Nigeria celebrates its 49th year last month. We have come a long way and fashion-wise as well. There are some designers out there that are ‘representing’ us well and here is hoping they will soon have outlets in their home country.

Christopher Enuke is the designer of the Oligo Tissew brand and he reflects the multicultural mix in his designs. Being Nigerian born, English educated and raised in LA gives the designer an eclectic background which is interpreted through his work.

Backstage at the 39th ICAN conference fashion show, Sheraton Abuja, I have noticed a few things about our Fashion Models. These days it seems everyone want to be a model and there is nothing wrong with that:

Calabar based Elvis Ikechukwu has emerged winner of the FADAN Talent Hunt Competition. The dark complexioned, budding designer was adjudged the best of the top 10 by a four man panel of judges made up of Funmi Ajila-Ladipo, Frank Osodi, Adesuwa Oyenekwe and Stella Awu.

It is true customers want your product, but they don’t want to spend ten minutes ordering it, six days waiting for it to arrive, two hours assembling it, or 45 minutes on hold with customer support figuring out why it isn’t working properly. These moments are all objectionable.

Iam always fascinated at how the Universe guides me to write on particular topics. In the past few weeks I’ve received emails from readers with relationship challenges. Each wanted help in figuring out who would be the right long-term partner. Inner confusion was the common thread. Each had at least one potential mate, but neither was sure if the person they were with was the right one for them.

The much reported FADAN hunt took place last Sunday in Lagos at the Civic Centre on Victoria Island. Vlisco, the official sponsor of the event featured a collection of designs with the theme, “frozen dreams”.

Golden Eaglets coach John Obuh is oozing with confidence especially after his team white-washed New Zealand 5-0 in the round of 16 last Thursday. He believes his team is getting better with every game and believes that the Koreans will not be a hard nut to crack when they lock horns in the quarter finals of the on-going FIFA U-17 in Calabar on Monday.

The grand finale of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria(FADAN) Talent Hunt was held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island on Sunday with ten contestants(Upcoming designers) showcasing their creativity with the VLISCO fabrics.

“Immediately I saw the gun, I said to my self that after all my training in the Navy I will not allow a small boy to just kill me like that. So, I jumped on him and was struggling to take the gun away from him. I almost took the gun from him because I also thought he was the only one.