Original Story Published by: Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha for Business Day, www.businessday.ng
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(Above) Queengold Daniella Sekibo, Founder, African Fashion Design Week
Designers from across 11 countries including Nigeria showcased various unique designs at the just concluded 2022 Africa Fashion and Design Week (AFDW).
The event which has successfully been held for 10 years now, marked its 10th year anniversary with various activities including business of fashion seminar, Blue Perl Rising Star and the runway shows which held between 14th and 15th of October, 2022.
Queengold Daniella Sekibo, founder, Africa Fashion Design Week said the Africa Fashion and Design Week has grown and has birthed the Business of Fashion Seminar which is an avenue to enhance core skills.
“As big designers thrive, you want the younger generations to take over. The business of fashion seminars is one of the brands that we also have launched. What we do is enhance the younger ones, help them know their core values in fashion, help them grow,” Sekibo said.
She said the Blue Pearl Rising Star involves finding and scouting for new designers and giving them a platform to shine.
She explained that the designers do not only showcase their designs at the AFDW but are also sponsored to New York. “This year we would have some of our stars that we have discovered from scratch, help them grow and they would become big names and award winners which is a joy and delight for us,” she said.
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