Dimeji Alara, a fashion influencer and contributor to Elle South Africa’s digital and print publications, recently revealed some names of women who made the list of the magazine’s ’50 African Women Who Shape the Continent,’ in its August issue. Among them is Nollywood’s Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde. Jalade-Ekeinde is a multiple award winning Nigerian actress, singer, United …
Omoyemi Akerele, founder of Lagos Fashion and Design Week, graces the cover of Mania Magazine’s ‘Fashion Issue’. The magazine issue also celebrates creatives in the fashion industry who have work relentlessly, passionately and consistently. It also demystifies the fashion industry for the non-fashion crowd. “This edition reads like a beginner’s manual for all interested and …
Global luxury brands, like their non-luxurious counterparts, are all determined to get a piece of the rising middle class and the wealthy Nigeria. To that end, we are seeing these brands expand their reach to diverse industry sectors, including employing marketing strategies and tactics to ensure reach. A case in point is the recent announcement …
In its quest to inspire a generation of women to do greater things in diverse fields of endeavour, Y!/YNaija.com, in partnership with Leading Ladies Africa project brings you Nigeria’s 100 Most Influential Women – #YWomen100. These are the ladies who steer the course of history in a usually male dominated environment – they have acknowledged …
LADYBRILLE – Less than a decade ago, it was hard to find fashion shows displaying the designs of contemporary African designers on runways anywhere on the local or global fashion map. Today, the opposite holds true. Indeed, Africa’s fashion industries and local communities enjoy an explosion of fashion weeks. Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Africa, South …