SPOTLIGHT : Maki Oh, LDA & Temple Muse in Vogue India

Vogue India cover and Vogueview on the brands

Nigeria's own Amaka Osakwe of Maki Oh, Lanre DaSilva-Ajayi of LDA and luxury house Temple Muse are featured in Vogue India April Issue featuring Indian actress, Shraddha Kapoor. The page shares a brief profile on the brands and what Vogue Loves about them, quite appropriate.

Top Picks : Maki Oh - Fall 2014 + Short Film for RTW

                                         Maki Oh Fall 2014 

Maki Oh: Fall 2014 Video Fashion Week

Ready-to-Wear concept film shorts from Video Fashion Week.

Full video HERE

#POTD: Orange Culture, Maki Oh and Other Shortlisted Designers with Dephine Arnault

Adebayo Oke-Lawal of Orange Culture and Amaka Osakwe of Maki OH join other shortlisted designers for a group photo with Dephine Arnault of LVMH

TREND SPOTTING: LFDW 2013 - Sheer Paneling

(L -R) Bridget Awosika, Christie Brown, Iconic Invanity

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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.

Excerpt:

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.

RUNWAY REPORT: LFDW 2013 -- Jewel by Lisa

OLD  IS THE NEW COOL. Well, that’s according to Jewel by Lisa’s collection at LFDW.

Back when we wore flare shorts, singlet shirts, plain wrap dresses and shirts under pinafore we thought it was boring but quite the opposite now as JBL as shown us it’s the latest cool thing to do.

Therefore, we are going back, way back to high school only this thing we plan to do it better and more stylish than then; now we’ll spice up our wrap dresses with a lovely sandal, add a little sass to our pinafores with a funky shirt and cap, wear our flare shorts with crop tops and the likes. We’ll also wear those plain over-the-knee length dresses with extra neckline and mix our prints with colours and cuts.

We’ll bring the kitchen out with apron-like attachees and double up big shirts with baggy ankle-length pants; we’ll be bold to flaunt our abs with those half blouses and rock the high school-like skirts to work.

Old styles have returned and we are super ready to rock it all after all what’s style without a little memory and drama.

Thanks to JBL

RUNWAY REPORT : LFDW 2013 -- Maki Oh

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#NYFW News Alert: Maki OH Stages First-ever Fashion Week Show

According to report, Nigerian-born designer, Maki Oh will stage her first-ever fashion week show during the New York Fashion Week. 

The designer, AmAKA Osakwe of Maki Oh uses traditional Nigerian techniques and motifs to breathe new life into soigné silhouettes. She is also known to use prints – adire specifically as a way to comment on tribal secret-keeping.  

NYFW will be Maki Oh’s first-ever fashion week show. I’m excited for Amaka Osakwe and really look forward to the collection.