In Nigeria, 58 designers participated in Lagos Vogue Week that ended on Sunday.
For her 2022 “Retrospect” assortment, designer Ejiro Amos Tafiri sought inspiration in former Nigerian First Girl, Maryam Babangida.
SOUNDBITE 2 – Ejiro Amos Tofiri, Artistic Director at E.A.T Model (feminine, English, 20 sec):
“The acceptance of garments made by Africans is rising, inside Africa and outdoors Africa, the world is in search of Africa for inspiration proper now, so it is an excellent time to be African and so it might solely be up and up in comparison with about 12 years after I began my firm, it wasn’t so cool to be a designer”, admitted Ejiro Amos Tofiri, Artistic Director at E.A.T Model.
The week lengthy occasion is a chance for a lot of to return and see what native designers have to supply.
“Nigerian designers are very artistic, very totally different to what I’ve seen earlier than and it is a number of color. I feel they carry their very own tradition in it, in a very stunning method and so they additionally brings it internationally”, stated participant Jess Politi.
Established in 2011, Lagos Vogue Week has been rising as a platform for the promotion of Nigerian and African expertise.
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