FALL INTO GRACE

Hello to you all,

it’s been a minute, a year to be precise, wow, a lot has happened in the past year. Even though I have not posted for the past year, I can tell you God has been so good in all ramifications, and I thank God for my humbling experience in the past year; I have been doing a lot of growing up(socially, spiritually and career wise), and taking some momentous steps in my life.

           I don’t want to say too much, but for the sake of hitting the nail right in the head, the purpose of this blog post is “GRACE”. Just to put a little disclaimer out here; I’m not about to preach, neither is my blog a “spiritual nor religious blog, but I’m palpably not gonna recuse my faith from my blog posts. Grace as defined by dictionary; “a simple elegance or refinement of movement, (In christian belief) the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in salvation of sinners and bestowal of blessings’. We are CHOSEN by grace, not by qualifications. if we live by the wage of our efforts, then most of us wouldn’t be enjoying the “Unmerited favor” we delight in right now.

            A lot of us need to change how we relate with God, we’ve been relating with Him on a wage level, meaning that we relate with God on a “9-to-5 level or boss-to-staff level; we’ve created this system subconsciously because that’s how we live our live day-to-day. We expect to get paid for what we work for; ‘wage per hour’,when there are some jobs that still pays you whether you showed up at work or not. “But unto each one of us grace is given as Christ apportioned it” - Ephesians 4:7, GRACE is made available but until you create an entirely different type of system with God by getting closer and seeking first God’s kingdom and his will; “But seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” -Matthew 6:33 you can’t really enjoy grace as you should, it’s like asking a stranger to loan you some money, someone you’ve never talked to or related to in any form prior asking for favor, we both know the answer you’d get from such person. But if you asked a family member for a loan, depending how close you are to such person, they might not even bother asking you to return the loan, some might even tell you to keep the money;building a relationship is as literal as that! Everything I’ve experienced this year in my finances and career to love life, it’s been grace!

            I don’t want to go deep into the topic as I personally am learning myself, besides I’m just sharing where I am in my growth with God and my relationship with other people. I hope someone gets an understanding from this, share your grace story or what grace means to you in the comment section, lets “relate” and let’s grow together.

I know I haven’t been consistent when it comes to blogging, but know that where consistency fails, persistence comes through. The main feature of my style in this post is the Black Aviator jacket I have on, I’ve gotten a lot of compliment on the jacket since i got it, and when people find out how much I got is for, they are shocked because of the quality. I got this jacket from a London store called PRIMARK, I learnt that they just came to the United States, 5 years ago; Zara quality for way cheaper price even half of H&M value, awesome right?! not a lot of people know of the store yet, and I’m guess that’s because they aren’t everywhere yet. if you are in New York, you can visit their new store at Kings Plaza.

Jacket: Primark

Jeans: ZARA

Shoes: ZARA

Beanie: Primark

Photographer: WASIU SABA @siusview, @was_i_u

KEEP IT BASIC

Hello Guys,

How are y'all doing today? I hope your summer has been great so far, it's gradually coming to an end so i hope you make the best of the remaining days. It's been a while I have been here, I am sorry but that's because I have been busy behind the scene, working on some projects. This is an avenue to express myself in style and what i tell you guys on here, but sometimes work comes first. But I promise myself that I would never give this up, and try to post more on here as much as i can.

It's been a hot summer but this look was shot a while ago, when the weather hadn't got crazy.

About this look, people that know me, they know I love shopping at Zara, because their items just fit perfectly considering my style, and it just happens so many times just like in this look, I realize that my whole outfit for the day are from Zara from top to bottom, "you need a more versatile Wardrobe" i know, I do have items from other brands but it's just very convenient for me to shop at Zara, and I trust their fittings for the most part. when it comes to pants and jeans, Zara just happened to fit very comfortably well for me, and most of my pants come from there. if you could recommend any other brand that make awesome jeans please do share with me, I'd appreciate it.

Style, as you know, is very important, because it tells a lot about you, there are pieces that are consistent in your wardrobe, or particular style, that's consistent to you. Sometimes it's necessary to keep things basic, Simplicity speaks louder than words.

Joggers are the new trend, well they have been trending a while now, and I just believe joggers are inspired by the Asian style, if you grew up watching Chinese movies, or say the martial arts movies, if you noticed the outfits of students in the martial art school scenes, you'd see how the pants look like. I really think that's where the  "joggers" style comes from. Now the joggers style are made with different materials, from sweats, to chinos, to jeans, the style is here to stay for a long time. I love Joggers cos I feel very comfortable in them, especially the one I'm wearing here looks very casual and dressy, the style is casual, the material makes it dressy. I am also a sucker for double monk strap, and suede, hence my love for this shoes, i even got another pair in green, when you love something, get more than one, right? lol. 

