Another Major Global Step for Iconic Fashion Brand Tiffany Amber – “Peter Pan” Jacket Debuts on Leading Retail Site Yoox.com
Posted on Monday, May 7th, 2012 at 4:16 PMBy Damilare Aiki
In the December 2008, the Creative Director of Power fashion house Tiffany Amber Nigeria – Folake Folarin-Coker collaborated with one of her favourite muses – Tope Edu. The collection was so popular that it sold out on the actual day of the launch, this definitely was a first of its kind in Nigeria.
Folake Folarin-Coker said “We (Tope and I) felt, that we wanted a piece that would fit into any wardrobe, anywhere in the world but still retain an African signature. The Peter Pan jacket did just that; we called it Peter Pan because of its shape and it’s almost fairytale like elegance. Ultimately we wanted to bring the freshness of the new African aesthetic to the world stage.”
The Peter Pan Jacket comes quilted and hand-embroidered and there are apparently innumerable ways to style it as shown by numerous stylists from all over the world. The Peter Pan Jacket is a runway success featuring in the Tiffany Amber A/W 2009 collection at the Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week where it was described as a piece that belonged in the white house in the wardrobe of Michelle Obama. It was then shown at Fashion Business Angola in 2010 and has since become a staple in Tiffany Amber collections.
Tiffany Amber A/W 2009 Mercedes Benz, New York Fashion Week
The Peter Pan Jacket on the Fashion Business Angola 2010 Runway
On her visit to Nigeria in January this year, Vogue Italia’s editor – Franca Sozzani fell in love with the Peter Pan Jacket and wore it.
Franca Sozzani in the Peter Pan Jacket in Nigeria
You too can buy the Peter Pan Jacket on Yoox.com – one of the larget online retailers in the world. Folake has also exclusively informed BN that the Tiffany Amber pieces below will be available soon on the website in a growing partnership between the retailer and the designer.
Tags: Folake Folarin-Coker, Franca Sozzani, Tiffany Amber, Tiffany Amber Nigeria, Tope Edu
Hmmmmm!!!!!!!!………
nice one any amber
Good for Amber
Kudos!!!!
Wow omg franca wore dat???soooooo freakin awesome!!!go tiffany!
@all, it’s Tiffany Amber, not Amber, just as u won’t call Don Jazzy “Jazzy”.
Anyway, I’m still looking for what is so greàt inside the jacket o, I can’t seem to be able to find it. #myowntwokobo
nice!
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i love yoox
cOOL!
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Lol, they force it on her
lovely concept tiffany happy we are making waves in the international scene. kudos!
errr…went on the website but didn’t find Tiffany Amber there o! Perhaps its not been updated
its on the website, its not listed under the main categories though, check under special editions….however, it is ridiculously over priced, if I had £934 I sure won’t spend it on that hideous jacket, its ugly and its cotton….BN pls post my comment
nice since i cant afford it my tailor wld sew the exact for me……..
Abi na!
yoox aint high end oh. but good that she has been exposed to that market.
Good for her….more grease!!!
Hi
I have been trying to buy the Twist lily dress,
the phone numbers don’t work,
What’s the price and howdo i get it?
Cheers!
@Daniel Kreiss put d money in acc. n I will send evrytin u nd
Even if i had the dosh to spare, that not-very-fashion-editor-looking fashion editior just killed it for me. NO,NO,NO. Madam Oyinbo, biko a lil tushing up for the jacket’s sake would not have killed you, would it?
I wouldn’t pay £900+ for such an ugly jacket, BN quit being bias and please post my comment. thanks
i think people seem to forget the fact that the label tiffany amber’s makes luxury products, also the peter pan jackets are not only tailored perfectly but also the embroidery is done by hand and the effort to produce one takes a number of days
It’s done by hand??….hmmmm! Did u see with thine eyes?
lol
Really? Please what is special about this jacket that it would retail for 934GBP?????
Sorry the Jacket is actually $1,463???? Kilodeh? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy over priced
I don’t see what the fuss is bout the coat or the vogue italia editor rocking the number besides its feels she was forced into it! If I saw it on Anna Wintour or Ruth Osime,may be I wd figure much which the coat is buzz worthy cos its certain theyl make a staement with it! All the same,good for u tiffany!
@BN:the editor ‘fell in love with the jacket and wore it’,she didn’t buy it.I tot as much!
watch her video on you tube, ”she says ghana has got the best fashion sense and style , hummmmmmmmm nt sure about that. am sorry am nt a fan of her ideas or her clothing. my tailor can do better.
watch her video on you tube, ”she says ghana has got the best fashion sense and style , hummmmmmmmm nt sure about that. am sorry am nt a fan of her ideas or her clothing. my tailor can do better.
This article is a bit misleading/incomplete. Yoox is running a special edition titled ‘discovered in Africa’ and it includes LDA as well as other African designers. Theres a related article and video online..check it out. http://www.yoox.com/uk/project/vogueafrica/?tp=36129?utm_source=20120507-vogueafrica&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=us
I would have loved to see interviews of the designers as well as the team from Vogue IT. Anyways this is their description of the project from the site “Vogue Italia’s curated selection of ten brands of local craftsmanship and global appeal: ten collections discovered in Africa and on sale at yoox.com. Learn more about an initiative that supports African fashion and watch the video interview with the authors of the project.”