By Siji Oyewusi
Two fast rising designers in Nigeria, Adebayo Oke-Lawal and Olajumoke Ademilua have made the finalist list of ‘Scouting for Africa’, put together by Vogue Talents and International Business Consortium Nigeria, creators of Ecowas Fashion Week and Africa Fashion Week
After getting hundreds of entries, eleven emerging designers were shortlisted by the staff at Vogue Talents. And only one of them will have the chance to showcase his/her creations in September at the Palazzo Morando and in December at the Africa International fashion week to be held from 2 to 6 December 2015 at the new Grand Ball Hall in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.
While we are waiting to see all the profiles unveiled in February and who will be the brand on which the spotlights will turn in Milan and Lagos, these are the names of the emerging designers who stood out in the scouting process:
AAks, by Akosua Afriyie-Kumi, Ghana
ART/C, by Artsi Ifrach, Morocco
Laurenceairline, by Laurence Chauvin-Buthaud, Ivory Coast
Loza Maléombho, by Loza Maléombho, Ivory Coast
Maxhosa by Laduma, by Laduma Ngxokolo, South Africa
Mafrika, by Sadia Mustafa, Malawi
Monaa, by Nana and Afua Dabanka, Ghana
o ‘Milua, by Olajumoke Ademilua, Nigeria
Orange Culture, by Adebayo Oke-Lawal, Nigeria
Pichulik, by Katherine-Mary Pichulik, South Africa
Simon and Mary, by Dean Pozniak, South Africa
