₦airaland Forum

Aareonakakanfo:
It'll be very difficult though,If those measures happen to have a negative effect on the so-called leeches,the "Yorubas are tribalists" town-criers will come out in their usual gowns

Who cares about how they feel? We need regionalism. It's really not difficult.

Aareonakakanfo:
IlekeHD take a look at that illustration on the challenges facing the south-west.Number 3 looks mouth-watering

Yes, we know the nuisances: tse-tse flies and leeches.

We know all these problems, but how do we fix them?

(Tiffany Amber.)

Folake Folarin Coker.

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Folake Coker is the founder of the world famous brand Tiffany Amber. At an early age Folake was exposed to different cultures. Born in Lagos and schooled all over Europe (Switzerland, Scotland and England), she developed a curiosity for cultures which she later channeled into her love for fashion. She has been globally recognized because of the depths of her colorful creations and it’s the potency of these creations that has made her the only African designer to grace the Mercedes Fashion week in New York two years in a row. It is the reviews from international media agencies like CNN that has stamped the brand as, successfully, a true international brand.

What is it doing for Yorubaland?


That's why we have threads like this so that we can reduce your ignorance of Yoruba businesses

mensdept:
What has all this paparazzi done to develop Oduduwa since most of these folks are products of nations abroad? Even Somalia folks have fashion people, doctors, soccer stars, hair stylist, actress, and all, same with Afghani folks.

This doesn't mean development and is only a "We feel" better about our miserable selves thread.

FORBES : Meet The Nigerian Fashion Designer Building Africa's Hermès

Kunmi Otitoju, a 30-year-old Nigerian fashion designer and entrepreneur, holds two Computer Science degrees – a Bachelor of Science degree with first-class honors from Howard University and a Master of Science degree from Virginia Tech. But her first love was Fine Art. As a high school student in Lagos, she won the Fine Arts prize at school every year – for 3 years.

Having moved to the U.S. when she was 17, and then to Europe at the age of 25, Otitoju found herself deeply enmeshed in western culture. Keen on preserving her Nigerian identity and eager to propagate facets of Nigerian culture, she conceived the idea of lining high-quality leather bags with Aso-oke fabric, a hand-loomed cloth woven by Nigeria’s Yoruba people.

In 2011, after stints at Goldman Sachs and a few other international corporations, Otitoju established Minku, a fast-growing high-end Afro-centric brand that produces luxury bags, wallets and other fashion accessories for men and women by subtly blending Aso-oke into contemporary Spanish leathers to present a transcontinental finish.

All Minku’s products are hand-made at a workshop in Barcelona, Spain, but they are sold at high-end stores in Nigeria and on the company’s website.

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Who cares lol.

#Biafra is just another #Bringbackourgirls noise. A distractive tool.

Aareonakakanfo:
We've heard you loud and clear Sir and we'll reflect on that so can you now....




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Thank you

(Fowal Flair)

Oluwafolakemi Aigbirior

She is also a Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Women scholar of the Enterprise Development Centre(EDC) at the Pan Atlantic University. Fowal Flair entails what femininity is and embraces all aspects of it, making it a favourite among folks with the best fashion taste buds.

When Folakemi is off fashion, She’s into BlackNbold Fashion club, She was also a part of the just concluded Ife Runway Season Three Goodwill
Ambassador. Her designs has been featured in some fashion magazines and blogs in Nigeria.

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(AWE’S CLOTHING)

Apooyin Abiola, Doyin Junaid, Yusuff Olusola

Breaking into the fashion scene late 2013, Awe clothing’s has been a students brand with distinction as they have achieved so much within the little time of establishment with roots in the United States and across campuses in Nigeria. The brand is owned by three young designers, Apooyin Abiola a student of the University of Lagos, Yusuf Olusola a student of the federal poly Ilaro and Doyin Junaid who resides in the United States. These young proteges have been able to work together as a team and channel all their creative energy into the Awe Brand.

(NVO)

Gbenga Luke-Adetule


Gbenga Luke- Adetule is the Creative Director of NVO APPAREL. NVO stands for NAIJA’S VERY OWN; a proudly Nigerian fashion brand that offers premium bespoke outfits.
The NVO APPAREL brand was birthed in March 2013, fueled by the zeal to make quality, outstanding outfits that would rival established designers in the fashion industry both home and abroad. In June 2014, Gbenga showcased at the second edition of Winasbet Nigerian Student Fashion and Design Week (NSFDW), the biggest student fashion week in Africa, and this was a turning point for him, it motivated him to dream bigger and work harder, just after this showcase, he was invited to audition for a fashion project called “The Making”, a lot of experience was gained as he learned from the likes of Mai Atafo.

Tskk tskk tskk .......

NRIPRIEST:
She is a very pretty girl in a way a biased mind won't see. Quit the hate and bitterness and watch your life glows. By the way,go console your boy shymmexgoat because I am sticking him from all angles. Didn't know I was dealing with a fat ppussy bbitch.

She's not fine.
Stop settling for mediocrity. She looks like a cleaned up street hawker.

