The modelling industry is not as financially secured as many assume, says Ghanaian model Araba Sey. Speaking during a recent interview in Nigeria, she dismissed the notion that professionals in the industry are financially stable because they often wonder when the next pay cheque will…

Name & Surname:  Emmaryn Djentuh City Of Origin:   Accra Facebook:  Emmaryn Roxanne Djentuh Instagram handle: emma_djen Twitter handle: @end_ryn Height: 5’11 ft Chest: 32 Waist: 24 Shoe size: EUR 39 Hair: Dark Brown Eye colour : Dark Brown How long have you been a professional…

If you have a passion for fashion and would like to take it further maybe by entering the fashion world, then it’s time you joined a fashion school. There are so many fashion schools in Ghana that offer fashion courses online and in campus. Fashion…

On Friday 5th April 2019, Lagos Fashion Week hosted Fashion Focus Fund Live, a business plan pitch presentation to determine the recipient of the Fashion Focus Fund. This year, the Fashion Focus Fund Live presentations involved past Alumni of the programme and raised the stakes with a N10,000.000…

Cynthia Abila has won the Fashion Focus Fund 2019! She was selected by a panel of judges including Omotade Odunowo (Managing Director, FETSWALLET), Osayi Alile Oruene (Chief Executive Officer, Aspire Coronation Trust Foundation), Chukwuka Monye, Ify Monye (Managing Director(s), Ciuci Consulting), Akin Oyebode (Special Adviser, Investment, Trade and Innovation, Ekiti State), Rukky Ladoja(Creative Director, Grey Projects), Doyin Okunrinboye (Sunlight…

The AM MODEL SEARCH GHANA is a prestigious event open to beginners with a professional aim: providing the opportunity for young girls and boys to enter the fashion industry and become Top Models by beginning a fabulous career. n 2018 Jeffery Amissah, Mandy Aba Ayine…

The CFDA Fashion Awards is arguably one of the biggest fashion awards and nights not just in the American fashion industry but in the world as well and recently the Council of Fashion Designers of America released the names of the nominees for the 2019 fashion awards on Instagram….

On Friday 5th April, 2019, Lagos Fashion Week will host Fashion Focus Fund Live, a business plan pitch presentation to determine the recipient of the Fashion Focus Fund. Launched last year, Fashion Focus Fund Live invites Fashion Focus finalists to present their business plans to a panel of…

This week, we’re diving into how YOU can start a fashion blog with Instagram (i.e. an Insta-blog) – and talking whether or not it’s a good idea. Social media has taken the blogging world by storm. Networks that use to compliment traditional blogs are turning…

16-year-old Janet Jumbo has become the first Nigerian model to walk the runway for international fashion brand, Louis Vuitton. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jumbo strutted the runway in the high fashion label’s latest collections at a recent fashion show. The Rivers state…

After the recent call for all local designers to submit a storyboard for the opportunity to participate in the 2019 Durban Fashion Fair mentorship programme , the eThekwini Municipality’s Business Support, Tourism and Markets Unit office were inundated with 100’s of entries. Each year, hundreds…

A chair that is “perfect for hacking” and baskets made from faux hair braids are among the products created by African designers for an IKEA homeware range. Launched this week at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town, the Överallt collection features products by creatives…