Mark your calendars for the three day Nigeria Fashion Week produced by Lexy Mojo-Eyes/Legendary Gold Limited. If you have never heard of the event or its parent company, briefly, Legendary Gold Limited has been producing mostly fashion events in Nigeria for the past fifteen (15) years. Its subdiarie events include the annual: Nigeria Fashion Show, …
Nicholas Anukanti Dead at 37
Nicholas Anukanti a fashion industry insider, pioneer and founder of Style.com and Nigerian Television Fashion Show dies at age 37. The cause of death remain undisclosed. May his soul rest in peace. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west through contemporary …
Wanna be a Fashion Buyer?
Most Nigerian fashion designers will tell you one of the key things they would like to happen is have their designs stocked at retail stores, especially in the USA and UK. Within Nigeria, retail boutiques that stock Nigerian designers is still a relatively new concept, pioneered by the likes of Leila Fowler. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in …
Fashion Production 101
Ever wonder what it takes to produce a fashion show? There are so many fashion shows in Nigeria but not necessarily one big show where all agree is the formidable show designers,buyers, members of the press (national and international) can converge to help take the industry to a new level. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® …
It really is about the Business of Fashion
How much of fashion is the glitz and glamour? How much time do you really spend running your fashion business? What is the creative process? In this interview, Iran Ahmed of the Business of Fashion explores what it really means to be about the business of fashion with respected fashion deisgner Giles Deacon. Ladybrille MagazineFounded …
Ghana Beats Brazil, Wins Under20 World Cup
“Ghana struck a blow for African pride, defeating Brazil in a penalty shootout Friday at the FIFA U-20 World Cup final in Cairo. After previously losing in the final to Brazil (in 1993) and to Argentina (2001), Ghana finally came good on Friday, to become the first African team to win the FIFA U-20 World …