Celebrity and Growing Up Hip Hop reality star Vanessa Simmons embodied female empowerment at the Empress One, private women’s club event in Manhattan, NY, sporting colour blocking African print by UK-Nigerian designer Ife’s Closet.

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Styled by US celebrity wardrobe stylist Kanayo Ebi; the exotic print Greta jumpsuit from Ife’s Closet’s AW16 collection – An Awkward Lady, retails at £120/€135/$165, available in green and blue at www.ifescloset.com

An Awkward Lady by design duo Titi and Tinuke Ukrinamemen, features 14 high fashion vintage ready to wear pieces through classic prints and fabric, inspired by Issa Rae’s New York Times bestselling memoir,

‘The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl’.