The workplace vest is one of the major fashion trend in Nigeria this year. Popularized by the music industry as its been worn in most music videos by artistes like wizkid, Davido, peruzzi and so on. It was further popularized by popular street dance crews like westside, DNMT and so on.
 They tend to wear the vest in a color blocking style to create a comic effect.


    Since then the vest have been generally associated and styled in a street-style  way.
The workplace vest comes in different bright colors like red, yellow, blue, orange etc.  majorly because it's made for visibility and recognition just like what the caution vest is for and opposite of what the camouflage is made for.




   So on my quest on new ways to style the workplace jacket, on this editorial  I styled the vest in a "smart-street" way whereby the complete outfit gives a corporate street style vibe.
 This look is more or less like a corporate and street style combined in one look without losing it's cool atheistic vibe.
I used the vest in place of a waist coat infact it's safe to call it a URBAN WAIST COAT.




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FEW THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU FOR A PIERCING IN LAGOS

 
Watch enough videos on not just how it's done but also on the Pros and Cons of it and make up your mind if you really want this.

No one is professional enough not to make mistake so be very conscious and Know what you want and be detailed when explaining to whoever is administering it

Do not forget I repeat Do not forget to ask them to sterilize the equipments they want to use on you in other to be safe

You really don't need pain killers or hot water massage and all for it to it... A mentholated ointment (it's like a liquid Chinese balm) is enough to make it heal
The price I had mine for was (shoulda shouldn't I )  nah I'm not telling you the price but you can get it for a really cheap (1000-5000) amount depending on how strong your bargaining power is.

I think this should be all for now so let me know your thoughts in the comment section below.
WHY DID I'VE MY SEPTUM PIERCED
I've been ask this question countless of times since I had my septum pierced and my answer have mostly been "because I want to" apparently because I know I owe no one an explanation and in as much as my answer isn't wrong that's the only reason I had it pierced.
Just so you know I've not the biggest fan of living in the moment and doing things just for doing sake... I mostly have a strong reason for doing Whatever it is I'm doing and for your information my parents don't even know I've a piercing and I didn't tell them because I know in as much as it's not a big deal for me it's a really big deal to them because of what the society have attributed it to be.

So back to the question of WHY so I did it because I want it and this is not because I think it beautifies me infact contrary to that I just feel it have this aura and vibe that it adds to my personality call it weird vibe if you want but it's like a physical manifestation of my person
So Call me a misfit _okay_ call me a rebel _you bet I am_
Also Weird attracts weird (as the Clyded creator will say weird don't go around calling themselves weird) It's like a filter to people I relate with now, of course if you have a problem with something as little as this then you've no business relating with me
And lastly I wanted it as a reminder to myself of who I'm and I'm above normal.

   So if you happen to know me or we've gotten in a conversation a couple of time, it's not a secret that I've a flair for piercings and inking (tattoos) but my society doesn't embrace such things. In fact it's a labeled signs of becoming a bad person. I guess it's everywhere but just as Nigerians are extra about most things they're about this too.
So I've been meaning to have my septum pierced for like two years now but I've never had the courage but I've always masked it by asking people who've got theirs how they got it, where and all. I once approached a tattoo shop and ask how much piercing my septum would cost. And for some reasons unknown to me, they gave me a ridiculous price (12,000) and at that point I was like when I'm rich I will come back for this.
    But I really want this stuff, so I met this girl at this beach party I organized with some friends and she had hers pierced so I asked her about it and she made it sound all easy and prescribed somewhere I've been directed before. I had mine pierced for (shoulda, shouldn't I )  nah I'm not telling you the price but you can get it for a really cheap (1000-5000) amount depending on how strong your bargaining power is. But I ignored because I know they might not be professionals but I made up my mind I'm going to pay them a visit. Fast forward to last month and I had to go shop for denim Jacket for a friend on a Thursday morning and lucky and unlucky for me we passed  across the recommended place. Pause let me paint the picture for you. This place is a portion of the market designated for people who fix nails,hair and pierce too and it happened that there are over 20 women there doing this, so no one was recommended in particular. Back to the story, so I ask my friend if I should get my piercing today and I was 100% sure he would say yes, he never say No to such things.
    After negotiating with her we set off for the process, first of all I've watch over a hundred video of people getting their septum pierced but damn the piercing needle scared me cause it seems big. So our madam pro with no marking nothing nothing went with the needle straight up my septum (I must say, it was painful as hell and at that moment I realized something wasn't right) she had pierced it in a bent way that the other end was almost the middle of my cartilage separating the nostrils. It was so painful I didn't mind that I've paid her that I asked her to just remove it that I'm no longer interested but she pleaded to do it again and of cause my friend said same too. While she was piercing the second time but going through the first hole at the other side I could feel the pin breaking to my cartilage and this time around I was definitely sure something is wrong but it appeared okay so I bid our madam P (I nicknamed her) farewell as I was already having headaches. One of my regrets was that I didn't get the whole experience on tape and the reason was that I didn't set out to go do it, I only went out to get some cloths in the market so I didn't go with my phone.
Check next post for tips and guiding on having a septum pierced in Lagos.

