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Nigeria Fashion Week GOING GREEN , 1-3 November 2013

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:10:10 +0200

INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS The Nigeria Fashion Week opens Africa’s largest luxury market to international designers and luxury brands.

Designer Ayo Van Elmar´s (Austria) on Nigerian Fashion Week

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:51:10 +0200

Ayo Elizabeth Olaogun – the innovative soul behind Ayo van Elmar – is a jet-setting designer with her homeland firmly holstered to her horizon. Born in Lagos, Nigeria but living in Vienna, Austria for more than a decade, the self-described Austro-Nigerian’s momentous momentum seems boundless, despite only launching her brand just a moment ago, in 2010.

Austrian Lace meets Nigerian Fashion

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:47:13 +0200

The evening was a celebration of the trade relationship between the AustrianLace manufacturers and Nigeria.

Model for Tiffany Amber at the Austrian Lace Fashion Show

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:25:33 +0200

During every special occasion in most parts of Nigeria, lace made in Austria plays a prominent role in the dress code.

LAGOS DESIGNERS SET THE RUNWAY ON FIRE... SUDDENLY AUSTRIAN LACE IS SO STYLISHLY IN..!!

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:14:14 +0200

ITUEN BASI is the queen of innovative fashion ...!!!!! Wearable, chic, yet so stylishly 'out of this world'. Frank Oshodi's designs were respectably fabulous..trust me that man is a national treasure...!! Tifanny Amber rocked the runway. Simply 'Wow'...Vivid Imaginations represented the men fantastically!!

AFRICAN FASHION: WALL STREET JOURNAL INVESTIGATE NIGERIA’S LOVE AFFAIR FOR LUXURIOUS LACE + ECONOMY EXPANSION

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:56:22 +0200

An Austrian trade commissioner in Nigeria is credited with kick-starting the lace trade between the countries in the 1960s, after he noticed that Nigerians are particularly fond of dressing up on special occasions. Quelle: www.shadders.net/

Ambassador Maria Laose Paid Courtesy Call to Governor of the Vorarlberg Province of Austria.

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:44:30 +0200

The Vorarlberg Province of Austria is notable for the manufacturing of lace and embroidery commonly used by Nigerians for ceremonial traditional attires.

The new face of Austrian lace – Nigerian Fashion (Vanguard News)

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:31:45 +0200

With the lace being one of the most versitile trends this season, the Austrian lace, popularly called the swiss lace in Nigeria is making a huge comeback on the fashion scene. Adapting to trends and changes in the fashion industry worldwide, the Austrian lace which is regarded as traditional and old fashioned, as it is more porpular amongts the older generation Nigerians, is now being altered to suit the fashion need of the younger and more modern fashion crowd.

From Vienna to Lagos – Austrian Lace, Nigerian Fashion

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:21:46 +0200

No wedding, no funeral, but definitely a noteworthy celebration: more than 50 years of Austrian lace trade in Nigeria, marked by a new generation of lace wearers – quality-oriented fashionistas who are cutting up their mother’s gele and buba to make cocktail dresses. ONE NIGERIAN BOY Quelle: www.onenigerianboy.com

Nigeria and Austrian Lace (Emeka Okafor, New York)

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:07:53 +0200

The beginnings of Austrian lace exports to Nigeria can be traced all the way back to the 1960′s. Trade has been documented even prior to these dates through intermediaries, but it was during this time that the first Austrian lace pioneers sought personal contact with textile traders along Kosoko Street on Lagos Island. Withstanding political and historical ups and downs throughout the decades (such as the oil boom in the 70′s, the nationalization and various import bans on textiles in 1976 as well as 2005, the last one of which was lifted in 2010), the relationship has now grown to be much more than just trade. Nigerian traders soon started counter-visits to Austria, resulting in mutually trusting relationships, some of which have been continuing for over 40 years. Quelle: About Me Emeka OkaforEmeka Okafor is an entrepreneur and venture catalyst who lives in New York City.He is the curator of Maker Faire Africa.He was the director for TED Global 2007 that took place in Arusha,Tanzania.Other associations include TED fellowships and the Africa Innovation Foundation.His interests include sustainable technologies in the developing world and paradigm breaking technologies in general. His blog, Timbuktu Chronicles seeks to spur dialogue in areas of entrepreneurship, technology and the scientific method as it impacts Africa. "Timbuktu is a city unsullied by the worship of idols...a refuge of scholarly and righteous folk, a haunt of saints and ascetics, and a meeting place of caravans and boats" -Al-Sa'DiView my complete profile