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Nigerian-Austrian fashion brand Fulani of modern luxury designs has released new campaign photos from their Quiet storm collection to announce the change of their brand name from Fulani to IMAATU Fulani. This comes months after the brand laid out its vision to transform and grow beyond the Fulani brand to create up-to-the-minute luxury styles, defined by authentic, unique products and fashion innovation. For the campaign images which emanates from the 2018 Quiet Storm collection and was inspired by Young M.A’s song “Quiet Storm”, Imaatu Fulani braved the wind-chilled Austrian terrain...

This collection is a rather personal story, according to the Creative Director, Gabriel who is one of the Lagos Fashion Week (Fashion Focus) finalist showcasing his SS ’19 later this year. Reliving moments from his childhood, his journey through finding purpose, subtle influences, and inspirations that stuck. Significant childhood expressions such as playing with a car tyre, deconstruction and remodeling of garments, a trip to the village, playing by the river bank surrounded by beautiful bamboo trees, making triangular shaped kite, wearing platform sandals and shoes for elevation, mind-traveling, also...

As a brand, Henri Uduku has wrestled with the conventions that have risen around the fashion industry building its whole ethos around this worship of the seasons. Technology, globalization and industrialization has significantly weakened the hold the weather had on our lives, the most privileged of us literally spend their lives chasing the warm summer climes. As an apparel brand finding its voice, they are willing to buck tradition and forge our own path. This season they present their Resort collection, inspired by the radical idea that the label of...

The Epic Show will kick off on Friday Morning, with a Fashion conference where those who matter in the fashion industry will take on panel sessions. The conference themed; “Increasing Nigeria’s participation in the Global Garment Production industry” has Her Excellency Hajia Aisha Abubakar, Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment as the Guest of Honour while Mallam Ismaila Zakari(ICAN President) would be speaking at the conference.  Jennifer Sutton (Development Director, Fashion Enter/Capital Uk) who is the Headline conference speaker will be discussing the British fashion industry and how...

  After the successful release of their female Printastic collection, Nigerian fashion label Marobuk offers a print takeaway in their latest pieces for men. The deftly crafted collection is an assembly of lively colors, ankara, denim, leather, jersey fabric with unique unevenness. The designs which are full of depth combines classic and modern, offering everything from hood, shorts, harem pants, ripple jeans and more. Ethnic Pattern wide range of styles and references allows it to cater to an equally broad audience without the need to chase trends, with traditionally simple...

For Rogue’s Fearless Pursuit, the stunning scenery of Lagos, meets the world of deconstructed tailoring capturing the very definition of natural cool. Looking to the past to shape the now, the pieces merges untainted fabrics with an ageless sense of style, which has been updated for the modern man who’s always on the move. Fearless pursuit is an exploration of Lagos as a society and organism of its own; using fashion, portraiture and film to tell a tale of craftsmanship, industry, Africanism and functionality in a Lagosian reality. See the...