Archives Tag: fashion designer
4 Pattern Drafting Skills Fashion Designers Should Know
April 19, 2022
Pattern drafting is an essential skill you should have as a fashion designer. With it, sewing is easier to teach and learn. It is a deviation from the traditional free hand cutting method. Read more about Fashion You don’t have to cut the fabric directly. Rather, you can create the design or blueprint on a pattern … Continue reading 4 Pattern Drafting Skills Fashion Designers Should Know
How To Cut And Sew A Straight Skirt (Part 2)
April 19, 2022
In the first part of this article: how to cut and sew a straight skirt (Part 1), you learnt the materials/equipment needed to cut and sew a straight skirt, the body measurements needed to cut a straight skirt, and how to cut a straight skirt. Read more about Fashion Note: If you haven’t read Part … Continue reading How To Cut And Sew A Straight Skirt (Part 2)
Everything You Need To Know About Being A Fashion Designer
April 19, 2022
Fashion designing is one of the most popular and lucrative jobs in the fashion industry in Nigeria. If you want to become a fashion designer and you don’t know how to go about it, this article is for you. Read more about Fashion This article will explain in simple terms: who a fashion designer is, … Continue reading Everything You Need To Know About Being A Fashion Designer
5 Tips For Starting A Fashion Business
April 19, 2022
As a fashion designer, there are two things you should know before starting a fashion business -creativity and commerce. Many designers, though talented struggle with managing their business efficiently. Read more about Fashion In Nigeria, successful fashion designers can attribute the success of their businesses to either employing good business personnel or learning how … Continue reading 5 Tips For Starting A Fashion Business
Who Is Toju Foyeh?
April 19, 2022
Toju Foyeh is an award winning Nigerian fashion designer who specializes in women’s wear. Her full name is Toluwaloju Olowofoyeku. She is the Creative Director and owner of the Toju Foyeh brand, popularly known as TF. Read more about Fashion Toju was born on the 13th of July 1989. She developed a keen interest … Continue reading Who Is Toju Foyeh?
Dumebi Andrea Iyamah
April 19, 2022
Dumebi is one of the youngest fashion designers in Nigeria. She started her Andrea Iyamah fashion brand in 2011, but now have her headquarter in Toronto and branches in Lagos and New York. Her brand caters to females across borders, language and ethnicity who are confident, adventurous and unafraid of clothing designed with a statement. … Continue reading Dumebi Andrea Iyamah
Ade Bakare Couture
April 19, 2022
He was born in Bromsgrove, Midlands but he grew up in Birmingham. He later came to Nigeria where he attended Federal Government College, Ijanikin, Lagos and then proceeded to the University of Lagos to acquire a degree in history and education. Then, he went to England to study Fashion design. The Nigeria-London Fashion designer whose … Continue reading Ade Bakare Couture
Frank Oshodi
April 19, 2022
A model, makeup artist, fashion designer and creative director since 1989. The founder of Bunor Creazioni: House of Bunor and Frank Oshodi for Bunor. The man that has been tagged the king of bustier, Frank Oshodi Richard. Read more about Men you should Know Frank has been in the fashion industry since 1989 as a … Continue reading Frank Oshodi
Fashion Designers: Adeola Sagoe
April 19, 2022
A Nigerian female designer who started her fashion career in a period where being a fashion designer was not a lucrative and well celebrated business. She remained focused, navigating her brand through the periods of changes fashion has undergone in Nigeria and in the world. A woman of astute reputation and a fashion icon: Adeola … Continue reading Fashion Designers: Adeola Sagoe
Fashion Business 001
April 19, 2022
That you can sew very well or you are an extremely talented and creative fashion designer doesn’t automatically make you business smart. Fashion business is to be taught and learnt, just as you learnt how to cut and sew a basic bodice or draft a pattern for a suit. If you want to have a … Continue reading Fashion Business 001
Fashion Opportunities In Nigeria
April 19, 2022
The Nigerian fashion industry is no doubt very versatile. It has numerous jobs available. It is necessary to find the ones that suit your passion, degree, skill set, creativity and talent. Even if you can’t sew, you can make good money from fashion. Read more about Fashion It is important that you research the aspect … Continue reading Fashion Opportunities In Nigeria
Fashion Designers: Lisa Folawiyo
April 19, 2022
Lisa Folawiyo The beautiful story of a lawyer from the University of Lagos, Nigeria who is now a prestigious fashion designer through hardwork, patience and perseverance. Slowing climbing the ladder of success till we can share her story and learn from it, she is no other person than Lisa Folawiyo, the founder and creative … Continue reading Fashion Designers: Lisa Folawiyo
Ngozi Udoh: The Creative Building An Emerging Top Fashion Brand
April 19, 2022
Ngozi Udoh says she’s always loved making things. She remembers styling members of her family at age nine and being her friend’s go-to makeup person while in university. A multi-talented individual, Ngozi has also been a model and musician at various points in her life. And at every turn in her colourful journey of … Continue reading Ngozi Udoh: The Creative Building An Emerging Top Fashion Brand
Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: House Of Nini
April 19, 2022
Hootini Ventures was unveiled at Tilt Terrace in Lekki Phase One in 2017. At the occasion, the proud founder, Otini Enefola, a social media influencer and style blogger beamed cheerfully and showed her appreciation to all her social media fans and supporters worldwide that had made it possible for her to come that far. In her own … Continue reading Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: House Of Nini
Fashion Designer, Mai Atafo Wins Lifetime Style and Fashion Icon Achievement
April 19, 2022
International fashion designer, Mai Atafo wins Lifetime Style and Fashion Icon Achievement Award at Abryanz Style Fashion Awards in Uganda. The prominent fashion designer is well-known for his bespoke fashion, with a clientele base that consists of the crème de la crème of the entertainment industry, including elite stylists. This won’t be the first award the Nigerian-born … Continue reading Fashion Designer, Mai Atafo Wins Lifetime Style and Fashion Icon Achievement
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