 These shots are taken by my friend eddy... Everything I am wearing comes from Zara lool.

Thanks for reading guys, please like, share and comment, I wanna read your opinions, so don't hesitate. Have a blessed day guys.

STREET ETIQUETTE

Hello my friends, I hope y'all are doing great, well today's post has been far behind, but regardless, this is going to be about sense of style called "street etiquette". And before I tell you details about my outfit for this post, I want to point it out that I don't shop "expensive", at least not all the time. I have mentioned several times that my style is a mixture of Vintage or say "old school" and Modern style "new school". I have  few vintage pieces in my closet that I very much cherish, I got them from thrift stores, usually vintage Items are really expensive, when you visit vintage stores, but to get them for a lot cheaper prices, you would have to take time and visit the thrift stores near you, and best believe, they all carry name brands too. To my fellow Nigerians we are familiar with the term "Okirika" or "bend down select", this terms mean fairly used items or "second-hand" product, they all mean "thrift". My grand pa bought me my first three piece suit ever, and hence where I got my style, my grandfather had so many suits and nice shoes, I could say it's in the blood, but my sense of style and my "street etiquette" credits to him.

This particular Camel color suit, is actually a three-piece suit; it came with its pant, but i decided not to get it because it was too big to fit me, and I had no time to go fix it, and I just wanted to rock it with different pants, I am still going to do a different look with the suit. I got it at my favorite thrift store called UNIQUE THRIFT STORE, they do literally have unique items most of the time, or when you get really lucky. to me finding something I love and in my size is a blessing!! I know you all can relate, hahaha.

My friend Kelvin Osaghae is actually one of my role models when it comes to the fashion game, so follow him on Instagram; @imjust_Kelvin_ 

And shout out to my Kind photographer, Ifeanyi : @ifeanyi_dsk for capturing this great moment.

SUIT IS FROM UNIQUE THRIFT STORE, PANT-ZARA.COM

The "ESSENCE" of STYLE

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The "Essence" of my style is to communicate to the world without verbal speech, and to also play  a positive role in influencing  young adults around the globe who want to be addressed properly and no being looked down upon.

It is New York Fashion Week, and it has been great so far. Today, I am at the Essence style block party, and I am so happy I attended, because I was able to network with a lot of Designers, bloggers like myself, models and top notch people in the industry. The music was great, good vibes, and i noticed a lot of African fabrics and styles, basically African fashion took over the party, I was really happy about that.

So I decided, to do a quick shoot of my outfit. I got my gold flipflops from ASOS, and i really wanted to do a shoot with it, and also wanted to wear it differently, thus, the outfit i have put together, a casual look.

thanks to my sweet and beautiful friend for the awesome shots Aniekeme Umoh, follow her on Instagram: @aniekeme 

double breasted blazer-Brooksbrothers, Pant-zara, Shirt-H&M, Gold Flipflops-Asos

Unapologetically Bold

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Hello everyone, I do hope you all are having a wonderful week, if not really, I want to assure you that, it will get better! We all know what the thrift experience is like; sometimes we are lucky to find cool stuff, and other times, it is frustrating to either not find your size or not even find what you are looking for. Well, my twill Vest is one of the thrift blessing, it is actually a piece from a suit i got last week and I find it a blessing that it fitted just right. Same goes with the paisley print red tie which obviously well alongside with the whole outfit. Pay attention to this; red rocks perfectly well with any shades of brown especially the kind of shade i have on. Accessories makes a whole lot of difference too, like the hat i have on. Well go ahead and enjoy your visit here as you scroll through the images.

Just one quick thing i want to point out is that, this look is for anybody who has a 9-to-5 job, and being that we are in the summer season right now, sometimes it is too hot to wear suit, so Vests is a perfect escape from the 'look policy' without being criticized. The reason i chose the tie is because, like I said earlier, red marries brown so well, and that I love a little boldness whenever I choose not to wear too much colors, I always love a 'pop'.

Had fun shooting this with my friend Ifeanyi of DSK Photography follow him on Instagram: @ifeanyi_dsk.

Shirt- H&M, Pants- Zara, Vest, Hat, Tie - Thrifted (vintage), shoes- Cole Haan