Aareonakakanfo:
Hahahaha I don't engage in religious discussions with fellow Yorubas

Bhettt why? I doubt you'll say anything worse than I've heard from Nigerian religious freaks

17.09 Couture

Modupe Adeoti

17.09 Couture is a top notch brand and has been making its way to the top. With three collections released so far, the last been a runway collection showcased at the Winasbet Nigerian Student Design And Fashion Week in 2014 which was referred to as the brands major debut.

Modupe has been featured on a few television programmes, fashion magazines and blogs. She was listed under the Top 12 fashion industry newcomers in the year 2014 with her brand in the Top 10. She was also one of the finalists that made it to the Game On house for team fashion, The reality TV show sponsored by Malta Guinness, which has been a huge break out for the brand.


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Derbs Signature


Adebola Adebowale


Adebola Adebowale is the drive behind the fast growing fashion brand; Derb’s signature, a Nigeria-UK trained engineer with an inseparable love for fashion.

Derb’s signature is a true Nigerian dream reaching out to the world with innovation and originality.

Adebola has always loved fashion with insistent quest to fill the fashion gap and make better image and personality brand. She has been involved in different aspect of skill acquisition and practice. She showcased her collections at the 2011, 2012 and 2013 edition of the Bristol fashion week in England. She was also one of the four finalists of the Zinkata Red Carpet challenge where the winner had a chance to style Dakore to the 2015 edition of AMVCA. Her works has been featured in notable magazines in the Uk and Nigeria.

She is presently working on a full collection Chic bohemian which will be released in winter 2015 and she will also be showcasing at some major fashion week in Nigeria this year. This is another designer to lookout for in 2015.

NRIPRIEST:
Iya dudu,let's see ya picture,firstly.....lol

There's a reason why I didn't run.....oloshi lol

NRIPRIEST:
She look like somalia girls....I hear her mother is Yoruba. Maybe that's why she won....lol

Honestly, let's be honest here........ do you think the chic would win an international competition? I mean like.......

Aareonakakanfo:
Lol na you know for this one oo.wetin be my concern

Lol when i saw his achievements, i felt like i was in cloud 9.It looked unreal

Do you know how I love designing tech gadgets? I'm more excited than you. Wowwwwwwww. So cool.

Why e no concern you? Oya open mouth and talk o

Toyin Lawani

is not your regular fashionista. She’s got over 5 businesses under her Tiannah’s Place Empire mother brand, including a fashion label that dishes unique custom made and ready to wear pieces.

Speaking of unique custom-made pieces, she recently posted a photo of herself in one of her creations that pushes the boundaries on distressed denim.

The outfit included a skirt with distressed cut-outs, paired with a soft denim button-up shirt and gold accessories.

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Nigerian accessories brand – O’Eclat presents it new lookbook – “Edition Nouveau“.

Gbemmy Johnson

The fab collection features a range of bags – from pouches and carry-ons to totes and miniauderies – all made from aso-oke, tie-dye, calf skin and exotic leather. With strong African roots, the designer, Gbemmy Johnson, was inspired by an urge to constantly recreate and redesign contemporary statement handbags and clutches using indigenous fabrics.

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Aareonakakanfo:
Ilekehd do you know Pastor Sunday Adelaja is the pastor of the church with the largest congregation in Europe? Ha!

In short



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LOL I didn't know and I'm kinda not surprised!

Yorubas and Church businesses na wa. We own that arena. Although, I wish we can eradicate religion

Aareonakakanfo:
Alexander Amosu designed i-phone 6. The world's most expensive Apple handset costing £1.7million. he holds the world records for most expensive iPhone 2, Blackberry, designer suit and exclusive champagne

-He’s Africa's foremost high-end luxury designer
-He created the most expensive iPhone 2, which sold for £89,000
-The world's most expensive Blackberry, which sold for £120,000
-Guinness World Record for the most expensive suit (£75,000)
-Guinness World Record for the most expensive champagne (£1.2million).
-He is Britain's most successful seller of mobile-phone tones
-Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the Institute of Directors Black Enterprise Awards 2002

Say what? Shut up! OMG this is so cool!!!!!

That explains why I like my iphone 6s........ an upgraded version of Yoruba ingenious

Reni Smiths

Bimbo Oye-Akinnifesi



Bimbo Oye-Akinnifesi is the creative director of Reni Smiths. She spent her early years growing up in Lagos. Her grandmother was a seamstress thus giving her an early taste of the world of design and fashion. Beginning her formal training at Instituto di Moda Burgo where she got a diploma in fashion styling. She entered the exciting world of fashion by establishing the Reni Smith brand which she launched at the 2013 edition of GTBank Lagos Fashion & Design Week as one of the top 10 young designers showcasing the Bella Donna collection.

After the launch, the brand received massive acceptance and she has had the honor of designing clothes for top female celebrities in Nigeria, as well as had the Reni Smith pieces worn on the red carpet for different award shows. Bimbo has been featured in notable fashion blogs, magazines and television programmes within and outside the country. The year looks very promising for this young designer and she is one to definitely lookout for in the year 2015.