     So two days later I buzzed Christine (she've got one + she've been pushing for mine since I told her my interest in it) so I explained to her how painful it was and all and she said something like "hope she didn't pierced the cartilage oh" at this point I realized this is definitely what she did so I went on YouTube and searched for "wrong septum piercings" and I discovered I've same experience with a lot of people and we've our cartilage pierced instead of the layer behind it by the way when madam P was about about piercing I showed her where to but she talked me out of it that she knows what she's doing and here we are. But it is actually nice apart from the pain in the first two days plus the fact that I can't flip it in(there's a way to flip a septum ring if you don't want people to see it and it will still be there) it really look nice for the appearance.

    An Afro Urbanite is a person who does not only just inhabit in the city or a metropolis but also an affluent consumer of the society with an optimistic outlook to life.
     He is in tune with the pop culture and at the same time not losing touch with his own culture and blending it out-rightly.


      He's a "city-proud" media literate, a brand-centric and trend sensitive individual but also culturally grounded and he's fully inclined with what's going on around them but still not lose a touch from their root and never hesitate to show it.

     He tends to incorporate it in his language, lifestyle and of course dressing. It's like the perfect mix of old and new, or better still the marriage between culture and trend.

An Afro Urbanite is an individual that's fully aware of himself as a person and a full knowledge of his environment.

An Afro Urbanite is someone who believes culture is a circumstance of place, people, time and therefore culture evolves.

An Afro Urbanite is someone who's not carried away by the trends to forget his root.

An Afro Urbanite isn't a laggard who doesn't embrace new things and turn a dinosaur.
I AM AN AFRO URBANITE.

THE BLACK PANTHER

      Hello dear, how are y’all doing??  I’m really excited because it was my birthday yesterday and I’m really grateful for the gift of life and how far I’d come and achieved on this journey called life. Also I am really happy one of my picture was used for an editorial in VOGUE Netherlands and I just found out last week click here , I’m really proud of myself and my style of course, Man’s not hot never but man is proud of himself *in big shaq’s voice* by the way if you aren’t following me on instagram yet I think it’s time to join the train @damidiamond.

      The rationale behind today’s editorial are the people that stays/appear different even in the corporate society, you know when you visit a corporate firm and there’s this particular worker who just seems different even when in uniform with other workers. 

     Corporate rebel sounds really oxymoronic but it simply refers to people who works in the corporate world but do not do things in the conventional way, they tend to carve their own way of doing things and research   have proven that this type of people are highly efficient at work [ask Google].

Sometimes it is difficult to tell what made them stands out but when you review critically you notice the little details that have helped them successfully played around the rule.  Sometimes it’s the way they tuck in their shirts or having their tie hang out of their chest pocket or the way they accessorize, funky looking tie bars, even their hairstyles and sometimes the type of fabric theirs cloths were made of [hardly will a company include type of fabric in their dress code, they mostly deal colors], other times it might be their type of shoes; some love to rock multiple toned shoes or trend completely away from the box by rocking sneakers. How far you can go all depends on your post and also the flexibility of the dress ethics of the firm. 




So it’s totally safe to say corporate rebels are people who find a way to bend or work around corporate fashion codes to express themselves with what they wear and how they wear it. I definitely want to know your view on this, kindly use the comment sector below.
 Stay inspired and remain creative.

Tux shirt & pants:  Dami’s closet
Jacket:  D&G
Chelsea boots: Dami’s closet
Mask: HODD   

    I am super excited to be blogging again after months of anticipation. I want to give a big shout out to each and  everyone of you  who have been  texting and asking after me and the blog, to everyone who have been encouraging me and to all my new friend and old ones of course ; I felt so loved guys , I love y’all and God bless you all.