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My Style: Elizabeth Liga

My Style: Elizabeth Liga

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

My Style… is one of our favorite features on the BN Style page, and judging from the responses it gathers, I can safely say, it has our readers interested. This year, we would like to have our fashionable BN readers

Deola Sagoe Talks To ESSENCE.com

Deola Sagoe Talks To ESSENCE.com

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Nigerian designer, Deola Sagoe was interviewed by leading Black Women’s Magazine- ESSENCE.com. In the interview, the designer talks about her brand and how her Nigerian and African cultural influences are reflected in her designs.
Below are snippets from the …

WE Blog Fashion: TheBrownGirlFiles

WE Blog Fashion: TheBrownGirlFiles

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Joan Erakit of TheBrownGirlFiles
There are a lot of great African fashion bloggers out there, and in acknowledgment of how instrumental they can be in promoting African Fashion and our love for fashion, we at BN Style… decided to do

Fashion As a Form of Expression, Is Our Cultural Society Ready For This?

Fashion As a Form of Expression, Is Our Cultural Society Ready For This?

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

According to the Urban Dictionary, “A real nonconformist would like stuff before it was fashionable, during its fashionableness and after it has gone out of fashion.”… Nonconformists are the trendsetters; they make their own trends and people imitate them. They

Adebayo Oke-Lawal of Orange Culture presents ‘The Heartbroken Collection’

Adebayo Oke-Lawal of Orange Culture presents ‘The Heartbroken Collection’

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Orange Culture is a new label by young Creative Director and Stylist Adebayo Oke-Lawal .
Adebayo on the collection: ‘Heartbreak is never the end but the beginning of something new, something better, ‘Black,White and Red’ love always heals’…

Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Event 2011: Tiffany Amber

Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Event 2011: Tiffany Amber

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The Tiffany Amber… collection adequately captured the brands aesthetically appealing charm. We were presented with floaty accented dresses, a structured blazer and a pair of pants, a shift dress, floor-length skirts (one of summer’s hot trends), 60′s style full skirts

Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Event 2011: Frank Osodi for House of Bunor

Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Event 2011: Frank Osodi for House of Bunor

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

For his collection, Frank Osodi… went for a girly, elaborate and sophisticated silhouette. In Nigeria, Austrian lace is most commonly used for Iro and Buba and for Blouse and Skirt styles. Frank Osodi in this collection explored these traditional styles,

Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Event 2011: Vivid Imagination

Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Event 2011: Vivid Imagination

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The collection presented by Vivid Imagination… stuck to the typical traditional menswear styles made with  Austrian Lace such as  Agbada and Kaftan pieces which were glamorised with exquisite embroidery and  fine tailoring.  The pieces were well constructed with clean finishing.

Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Event 2011: Ituen Basi

Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Event 2011: Ituen Basi

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Ituen Basi… in this collection combines a mix of influences. We are presented with Japanese Kimono style tops, 1920′s low waist dresses, and also catch a glimpse of the flapper and fringe dresses from that same era. The high-neck tie

Watch “Beyond Trade” – The Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Documentary

Watch “Beyond Trade” – The Austrian Lace Nigerian Fashion Documentary

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

During every special occasion in most parts of Nigeria, lace plays a prominent role in the dress code.
This illustrates how deeply embedded lace has become in our Nigerian cultural heritage.