Mrs. Sade Thomas_Fahm, who just returned to Nigeria after her studies abroad, had a hard time trying to convince Nigerians to wear dresses made with local fabrics. The few seamstresses then were hot cakes as they made brisk business designing English dresses for Nigerians. Again Mrs Fahm explains how it worked. “In those days, the vogue was to bring catalogues from abroad, which our women clung to and took to the dress maker to choose a style after buying fabrics from one of the few shops that sold western fabrics.
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