{"id":2533,"date":"2011-10-07T10:25:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T14:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=2533"},"modified":"2011-10-07T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T14:25:31","slug":"double-the-fashion-double-the-fun-with-mataano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/double-the-fashion-double-the-fun-with-mataano\/","title":{"rendered":"Double the Fashion, Double the Fun with Mataano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/10\/jpeg.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2534 lazyload\" title=\"jpeg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/10\/jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a>Somalian-American twin designers, Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim, are anything but average.\u00a0 Their joint clothing line, Mataano revealed their island inspired Spring\/Summer 2012 collection recently at New York Fashion Week.\u00a0 Tropical floral prints covered their garments that had touches of &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s flair with classic silhouettes filled the fashion show.\u00a0 Their inspiration came from a trip to St. Lucia they took this past Christmas and they have got many feeling that island sun.\u00a0 Their silk chiffon ruffles and layered skirts kept the collection sweet and feminine to appeal to women of all shapes and sizes.\u00a0 The twins have cited famous designers such as Oscar de la Renta, Donna Karan, and Carolina Herrera as their role models and style icons.\u00a0 This vibrant collection is already making me excited for next spring, even though fall has barely just begun.<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Root<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somalian-American twin designers, Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim, are anything but average.\u00a0 Their joint clothing line, Mataano revealed their island inspired Spring\/Summer 2012 collection recently at New York Fashion Week.\u00a0 Tropical floral prints covered their garments that had touches of &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s flair with classic silhouettes filled the fashion show.\u00a0 Their inspiration came from a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[82,83,732,733,734,689],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}