Brazil joins the number of Western countries looking to strengthen ties with Africa, Nigeria included. The country held its annual trade fair in Johnannesburg, South Africa on September 2nd-4th, 2009. Thirty four import and export companies from Latin America participated from various sectors which included beverage, food, clothing, footwear, furniture, cosmetics. The fair which included …
The Urgency of Now:Putting Nigeria's Fashion Industry on the Global Map
For too long, Nigeria’s Clothing [Design] and Textile industry has remained a stricken giant locally and globally. It is time to fix the giant. Within the past five years, when it comes to fashion, Nigeria has, arguably, experienced tremendous growth. For example, recently at the prestigious platform of New York Fashion Week for Fall 2009, …
M.I. Abaga, Hot Emerging Rap Artist Gets Higher and Higher!
Ladybrille introduced you, last month, to one of the hottest emerging rap artist on the hip-hop scene today, Jude Abaga aka M.I., during our LA Fashion Week coverage. We loved his work so much we used it to synchronize some of our LA fashion Week videos, including that of MTV Hills Celeb reality star, Lauren …