27-year old Busola Akomolede and 25-year old Bola Anibaba met while studying at Babcock University in Nigeria. As their friendship grew, they realized that they shared a mutual love for wristwatches and dreamt of one day owning their own wrist-watch design company. That dream recently came true as the duo pulled together their savings and …
“At the tender age of six Gloria Wavamunno had already developed a deep love for fashion, fabric, and garment construction. Her inspiration has since been limitless and has been drawn from vast subjects like motion, music, and ethos. Born in London and raised in both London and Kampala, Ugandan, Wavamunno was exposed quite early to …
Today’s “Ladybrille® Fashion Business With . . .” feature is with Dare Olufunmilayo, Creative Director and CEO for Zooto Fashion. Zooto fashion is a fashion business targeted at lovers of style, quality, and African traditional clothing. Since (its) establishment in 2005, it has successfully satisfied its customers with creative designs inspired by African and Asian …
In 2010, Bruxelles-based designer Pierre Antoine Vettorello graduated from the Fashion Department of the Royal Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium with one dream in mind – to storm into and make it big in the global fashion industry. In 2011 he launched his self-titled label and has already shown his collections at major …
“Ladybrille® Fashion Business With . . .” is a feature on Ladybrille® Magazine that is focused on entrepreneurs in Africa’s fashion industry, with a heavy emphasis on fashion designers. This feature highlights business principles, business practices, follows the money, discusses the challenges faced by fashion startups as well as offers pragmatic tips that should help …