ANDREA IYAMAH RELEASES "NDU" FALL/WINTER 2012 COLLECTION

Andrea Iyamah, a Delta state born fashion designer,has released her fall/winter 2012 collections.Andrea hails from Agbor tribe in delta state Nigeria.this fall/winter collection has been tagged "NDU" collection.
"NDU" in the Agbor tribe means STRENGTH.According to the designer."NDU" which symbolises strength is the hallmark of the Nigerian woman right from the good old days of our dear ancestors.The Nigerian woman whom has been endowed with natural strength is seen as a role model in the fashion industry.
"NDU" collection actually portrays the feminine gender as bold, daring and fearless.The designer's well detailed cut and precise finishings characterises this fall/winter collection.

"I wanted a collection that was sultry, confident, risky and yet elegant. The collection was shot in G.R.A Lagos Nigeria whereby the model on the runway symbolizes the knowledge of knowing the risk of taking particular steps in life, but yet you take it anyway.In every collection I release, I try to tell a story about a stage of my life i'm facing;this stage is one of consistent motivation, effort and of course "NDU" (strength)" - Andrea Iyamah. 

MAI ATAFO WINS TOP AWARD AT GLITZ AFRICA FASHION WEEK-REVIEW

Nigerian designer, Mai Atafo over the weekend was awarded the Designer of the Year at the Glitz Africa Fashion Week held in Ghana.

Atafo made a telling statement when he displayed his impressive collection which included classic men’s suit, bridal wear and evening wear on the final day of the three day event.

The event which kicked off on Friday, August 17, 2012 featured other designers such as the Ghanaian born South African base Ali Adams, Peachy Purr (Ghana), House Of Eccentric (Ghana), Vonne Couture (Nigeria), Kastle Designs & Treasure Chest (U.S) Martial Tapolo (Paris), Wana Sambo Clothing (Nigeria), Modela Couture (Nigeria), Ivana Elle Couture (Ghana), Ohema Ohene (U.K), Gilles Toure (Côte D’ivoire) amongst others.

Guests included former first lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, Juliet Ibrahim, Confidence Haugen, Dele Momodu, Kwesi Jyei Darkwa and others.

Other winners included Mina Evans who bagged the ‘Emerging Designer of the Year’, Doris Adom-Asomaning won the ‘Female Model of the Year’ award and ‘Male Model of the Year’ went to Zion Benjamin.

LAGOS NIGERIA: BEST FOOT FORWARD FASHION SHOW HOLDS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY 2012

The inaugural edition of BEST FOOT FORWARD FASHION SHOW is organised in association with the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos and will be hosted by Sacred Heart Catholic Church Apapa.It promises to live up to expectations according to the organisers.The vision of the fashion show is to become a house hold name in fashion with morals and dignity.It will make you understand that you can still be fashionable, elegant, graceful and stylish without really offending God and mankind.
The organisers of the fashion show intends to achieve the following:

1. To promote decent and respectable dressing in churches and public places;giving our youths an untainted view and direction for modern day dress sense.
2. To promote skills acquisition and development.
3. To help uphold high moral standards among our youths.

   The organisers of the show hopes to assist the church in bringing down to a minimal level the rate of indecent dressing among the younger generations.The church has really tried to curb this menace by many ways which as of today has yielded little or no results.Sending out indecently dressed persons from church services, day-to-day preachings and sermons castigating indecent dressing are some of the ways the Nigerian church has tried to put an end this social menace.with this show on line, participants will get to know how one can dress in order not to be offensive.
The fashion show will provide well and above 1000 fashion tips to attendees based on WHAT TO WEAR AND WHEN and WHAT NOT TO WEAR.
The show is structured to highlight different dress codes for WORK WEARS, OCCASION WEARS, CHURCH WEARS, SCHOOL WEARS and CASUAL OR STREET WEARS.
The various designers that will be participating in the fashion show are as follows; 

• House of Swag - Lagos
• Ruff n tumble - Lagos
• Reneta Ndisang - Cameroun
• Jeff Annez Magic Scissors - Lagos
• Tabitha online fashion - Lagos
• Trendy fashions Nigeria
• Shopaholic Nigeria
• Vyvoxx couture
• Suweba
• And more......

 Twenty models will be on parade throughout the event.The models were carefully selected to match the much expected hype.

LAGOS BASED MENSWEAR LABEL J REASON OUT WITH ITS SUMMER 2012 COLLECTION

A Nigerian young fashion designer by name OLAJIDE ADEDEJI is fast becoming a force in the Nigerian fashion industry.OLAJIDE ADEDEJI, the hands and brains behind J REASON, releases his second collection since the birth of the fashion outfit last year.The Twenty two years old make-up artiste turned fashion designer is into men's wears for now but gave a line of hint that he could be expanding and incoporating women's wears in his future collections.He has worked with Nigerian celebrities such as Susan peters, Tonto Dike, Uche Jombo, etc.Celebrities as like Wizkid, Brymo, Davido and more, have all been styled in J REASON.
His current collection is based on Sartorial Summer.Speaking on his current ready-to-wear sartorial summer collections targeted at young adults, Olajide said "Its all about tailored clothes.They usually describe men that are well together as sartorial and that is what we are trying to achieve this summer collection sartorial collection to show that even during summer you can still be fashionable and classy".
Here are some of his collections....