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  2. Deola Sagoe - Wikipedia

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    Deola Sagoe is an haute couture fashion designer from Ondo State, Nigeria.She won both the Best Costume Designer at the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards and Achievement in Costume Design at the 11th Africa Movie Academy Awards as the costume designer for the film October 1.

  3. Zelda Wynn Valdes - Wikipedia

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    Zelda Barbour Wynn Valdes (June 28, 1901 - September 26, 2001) [1] was an American fashion designer and costumer. She is credited for designing the original Playboy Bunny waitress costumes. [ 2 ]

  4. History of archery - Wikipedia

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    Longbowmen archers of the Middle Ages.. Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is documented as part of warfare and hunting from the classical period (where it figures in the mythologies of many cultures) [1] until the end of the 19th century, when bow and arrows was made functionally obsolete by the ...

  5. The influence of Black culture on fashion - AOL

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    From bold-colored scarves to the zoot suit in Harlem to the mass popularity of bold acrylic nails, Black culture in […]

  6. Palesa Mokubung - Wikipedia

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    2009 - She was again nominated for the Mercedes-Benz Award for South African Art and Culture 2009 Fashion Design [10] She won the 73rd Annual Fashion Forward International Thessaloniki Show held in Greece [10] 2014 - She won a Fashion and Innovation Award at the Mbokoko Women in the Arts Awards [10] [8]

  7. Ann Lowe - Wikipedia

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    Ann Cole Lowe (December 14, 1898 – February 25, 1981) was an American fashion designer. Best known for designing the ivory silk taffeta wedding dress worn by Jacqueline Bouvier when she married John F. Kennedy in 1953, she was the first African American to become a noted fashion designer. [1]

  8. Women in post-classical warfare - Wikipedia

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    11th century: Judith d'Évreux is left in the care of Roger I of Sicily's garrison while he campaigns. [55] 1016: Adela of Hamaland defend the fortress Uplade in the Netherlands in the absence of her spouse, and fills out the ranks of her defense force with women dressed as soldiers. [56] 11th century: Sikelgaita commands troops in her own ...

  9. Adire (textile art) - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known example is a cap from the Dogon kingdom in Mali dating to the 11th century, dyed in the oniko style. [ 9 ] Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo and his wife, with the former governor of Ogun State , Segun Osoba , and his wife, and Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and his wife Bamidele Abiodun at the main stage of ...