As a fashion designer, you need to constantly learn and relearn. It is not a one time training. You always have to update yourself about new fashion trends and better ways to run your business. To do this, you need to follow relevant fashion pages online. You can easily follow these pages from the comfort of your home.
Facebook is one of the oldest social media platforms in Nigeria. It is a great place to follow fashion pages. If you have a Facebookacebook account, all you have to do is search for the pages and follow them.
Below are three Facebook pages you should follow as a fashion designer.
1. Sewing innovations
Sewing innovations were created by Bilikis Erinle. She is the creative director of Bilikis Signatures. She is both a fashion designer and a fashion tutor.
It is a private group with over six hundred followers. It is a great support group for fashion designers in Nigeria.
The group is perfect for learning the in and out of sewing and running a fashion business. There is a healthy combination of amateurs and experts. You don’t have to worry about your fashion skill set. You can learn and teach at your leisure.
In the fashion group, fashion designers showcase their works. Some ask to be rated by others. By doing this, they correct their mistakes and improve.
Others ask for sewing tips. For instance, while sewing and you are confused about one or two things, you can turn to the group for help.
The founder of the group, Bilikis Erinle also post flyers of paid online fashion training at an affordable cost.
If you are a fashion designer fashion designers in Nigeria and you own a Facebook page, you should quickly follow this group.
2. Paul Ezekiel
Paul Ezekiel is the creative director of the PJ collection clothing. His fashion brand is located inYenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state. He is a male fashion designer and fashion teacher.
He trains people on how to sew kids’ and men’s wear. He organizes both physical and online fashion classes. His training is for fashion amateurs and experts. He divides his students into three categories:
Beginners, with no knowledge of sewing at all.
Intermediary fashion designers. Those who can sew but are not confident.
Advanced fashion designers. Those who have their respective fashion business but feel something is not right with their previous sewing knowledge.
His method of teaching is simplified and easy to understand. For his online class, he makes use of step by step detailed video illustrations. His pictures and notes are also straight to the point and easy to understand.
Though his physical and online classes are paid. His Facebookcebook page contains free fashion and sewing tips
all fashion designers will find it very useful.
3. Ankara Fans World
It is a public group with over two hundred followers. The page is for style inspiration. It contains hundreds of trendy styles you can recreate or modify.
You can post and download styles on the group. Most of the styles posted on the group are made with ankara fabric. However, it can be used to sew other fabrics.
Conclusion
Following these Facebook pages will no doubt sharpen your fashion skill. It will also make your fashion business soar higher. It is a great opportunity to learn at little or no cost.
Reference (Facebook)
Sewing Innovations
Paul Ezekiel
Ankara Fans World
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