The House of Dabiri


Folu Ajayi

She was a nominee of The Students Union Government Awards, Best Student-Owned Organisation, September 2013, and The Oyo 30under30 Awards, Fashion Category, in December 2013. And has won the following awards; The Junior Chambers International(JCI), Fifteen Outstanding Persons Awards, Most Outstanding Person In Entrepreneurship, March 2014; Oyo Students Entrepreneurship Awards, Entrepreneur Of The Year, September 2014; Realad UI Awards, Fashion Icon Of The Year, December 2014.

She has showcased at the Nigerian Television Fashion Show, The Dreams Come True Show With Jazzyb, Miss Heritage Competition, Ife Runway Fashion Show. In 2013, an official launch for the brand was held in April at the University of Ibadan; after which she participated at the Nigerian Student Fashion And Design Week in June, at the University of Lagos, Yaba.

In 2013, she also established the House of Dabira Campaign Against Domestic Violence Towards Women and Children. She recently won the Zinkata Red Carpet Challenge, for which she got to dress Dakore Egbuson-Akande for the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lekki, Lagos. The dress was a hit as Dakore Egbuson-Akande made the best dressed list of sites such as bellanaija.com, stylevitae.com, memkoh.com among many others. Bellanaija recently put up an article about the competition and the brand. She is definitely a designer to lookout for in 2015.

Aareonakakanfo:
Lol i follow a lot of tech websites and whenever i see any startup relating to fashion,i don't need to guess

Cool!

Emerging Nigerian womenswear brand, Mofari Couture, isn’t taking the back seat in the fashion industry. After competing in the 2014 Lagos Fashion & Design Week Fashion Focus competition, designer – Omowunmi Owonifari is still on her grind with fab collections like their Spring/Summer 2015 offering – “Avatar“.

Today, the fashion designer, who also has a shoe line, is taking another stride on her journey to fashion success. The label has unveiled another collection which heralds its Ready-to-Wear line of clothing. With simple yet classy pieces, Owonifari’s “Fledge” collection is all about being strong, sexy and timeless.

“Fledge” has pieces ranging from culotte ensembles, fringed hemlines, kiss prints, colour-blocked dresses, jumpsuits and more that can be worn as is or mixed and matched for more stylish options. We love the fact that the collection provides simple pieces that are perfect for your closet, and still give you a stylish edge.


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Aareonakakanfo:
Random...



Alara fashion store owned by Reni Folawiyo is the biggest in africa

Folake coker is the first African to have shown her collection twice during fashion week in New york


IlekeHD do you think its safe to say Yoruba women are dominating the fashion industry? Deola sagoe and the likes

I think the real question is "What are we not dominating?".

Yorubas are silent giants. Until you compile the list, you won't know what almost all the big Nigerian designers are Yoruba women.

Oluwatobi Akintoye (T16 World of Fashion)

Oluwatobi is the creative director and founder of T16 world of Fashion. A final year student of the University of Lagos, Akoka where she is studying Guidance and Counseling. She began her career as a tailor, but because of her humble beginning, passion for fashion and drive to be successful, this helped facilitate her rise through the ranks, first as a tailor and now as a designer. In her sojourn into the beautiful world of fashion she had the opportunity to be mentored by the likes of Mai Atafo and Lanre Da Silva.

Her brand is an effortless, timeless and wearable Line that reflects the kind of woman she is herself, which is strong, bold, fun, unique and fearless. She was part of the top 15 Fashion Focus finalists of GTB Lagos fashion and design week 2014 and was amongst the Top 4 finalist of the DSTV Fashion Protege Contest. She has showcased at Africa fashion week Nigeria, Lagos Fashion And Design week, and MTN Business Overlook Forum. She has also enjoyed massive publicity on various media platforms in Nigeria.

Lagos Fashion And Design Week 2014 was her break through for this young and promising designer. She debuted her collection SS15 early this year and the year is already looking very promising for Oluwatobi.

Her Designs:

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Temi Otedola

We all know her as Femi Otedola‘s youngest daughter, but it looks like Temi is set to take the fashion world by storm in 2015.

With her new blog JTO (Just Temi Otedola), the budding fashionista gives followers a peek at her wealth of fashion. From travel posts to Milan, Paris and more to her outfits to events; her clean but edgy take on fashion gives insight to a new generation of Nigerian fashion bloggers that is set to be revealed in 2015

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Teni Sagoe

Teni Sagoe is one of the daughters of legendary Nigerian designer Deola Sagoe.

Following in their mother’s footsteps, Teni and her sisters run CLAN, that showed in New York Fashion Week in September last year.

The young designer sticks to garments with geometric cuts for her personal style.

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Toyin Jolapamo of The SohoSister

She’s a style blogger, personal shopper, producer & presenter for Ndani TV, and one of the stylish people on our envy list. Toyin Jolapamo is definitely one to watch in 2015.

Also known as “The Soho Sister,” Toyin brings a fresh vibe to fashion that we are more than ready to welcome. She’s quirky, sexy, eclectic and always seems effortlessly chic. She is one to play dangerously outside the fashion rule book but also reminds you that playing outside can be fun, expressive and one of the best ways to bring something new to the table.

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