N250,000 Per Outfit? Nigerian Celebrity Reveals Her Charges per Outfit for Lookbook Shoot .

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Is the Nigerian fashion industry in trouble or what ? As the asking cost of some of our celebrities have gone sky high .
In these present times of style influencers and instagram sensations , some of theses self acclaimed stars are not smiling at clients , rather they are smiling to the banks. Recently when one of them was approached for a lookbook shoot , the celebrity effortlessly responded that she charges N250k – over $690 per look/ outfit , bringing it to about N2.5m for the 10 outfits that was planned for the shoot .
WHere the average model charges from between 20k – 150k for and entire look book or even more , ( depending on their international exposure ) , the social media influencers charge from 20k to 150 for shout outs and posts on their timeline .
The question now is – How realistic are these charges ? Do these celebrities realize that Nigerian Fashion designers are not Blue chip companies ? And how sustainable are these rates?
What are your thoughts ?
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