You may think that wide leg pants make you look bigger than what you are. In fact, the wide leg style creates a nice straight line and also the illusion of longer legs. This makes you look taller. If you are interested in something other than traditional wide leg pants, cuffed leg is the right one to go for. If you are under 5’5 avoid cuffed pants because they make short legs look shorter.

About ninety hopefuls, most of whom were university undergraduates, peultimate Thusday, thronged the Sleek Studio, Blommsbury Plaza, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja, venue of the search for Face of Sleek first regional screening, all gaily dressed to vie for a place among the 20 slots for the FCT.

President of the World Fashion Council, the regulatory body of the international fashion industry Paco De Jaimes. is expected to be the Special guest of honour at the Nigeria Fashion Week 2009 holding from 23rd – 25th November at the Muson Center, Lagos.

In a bid to celebrate the virtue of the Benue woman, the Office of Her Excellency, the First Lady of Benue State, Arch. Yemisi Dooshima Suswam, in collaboration with Legendary Gold Limited is set to hold the maiden edition of the Benue Fashion Week. The show which will also mark the 3rd edition of “Celebrate the Benue Woman” programme is scheduled for 18th November, 2009 at the IBB Square in Benue State.

The year is fast moving towards the end, and to the glory of God we are still here. It is such a pleasure to know that we overcame. I really do want you to know what this season means to you all.

It seems unbelievable, but it is true, that in this century and day, women in some parts of Africa are being walloped for wearing a bra! In Somalia, it has become a crime punishable by canning to walk the streets wearing one..

Tell us about your fashion house? My fashion house is called House of Jola. It is a combination of my name and my husband’s name. I actually started in1995, when I used to make clothes and take them to the United States. I was running a shop called Euro Afrique in Wilmington, Delaware at the time. However, I returned to Nigeria and was doing other things like buying and selling until I decided, in 2007, to launch my line. I re branded and called it House of Jola.

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: