By Sewe Ishola,

Nigerian stylist and journalist, Dimeji Alara has been appointed the Fashion Editor of ELLE Magazine South Africa.

His appointment is historical as by it, he becomes the first black male and non-South African fashion editor in the magazine’s 21-year history in South Africa.

Dimeji Alara started his career with Genevieve magazine as a junior reporter in 2004 before starting his own magazine, StyleMania, in collaboration with Nigerian photographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi.