Elle.com on LFDW 2013 - 7 Designers to Watch From Lagos' Emerging Fashion Scene

Via elle.com

From Maki Oh, Jewel by Lisa, ROF, Tsemaye Binitie, Tiffany Amber to Orange Culture and Samson Soboye, TANWI NANDINI ISLAM profiles seven (7) Nigerian designers to watch.

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Lagos, Nigeria’s cultural capital and city of 21 million people, might not be the most obvious site for a runway show, let alone a week devoted to fashion. The city is known for its oil reserves, sure, but fashion? Increasingly, the answer is yes.

Last month, Lagos played host to the 3rd Annual Lagos Fashion and Design Week, a four-day, beachside affair showcasing Nigeria’s brightest designers.

Weekly Roundup: Fun Discoveries, Best Web Post Links This Week

Here's this week's roundup of web links...Enjoy!

As Pure As a Mother’s Love – Lilian Adjarho Shares the Story of A Mother, Ready to Lay Down Her Life For Her Children

http://www.bellanaija.com/2012/11/15/a-mothers-true-love-lilian-adjarho-shares-the-story-of-a-mother-ready-to-lay-down-her-life-for-her-children/

The Illusions, inspirations, transitions… revelations of LFDW2012

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104338:the-illusions-inspirations-transitions-revelations-of-lfdw2012&catid=106:fashion&Itemid=478

Nigeria, on the Fashion Catwalk

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/fashion/15iht-flagos15.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

RUDE GYAL, RODARTE STYLE-EE

http://shalasrabbithole.com/blog/?p=2660#more-2660

Ease,      Self-     Expression,    and     Soul   Soup:     The October     Roundup

http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/october-roundup/

The 50 best documentaries of all time

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/the-50-best-documentaries-of-all-time-documentary

Hard Talk: Kelechi Amadi-Obi: A Renowned Painter And Photographer Who’s Images Speak Loud And Clear

http://onobello.com/index.php/features/hardtalk/item/2032-kelechi-amadi-obi-renowned-painter-and-photographer

Run like a leopard: Japanese man sets world record for fastest runner on four limbs (WATCH) http://www.ynaija.com/run-run-like-a-leopard-japanese-man-sets-world-record-for-fastest-runner-on-four-limbs-watch/

Africa, By Design - Folake Folarin-Coker: Tiffany Amber http://www.africa.com/slideshow/47/2

Africa's Fabric Is Dutch

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/fashion/15iht-ffabric15.html?adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1353060015-6WUWdlThWDriOLz7Z69Q0A&gwh=4F9D9CC138E50DF3A6C72088D68B68B2

Fashion 2.0 | Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season

http://www.businessoffashion.com/2012/10/fashion-2-0-top-10-fashion-films-of-the-season-7.html

Fashion Fantasia - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151098367456502&set=a.298747976501.155127.661616501&type=1&theater&notif_t=photo_comment_tagged

Deola Sagoe, Vivienne Westwood, Iman, Lisa Folawiyo, Folake Folarin-Coker, Oluchi Orlandi, Alek Wek, Candice Swanpoel, Sophie Okonedo, Thandie Newton and More Make ARISE 100: Dynamic Women

In boardrooms and parliaments, on television and the stage, women are increasingly making their presence felt across Africa and on the world stage. The inaugural ARISE 100 list champions just some of the remarkable women shaping modern Africa today. Icons such as Angélique Kidjo, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Charlize Theron sit alongside lesser-known heroines such as scientist Tebello Nyokong, social entrepreneur Wendy Luhabe and political comedian Odile Sankara.

We share their stories and record their amazing achievements in the fields of politics, business, campaigning, fashion, science and technology, arts and literature, media and communications, law, sport and entertainment.

The African Union has christened this the African Women's Decade, so what better time to celebrate the women changing the face of Africa on the continent and around the world? This is their time.

THE ARISE 100: DYNAMIC WOMEN

Business + Law

Ayo Obe, Vice Chair, National Crisis Group, Nigeria
Bridgette Radebe, President, South African Mining Development Association, SA
Cherie Blair, lawyer, UK
Dambisa Moyo, economist, Zambia/US
Dr Eleni Gabre-Madhin, founder, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, Ethiopia
Eva Muraya, co-founder and CEO, Color Creations Group, Kenya
Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Gambia
Genevieve Sangudi, Managing Director, Carlyle Group Africa, Tanzania
Hajia Bola Shagaya, founder and CEO, Bolmus Group International, Nigeria
Irene Charnley, CEO, Smile Telecoms, SA
Isabel dos Santos, investor and businesswoman, Angola
Jonitha Gugu Msibi, Senior Partner, Ernst & Young, SA
Maria Ramos, CEO, Absa Group, Portugal/SA
Minoush Abdel-Meguid, co-founder, Union Capital, Egypt
Monhla Hlahla, Chair, IDC, SA
Ngozi Edozien, Director, Actis West Africa, Nigeria
Nombulelo 'Pinky' Moholi, CEO, Telkom SA LTD, SA
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, CEO, Arcelormittal South Africa, SA
Phuti Malabie, CEO, Shanduka Group, SA
Rosalind Kainyah, Vice President, External Affairs & CSR, Tullow Oil, Ghana/UK
Stella Kilonzo, Chief Executive, Capital Markets Authority, Kenya
Susan 'Santie' Botha, Chancellor of the Nelson Mandela University, SA
Teresa Heinz Kerry, businesswoman and philanthropist, US
Thuli Madonsela, public protector, SA
Tsega Gebreyes, Managing Partner, Satya Capital, Ethiopia/UK
Wendy Ackerman, retail tycoon, SA
Wendy Luhabe, social entrepreneur, SA

Culture + Media + Sport

Ahdaf Soueif, writer and activist, Egypt/UK
Angélique Kidjo, singer and campaigner, Benin
Angelina Jolie, actress, US
Buika, singer, Spain/Equatorial Guinea
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, journalist, US
Charlize Theron, actress, SA/US
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author, Nigeria/US
Genevieve Nnaji, actress, Nigeria
Dr Johnnetta B Cole, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art, US
Kanya King, founder, Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards, UK
Kerryn Greenberg, Curator (International Art), Tate Modern, SA/UK
Lira, musician, SA
Mariam Doumbia, vocalist, Mali
Oprah, media mogul, US
Oumou Sangaré, musician, Mali
Rungano Nyoni, filmmaker, Zambia/UK
Serkalem Fasil, journalist, US/Ethiopia
Sophie Okonedo, actress, UK
Thandie Newton, actress, UK/Zimbabwe
Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem, US
Tirunesh Dibaba, runner, Ethiopia
Wanuri Kahiu, film director, Kenya
Yvonne Chaka Chaka, singer, SA

Fashion

Alek Wek, model and campaigner, South Sudan
Ann McCreath, KikoRomeo designer, founder of FAFA and Fashion for Peace, Kenya
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, founder, soleRebels, Ethiopia
Candice Swanepoel, model, SA
Deola Sagoe, fashion designer, Nigeria
Folake Folarin-Coker, fashion designer, Tiffany Amber, Nigeria
Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-chief, Vogue Italia, Italy
Hanaa Ben Abdesslem, model, Tunisia
Iman, model, campaigner and entrepreneur, Somalia/US
Laurence Chauvin Buthaud, designer and founder, LaurenceAirline, France/Côte d'Ivoire
Lisa Folawiyo, founder and Creative Director, Jewel by Lisa, Nigeria. Liya Kebede, model, Ethiopia
Liya Kebede, model, Ethiopia
Nadiyah Spencer, Director of Sourcing and Production, SUNO, US/Kenya
Oluchi Orlandi, model, Nigeria
Sharon Wauchob, Creative Director, Edun, Ireland
Vivienne Westwood, designer, UK

Politics + Activism

Hon Aicha Bah Diallo, Chair of the Forum for African Women Educationalists, Kenya
Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, former UN Deputy Secretary-General, Tanzania
Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Minister of Health, Senegal
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, activist and writer, Somalia/Netherlands/US
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, former Prime Minister, Mali
Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Liberia
Elsie Kanza, Director, World Economic Forum, Tanzania
Graça Machel, advocate for human rights, Mozambique
Ida Odinga, Founder, Ida Odinga Trust, women's health campaigner, Kenya
Joyce Banda, President, Malawi
Joy Phumaphi, Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank, Botswana
Leigh Blake, founder, ACT V, UK
Leymah Gbowee, peace activist, Liberia
Melinda Gates, philanthropist, US
Mphatheleni Makaulule, founder, Mupo Foundation, SA
Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng, former Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Lesotho
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chair, African Union, SA
Odile Sankara, activist and comedian, Burkina Faso
Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, speaker, Ugandan Parliament, Uganda
Sarah Brown, campaigner, UK
Waris Dirie, model, author, campaigner, Somalia
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, politician, SA
Baroness Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator, UK
Zainab Hawa Bangura, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Sierra Leone

Science + technology

Dorothy K Gordon, Director General, Advanced Information Technology Institute, Ghana
Juliet Ehimuan, Google Nigeria Country Manager, Nigeria
Isis Nyong'o, Vice President and Managing Director for Africa, InMobi, Kenya/US
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and BBC presenter, Nigeria/UK
Dr Natasha Sauven, paediatrician, Sierra Leone/UK
Ory Okolloh, Google Policy Manager for Africa, Kenya
Tebello Nyokong, scientist, Lesotho
Thyla van der Merwe, Association of South African Women in Science and Engineering, SA

ARISE 100: Dynamic Women roll call is published in full in issue 17 of ARISE magazine, out now.

Read the official press release.

The Complete Schedule - Anita Quansah, Iconic Invanity, LDA, JBL, Tiffany Amber, Bridget Awosika, Omer Asim, Ituen Basi and More Set to Show At MTN LFDW 2012!

MTN Lagos Fashion and Design Week which aims to be a premiere fashion event is set to bring together media, industry, buyers and consumers to view the current collections of designers in the fashion capital of Lagos, Nigeria. 

This platform aims to cut across geographic and culture barriers to position itself as a business of fashion and design event targeted at showcasing the best of the fashion and design industry, drive the Nigerian fashion economy and ultimately uplift its profile within the industry.

Again this year, Lagos will play host to this fashion and design led event that will feature –

• runway shows featuring new season collections from the best talents in the fashion industry;

• design led exhibitions featuring fashion products and accessories, textiles, furniture design, photography, art installations and architecture;

• workshops that will facilitate knowledge transfer, information exchange and networking opportunities across board

Another major attraction is Lagos itself – a metropolitan island that features an interesting mix of people, cultures which is fast becoming the melting pot for business in Africa. Participants, designers and visitors alike can expect a diversified and interactive platform to maximize their exposure within and beyond their industry circle and open gateways for more business opportunities.

I personally, cannot wait to be a part of this exciting event. See below for the complete schedule of participating designers.

WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER

CATWALK SHOW

THE FUTURE: LFDW YOUNG DESIGNER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

TIME: 7:00PM

CATWALK SHOW

JEWEL BY LISA FOR BLACKBERRY LIMITED EDITION ACCESSORY

TIME: 7:30PM

THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER

EXHIBITION OPENS

TIME: 10AM

CATWALK SHOWS

LFDW YOUNG TALENTS: VINTAGE COLETTE/EJIRO AMOS TAIFIRI | BEATRICE BLACK | IBETEIN THOMPSON

TIME: 5PM

KINABUTI/HOUSE OF MARIE

TIME: 5:30PM

HOUSE OF FORM AND FUNCTION | KOLA KUDDUS

TIME: 6:00PM

REBAHIA | REPUBLIC OF FOREIGNER

TIME: 6:30PM

OBSIDAN

TIME: 7:00PM

ANITA QUANSAH

TIME: 7:30PM

MANGO

TIME: 8:00PM

MAI ATAFO

TIME: 8:30PM

ITUEN BASI

TIME: 9:00PM

FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER

EXHIBITION OPENS

TIME: 10AM

CATWALK SHOWS

LFDW YOUNG TALENT: OZORA BY ZEE | JESS STEFANIE | MARAYAH OH | AKPOS OKUDU

TIME: 4:00PM

NKWO | KIKI KAMANU

TIME: 5:00PM

SUNNY ROSE | XCLAMATIONS

TIME: 5:30PM

EKI ORLEANS

TIME: 6: 00PM

ICONIC INVANITY

TIME: 7:00PM

KELECHI ODU

TIME: 7:30PM

ODIO MIMONET

TIME: 8:30PM

TIFFANY AMBER

TIME: 9:30PM

SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER

EXHIBITION OPENS

TIME: 10AM

LFDW YOUNG DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2012 FINALE

TIME: 4:00PM

LFDW YOUNG TALENTS: ALALI BOUTIQUE | IAMSIGO | VIV LA RESISTANCE

TIME: 5:00PM

GREY | ALTER EGO

TIME: 5: 30PM

OMER ASIM | BRIDGET AWOSIKA

TIME: 6:00PM

JEWEL BY LISA

TIME: 7:00PM

LANRE DASILVA AJAYI

TIME: 7:30PM

EMMY COLLINS

TIME: 8:00PM

MATTHEW WILLIAMSON

TIME: 9:00PM

When Vogue Italia Visited Fashion Designers in Lagos

Yesterday, one of my PR mentors and PR Girl for Lanre Da-Silva Ajayi @Onobellotweeted about being with Roberto Cavalli...I felt so happy and wanted all the gist. But sad, couldn't get enough, so I'll put it as simple as I heard it...Vogue Italia Editor, Franca Sozzani alongside Franca Sozanni and Roberto Cavalli are in Nigeria previewing the works of few Nigerian designers. So far designers confirmed include; Lanre Da Silva Ajayi’s and VictataT-shirts

A shoot featuring a few Nigerian designers is also supposed to be featured in Vogue Italia, however there is no confirmation on this when it is to be published.

Models in Tiffany Amber Collection


Models in Lanre Da-Silva Ajayi




Roberto Cavalli and Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief, Franca Sozzani


According to sources "Rumour has it that Cavalli is in Nigeria to open a brand new shop there".

To that I say Fantastic!

Seriously! I can't wait for all the fabulous things this year has stored up somewhere..woo!

Let's all watch out for the best..Meanwhile
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