By Zainab Ashadu I will like to know the best way to wear hoop earrings ? Hoop earrings are one of the most versatile things you can have in your jewelry box. They can transform an outfit and add elegance and sophistication or a hint of funk and irreverence, depending on how you wear them. […]

It is party season once more, soon invitations will go out inviting you for one party or the other.. So how do you turn up and stand out. There are two ways to stand out, you can either stand out doing all the wrong things namely, the wrong out fit, being overly loud and be the jerk of the party. Or. you can be the belle: The soul of the party.

Two weeks ago on this page, I featured an article titled, “The naked truth about G-string”. Following that publication, I was inundated with phone calls and text messages by readers across the country who wanted to bare their minds on the write-up.

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.