Western retailers and manufacturers now understand the world is small. Indeed, there has been unprecedented global sourcing of retail goods from the Far East, Asia and Latin America into market centers like New York, Los Angeles, London and more. Pop into a retail store at any of these market centers and you are bound to …
Ladybrille Exclusive: Interview with Fashion Buyer, Chioma Amegashie
Fashion buyers are a critical part of the fashion chain. Without the buyers, it would be hard for you to walk into Saks Fifth, Neiman Marcus or even your local Gap store to purchase the “it” clothing or just unique styles that suit you. They are largely responsible for all purchases for a specific market …
Best of African Fashions 2007, Ladybrille Reports
Hello hello! We hope 2007 was all you wanted it to be for you! We certainly had fun launching our blogazine, making new friends and discovering the talented, motivated and simply beautiful fashion and non-fashion personalities out there. Thanks to the individuals we had the privilege of interviewing who helped us raise our fashion, business, …
Africa + Nollywood Makes the List of “Eighty Things to Watch in 2008”
“JWT, “the largest advertising agency in the U.S. and the fourth-largest full-service network in the world,yesterday, [r]eleased its list of 80 things to watch in 2008.” Africa was #1 on their list to watch for “foreign investment and development in.” Borrowing Kelly Rowland’s line from her hit song, “bump like this,” we say, “Africa told …
“African Inspired” or Just Plain Stealing?
This 2007, we saw a global circulation of African fashions starting from Africa’s runways and extending to runways globally. Indeed, in our trend analysis of African fashions, we covered numerous Western and African designers cutting and shaping African prints into Western silhouettes; others incorporating African jewelries, scarves, head gears [gele] and much more in their …