Ready-to-wear label Fashpa (an abbreviation of Fashion Parade), sells pieces online that are made exclusively in Lagos.
Fashpa —
Ready-to-wear label Fashpa (an abbreviation of Fashion Parade), sells pieces online that are made exclusively in Lagos.
Courtesy Fashpa
Honey Ogundeyi, a former Googler and ex McKinsey Consultant, started the brand in 2013 with the goal of offering consumers quality, variety and convenience.
Fashpa —
Honey Ogundeyi, a former Googler and ex McKinsey Consultant, started the brand in 2013 with the goal of offering consumers quality, variety and convenience.
Courtesy Fashpa
"We were pleasantly surprised to see Chimamanda in one of our pieces on SKY news," Ogundeyi told CNN.
Fashpa —
"We were pleasantly surprised to see Chimamanda in one of our pieces on SKY news," Ogundeyi told CNN.
Courtesy Fashpa
"[Chimamanda] is such an inspiration and a muse for us," Fashpa's founder told CNN. "It's beyond brilliant to think she has a Fashpa piece now in her wardrobe."
Fashpa —
"[Chimamanda] is such an inspiration and a muse for us," Fashpa's founder told CNN. "It's beyond brilliant to think she has a Fashpa piece now in her wardrobe."
Courtesy Fashpa
Rukky Ladoja and Obida Obioha started Grey to bring affordable ready-to-wear clothes to the Nigerian market, and regularly exhibit at fashion shows in London and Lagos. Adichie bought several pieces from Grey's Spring/Summer 2017 collection, a series of pieces inspired by traditional Yoruba queens and their support systems.
Grey —
Rukky Ladoja and Obida Obioha started Grey to bring affordable ready-to-wear clothes to the Nigerian market, and regularly exhibit at fashion shows in London and Lagos. Adichie bought several pieces from Grey's Spring/Summer 2017 collection, a series of pieces inspired by traditional Yoruba queens and their support systems.
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Launched in 2015, this brand is the vision of Ifeyinwa Azubike, a commercial lawyer and design lover with a store in Victoria Island, Lagos. "Chimamanda captures the very essence of the The Ladymaker woman,' Azubike told CNN. "A lady who is cerebral, confident, warm and fully embraces and cherishes her heritage."
The Ladymaker —
Launched in 2015, this brand is the vision of Ifeyinwa Azubike, a commercial lawyer and design lover with a store in Victoria Island, Lagos. "Chimamanda captures the very essence of the The Ladymaker woman,' Azubike told CNN. "A lady who is cerebral, confident, warm and fully embraces and cherishes her heritage."
Courtesy The Ladymaker
Sisters Ngozi and Chika Okafor started TNL Designs, short for Things Nigerians Love, in 2013 to fill a gap in the market. They could only find Nigerian clothes made of native fabric (Ankara), or overpriced imported clothes from countries such as China and Turkey, so decided to make their own.
TNL Designs —
Sisters Ngozi and Chika Okafor started TNL Designs, short for Things Nigerians Love, in 2013 to fill a gap in the market. They could only find Nigerian clothes made of native fabric (Ankara), or overpriced imported clothes from countries such as China and Turkey, so decided to make their own.
Courtesy TNL Designs
Operating out of an office in Ajah, Lagos, and selling the clothes online, the pair were shocked when they saw Adichie in their designs.<br />"We have no idea how Chimamanda got our clothes! We have tried to investigate this but nothing has come up!"
TNL Designs —
Operating out of an office in Ajah, Lagos, and selling the clothes online, the pair were shocked when they saw Adichie in their designs.
"We have no idea how Chimamanda got our clothes! We have tried to investigate this but nothing has come up!"
Courtesy TNL Designs
When Bolutife Ajayi quit her 9 to 5 in 2011 and travelled to London to attend the London College of Fashion, she had no idea that her fashion label Tife would be born five years later.
Tife —
When Bolutife Ajayi quit her 9 to 5 in 2011 and travelled to London to attend the London College of Fashion, she had no idea that her fashion label Tife would be born five years later.
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Bolutife Ajayi moved back to Lagos to start Tife in 2016, while working with The Lagos Fashion and Design Week production team and the Nigerian brand, Fashpa, but nothing could prepare her for an order from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Tife —
Bolutife Ajayi moved back to Lagos to start Tife in 2016, while working with The Lagos Fashion and Design Week production team and the Nigerian brand, Fashpa, but nothing could prepare her for an order from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Courtesy Tife
"We got an order from our Instagram, but we didn't know it was [Chimamanda]," Ajayi told CNN. "In fact the customer service representative mistakenly gave her the wrong quote but when we called to inform her, she didn't make a fuss, just paid the balance and sent her driver to pick up her order."
Tife —
"We got an order from our Instagram, but we didn't know it was [Chimamanda]," Ajayi told CNN. "In fact the customer service representative mistakenly gave her the wrong quote but when we called to inform her, she didn't make a fuss, just paid the balance and sent her driver to pick up her order."
Courtesy Tife