The School of Fashion at Academy of Art University hosted its annual Graduation Fashion Show and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 26, 2018. The invitation-only event began with select graduating students from the M.F.A. and B.F.A. programs presenting their work to industry professionals. The degree programs include: fashion design, textile design, knitwear design, 3D design …
LBW 064: Meet Yetunde Ogunnubi, Communications Expert and Ladybrille Woman of the Month May 2018
Yetunde “Yetty D” Ogunnubi is a fashion designer turned communications expert and the founder of YD Agency.
YD Agency is a fully integrated communications agency that specializes in fashion, Influence and lifestyle marketing. Under Ogunnubi’s leadership, the agency reaches, engages and transforms targeted consumers for its clients into loyalists. Through creative brand development solutions, PR and marketing campaigns, activations and events, YD Agency helps effectively share a brand’s story and connects them to millions worldwide. Clients of YD Agency include Cozy Concept Furniture, Woodstyles, Fashions Finest UK, Business of Photography Network, Fashions Finest Africa, Essential Woman Magazine, Freedom Foundation, EMACC Foundation, ELOY Awards, Emmy Collins London, Crystal Deroche Agency London, King’s College Old Boy’s Association, Complete Fashion, U.S Outlets Nigeria, Designers- Morin.O, Marte Egele, Emmy Collins London, SGTC Clothing, entertainment industry celebrities and more.
PREVIEW
- Yetty answers staple questions we typically ask our Woman of the Month
- Yetty shares her journey towards becoming a fashion designer
- Yetty shares how and why she left the UK for Nigeria
- Yetty shares how she built her PR agency
- Yetty shares her personal background
WHERE TO FIND YETUNDE OGUNNUBI
https://ydagency.com
ABOUT THE LADYBRILLE WOMAN OF THE MONTH FEATURE
The ‘Ladybrille Woman of the Month’ is a feature on Ladybrillemag.com that celebrates women who empower themselves and others through their contributions and actions in their local and international communities. These women are intelligent, courageous, confident, and innovative. They strive for balance in their personal lives (whether emotionally, mentally, and spiritually), are persistent, and when they fall, they get right back up. These women honor and stand in their truths. They are business and community leaders, visionaries, trailblazers and game changers. They are our sisters, aunties, mothers, friends and so much more. They are “Ladybrille” (brilliant) women.
WHERE TO FIND HOST MS. UDUAK
Website: www.msuduak.com
CONTACT
Feedback: (editor@ladybrille.com).
Sponsorship: (uduak@ladybrille.com)
Embracing my beauty as a plus-size woman by Tolu ‘Toolz’ Oniru-Demuren
The journey to accepting my body hasn’t really been a smooth one. Growing up, I wasn’t particularly confident. As a plus-size and curvy girl, you tend to feel out of place – my body type wasn’t the hot thing back then. I just didn’t fit in. I became very self-conscious – I thought my hips were …
Media personality Tolu ‘Toolz’ Oniru-Demuren launches Sablier, a lingerie line for plus-size women
Popular media personality, Tolu ‘Toolz’ Oniru-Demuren recently launched Sablier (“Sab-Lee-Ay”), a premium fuller bust lingerie line. Sablier – which is French for ‘hourglass’ – was created to cater to the often overlooked plus-sized market. Toolz who reflected on her experience growing up as a full-bodied woman further detailed her journey towards accepting her body shape and …
Hangoutwithtee Holds Fourth Ladies Hangout
Over 150 women from across Lagos came together at the fourth edition of the Hangoutwithtee Ladies Hangout. The afternoon offered guests motivational talks, free gifts, snacks, drinks, raffles, and entertainment including a poet, and musician. The event’s theme was “Swim or Sink” and speakers discussed topics that empowered and inspired women, taking them on a …
Are Female Entrepreneurs More Successful Than Males? Data Says “Yes.”
While it’s no surprise that men own more businesses than women, some studies suggest their revenues and job creation rates apparently lag behind their female peers. That’s part of a larger analysis conducted by FitSmallBusiness.com, the digital business publication. More than 75 percent of businesses are male-owned, so it might logically follow that men are …





