Style books are all the rage across the pond, but have yet to be fully exploited here in the UK. All this could be set to change this month when Black British fashion designer, Samata Angel, releases her uber stylish guide book 'Fashioning your life, A Clothing Designer's Guide. Volumes 1&2 are priced at £16.99 and can be purchased via www.samatasmuse or lulu.com. The book is written to provide assistance to emerging fashion designers and features advice and tid bits from the likes of Nigel Barker from America's Next Top Model, Terry Mansfield, Chairman of Graduate Fashion Week, and celebrity stylist Nick Ede (Project Catwalk), as well as others.
So who exactly is Samata Angel? Born in Cambridge to Ghanaian parents, Samata set up her own clothing label in 2005 and has been capturing the attention of hard nosed fashion industry heads ever since. In 2006, she won 'Best Couture Line at the UK Urban Fashion Awards, followed by a nomination for the 'Exceptionally Creative Awards' at the British Female Inventors and Innovators Awards in 2007. Within the same year Samata made history by becoming the first black British female to display a collection during the Nolcha Fashion Week in New York.
Angel is also an Ambassador for the Girls! Make your Mark, a national campaign which sets out to encourage young women to turn creative ideas into viable businesses AND she is currently nominated for Cosmopolitan's Fun, Fearless Female Awards 2008. Phew, what a woman, eh? All of this and she's a mere 25 years young...
