the correction!
March 5th, 2007Oh, Liya’s one of my favorites too. Not only is she beautiful, but she’s graceful and somehow elegant as well. Wonderful photos.
March 6th, 2007As an African and a student of design, I’m amused by these lovely but disturbingly ironic interpretations of “African” dress by European designers. Thanks for sharing.
March 8th, 2007oh she’s lovely, thanks for sharing!!
March 17th, 2007