Nigerian Designers Are Good, But Can We Actually Wear Their Clothes?

i often wonder why the "fashion designers" in nigeria don't copy things properly, okay we do fashion shows sell tickets or at times do free charity shows,, but are we not forgetting something???are clothes actually being made, i am sorry to say ,but most of what i see our designers create are mainly costumes.there is a big difference between ready to wear clothes and costumes.when we go out to buy the gucci things,armani shirts,prada shoes,we buy them for comfort{and the usual effizy involved in wearing designer things}.all i am trying to say here is that our fashion designers should focus more on making ready to wear garments which are more functional on and off the runway.and also they make them affordable.i saw a piece on a model made from our very own ankara which sells for about 300 naira per yard being soled for 50000 naira,isnt there a law against such highway robbery?? .i am a fashion designer in the making and i will go into the functional clothes business not costume making, i want to do this to prevent our poeple from petronising too many "okrika" markets , we seem to have a lot of them these days.GOD forbid people start wearing costumes all over the place, i see it happening already, 

that is correct
even cloths made by foreign designers for the runway are entirely different from the ones that are sold
run way cloths are supposed to highlight a specific feature  in the designers creations
these features a then introduced on simpler designs that are made to be worn

Why r u so crude?

what kind of people are these with no iota of decency
u guys just roam around ruining perfectly good threads
^{*** storms out in disgust***}

don't know about the ladies fashion but im well into the nigerian themed t shirts and i love the bold statement they make,and some ankara outfits like shirts and that so we can defo wear them and its just the beginning for them as they ll still blow up and reach all corners of africa, especially when u look at nigeria's purchasing power,

lol, some are cool tho depends on what you want on them as well,i go with a couple of plain tee shirts and then go through a series of designs and stuffs they have which is the good thing about it,you can have exactly what u want on them and what u think represents your personality/nigerianess, i wear them when i want to be like in your face with some annoying people on campus ;Dand in my class

well if identifying myself as nigerian via my tee shirts,like the jamaicans do,like british do,americans is classed as having no taste then i accept i lack taste,

         
Actually,about haute couture, there are highly wearable ones like Elie saab for instance, and many others as well. Some of our designers are really good. like deola sagoe.but a lot of them are trying too hard to be 'creative', like nikki khiran.

sugabelly, is that u in that kedu? top??

if so, your breasts look lovely in it, that shirt was made for whoever is on that pic, blessed

@sugabelly
i like that hoody!

Lol, yes, that is me (in the Kedu and the Lagos Life T-shirts. Not me in the Naij hoodie though). Thanks about the breasts. I do my best.


True, but those are older men. I don't mind them on older men because I think their age somehow helps the shirts to tie in with their overall look, but for younger men, they are quite unflattering. They need to be reworked for the younger generation.


Yay!! Lots of people love this hoodie too! AND, it comes in black! I sell them online: http://www.barcelagos.com


Yep, I sell them online. See above. But I can't ship to Nigeria at the mo! It blows. You have Yardy and OBJ to thank for that one. I'm having a sale in Abuja right now, there are still some KEDU t-shirts left and some Lagos Life ones too I think. I'll post the shop address here if anyone's interested.


I don't think Nigerian fashion designers have a regular time table for runway shows, but hopefully in a few years, we'll be going crazy over fashion week. Thanks, I'm glad you like my t-shirts.  Got tired of all the tired (no pun intended) "Nigerian T-shirts" out there, and even though I'm in school to learn full on fashion design, I adore T-shirts, and started designing and making my own. This is the result


Of course you can get one, even though it depends on where you are. I can't ship directly to Nigeria (OBJ and his amazing policies) but right now I'm having a sale in Abuja. In general, from the online store I can ship to anywhere in the USA, Canada, the UK, the rest of Europe, and parts of Asia. But not to MY OWN COUNTRY!! It is so FRUSTRATING!!!! Seriously, I hope OBJ gets his just desserts

Sugabelly !!!!!!   Holy Kabumka  ,  tha thang beneath the T-shirt rocks ma world. Where can i get them T-shirts especially the one u have one, i want to get it for ma girl maybe her titties can inflate a bit. Truthfully the  titties, another word for T-shirts looks good

Nice stuffs you have. What does Kedu stand for?

Has anyone heard of Oluwafemi, O'Shady & Tony Tigana in Lagos? They are the best Nigerian Designer

Hmmm,  what hoodie is that? Some of the hoodies are specifically meant for men, and some are specifically meant for women. For example, the Naij Hoodies, the Tortoise 'MBE' Hoodie, and the 7 Deadly Sins hoodies are meant for Women, while the Omo Zodiac Hoodies are meant for men.

However, I DO take custom orders, so if you'd like one of the female hoodies made for a man, then I can do that for you. I can also put your face (in cartoon form of course) on a t-shirt. email barcelagos@gmail.com if you'd like one of those.


Also, the sale is at:

Rococo Pink

QueenFem Plaza (second Floor - the blue plaza opp. the Mr.  Biggs)

Aminu Kano Crescent ,

Wuse II

Abuja.

LOL @ Holy Kabumka! I'll  be laughing at that one in my sleep. Who's checked out the site?


Tell me if it was any of the first two hoodies:

wow, those are good, checked out the website i'm definately purchasing a few of those