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Nigeria has produced many fashion designers. Shade Thomas (later Thomas-Fahm) became Nigeria's first widely recognized fashion designer. After studying fashion design in England in the 1950s, prior to Nigerian independence, she set up a shop at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos and a garment factory at the Yaba Industrial Estate. Specializing ...
Elizabeth II wearing a headscarf with Ronald Reagan, 1982. Headscarves may be worn for a variety of purposes, such as protection of the head or hair from rain, wind, dirt, cold, warmth, for sanitation, for fashion, recognition or social distinction; with religious significance, to hide baldness, out of modesty, or other forms of social convention. [2]
The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically changed fashion trends, as many people have looked to casual styles for their new work-from-home lifestyles. While many leaned into athleisure trends ...
Iranian king wearing headband A hard plastic headband, or Alice band Baby wearing a headband. A headband or hairband [1] is a clothing accessory worn in the hair or around the forehead, usually to hold hair away from the face or eyes. Headbands generally consist of a loop of elastic material or a horseshoe-shaped piece of flexible plastic or ...
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Gele is a traditional head tie native to Yoruba people of Nigeria, Benin and Togo . [1] The gele comes in specific shapes and designs. Gele is worn with other Yoruba women's outfits, like Iro ati buba, Komole and Asoebi. Yoruba woman wearing Gele Yoruba woman in Gele Yoruba woman in a Gele style Yoruba woman in Gele
Port Harcourt International Fashion Week (alternatively known as Native & Vogue) is an annual clothing and fashion event held in the oil capital of Nigeria, Port Harcourt. [1] This event, a part of fashion in Nigeria, first took place in 2013 and it continues to be jointly organized by Neo Mantra Ltd and Bruno Creazioni Company. The event lasts ...
Historically, Nigerian fashion incorporated many different types of fabrics. Cotton has been used for over 500 years for fabric-making in Nigeria. Silk (called tsamiya in Hausa, sanyan in Yoruba, and akpa-obubu in Igbo) is also used. [83] Perhaps the most popular fabric used in Nigerian fashion is Dutch wax print, produced in the Netherlands.