Style.com Profiles Lagos Fashionistas Nike Oshinowo, Oluchi Orlandi & More in “Lagos Rising” Feature

Style.com is one of the world’s most revered resources
when it comes to fashion information. From the runway
to the hottest trends and industry scoop, they’ve got an
eye on what’s hot. With Lagos Fashion & Design Week,
visits to the White House and international shows,
Nigerian designers, fashion entrepreneurs & fanatics are
definitely proving to be the ones to watch.
Recently,photographer Nick Waplington traveled to
Lagos to shoot some of Lagos’ most stylish women.
From Designers/Entrepreneurs and Executive Directors
of GE like Reni Folawiyo & Adesuwa Dozie to TV Stars/
Actresses and Singers like Eku Edewor & Temi Dollface ,
Nick captured a broad spectrum of women who love
African and International fashion wearing pieces from
Duro Olowu, Stella Jean, Simone Rocha, Dries and
more.
Accompanying his stunning photos was a brief
interview with CEO & Founder of soon-to-be-opened
retail store Alara; Reni Folawiyo. Writer, Uzoamaka
Maduka sat with Reni to talk about Alara and the
women in Nick’s photo shoot.
See excerts from Reni’s interview below and a few
photos we loved from the photo shoot. Be sure to
check out Style.com for more images and rest of the
interview.
Reni Folawiyo – Founder & CEO Alara
Nana Otedola -
Managing Drector & CEO of Garment Care
Eku Edewor
Temi Dollface
Tokini Peterside (Brand Consultant) & Dedun Peterside
(Psychologist & Executive Coach)
Adesuwa Dozie – Executive Counsel, West Africa, GE
Read excerpts from the interview;
On if there is a “Lagos Style” women adopt stating the
diverse looks of the women photographed
I’m not sure if I can put it in words. As a people we’re
very expressive, and so therefore we’re quite
embellished. And so Lagos style, it is quite adorned,
and most of the designers here, you find that going
through their work. We wear a lot of color, a lot of
beading. That’s why Duro does so well here—he’s from
Nigeria originally, of course, and I think you see that
expressiveness in his clothes. And the Alara woman,
she connects with that.
On how Lagos being an international capital for
commerce and culture, affects younger women
Well, when I look at my generation—and let me say, our
mothers worked, too, although of course they weren’t
hopping on planes all the time—what I think is, in a
way, we had to go away, and then come back and see
what we could do. Whereas this new generation, they
seem to want to grow from here. They’re very
connected to Lagos, to their heritage. You see that in
people like Temi DollFace and Eku [Edewor], creative
girls who are really the face of young Lagos. It’s a very
creative generation—I think that’s what they’ve added,
especially, a sense of creativity. And they want to
create here and explode—let the rest of the world
discover them, rather than the other way around. I think
they feel like it’s their time.
Be sure to check out Style.com for more images and
rest of the interview.
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