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Nice one

Powersurge:
How did Yomi Casual not make it to this list?

Probably presence and reach outside Nigeria. The "worldwide" in the thread title is a clue. I like his work though.

xandy84:
The word."mogul" now has different meaning. Not hating or belittling their achievements but if the OP call little known designers mogul, what is he going to call Versace, Coco, Lauren etc

The likes of Versace, Coco Chanel, YSL, Ralph Lauren, JPG etal are decades old and built formidable names and unassailable lead when fashion was still terribly white and had to be well-regarded/endorsed by France and Europe to be globally desirable and successful.

What these Africans are doing is commendable in it's own right, given the challenges, and not to be dismissed because they are not up there with Versace etal.

Fela and Tara Durotoye, the definition of power couple, more wins to them.

We are proud of them

LegendHero:
Source: https://nairametrics.com/2023/11/19/meet-the-nigerian-fashion-moguls-championing-made-in-africa-worldwide/?amp=1

I don't know any of them. I only know kesse Jabari

PT

What happened to AY’s brother. He disappeared from the scene just like that

Wish them all more success

Add Evans Akere and Ugo Monye

mariahAngel:
Jewel by Lisa was my favourite Nigerian designer back then (I'm not sure about now).
Used to love her pieces and how she creatively combined fabrics.

There's also another one that I've forgotten her brand name. Loved her works too.
I used to be obsessed with watching their shows as a girl.

I just so love creatives.
I'll go search for them on Instagram.

Edited: I found her! 😃
And yeah! Still love her work.

Why do I sense advertisement here...

Thunder fire you Op
You didn't add Uche Nnaji of Uch.. Or even Yomi Casual.
This is a tribal post.

AmazingELixir:
Why do I sense advertisement here...

Were you bought over?

Powersurge:
How did Yomi Casual not make it to this list?

Yomi na still oga ado!! Naija fashion na still untapped area,i wonder why these guys dont want to commercialize their enteprise.

wow this is nice, proud of them

Diminishing their achievements will be criminal but none of these designers are at "mogul" status at the moment. It takes years to achieve mogul status and while I believe they will achieve such status one day, they are not there yet and nothing wrong pointing the OP to his wrong choice of word.

TopBanter:
The likes of Versace, Coco Chanel, YSL, Ralph Lauren, JPG etal are decades old and built formidable names and unassailable lead when fashion was still terribly white and had to be well-regarded/endorsed by France and Europe to be globally desirable and successful.

What these Africans are doing is commendable in it's own right, given the challenges, and not to be dismissed because they are not up there with Versace etal.

LegendHero:
Source: https://nairametrics.com/2023/11/19/meet-the-nigerian-fashion-moguls-championing-made-in-africa-worldwide/?amp=1

Yup! The creme de la creme.

Dem Yomi Black and Ugo Monye no dey the list again?