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<strong>NIGERIAN</strong> <strong>WATCH</strong><br />
facebook.com/NigerianWatch 28 Aug - 10 Sept 2015<br />
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CECIL THE LION ROARED AT AFRICA FASHION WEEK<br />
London designer Mary Martins’<br />
beautiful dress, with a<br />
tulle ‘lion’s mane’ inspired by<br />
the death of Zimbabwe’s<br />
Cecil the Lion, stole the show<br />
at Africa Fashion Week London.<br />
It sparked a media frenzy<br />
drawing the world’s attention<br />
to what has become the<br />
greatest Africa fashion show<br />
on earth.<br />
Ms Martin made the dress<br />
by hand, working day and<br />
night to complete it in time<br />
for the show.<br />
She told the BBC World<br />
Service that she decided to<br />
make the dress in black out<br />
of mourning for Cecil after<br />
being shocked by TV reports<br />
of his being shot by a recreational<br />
hunter.<br />
Martin’s dress was shown<br />
at the fifth annual Africa<br />
Fashion Week London, at<br />
which emerging and established<br />
designers showcased<br />
their work, including an increasing<br />
number of Europeans<br />
inspired by African<br />
Athaena Bride<br />
style, textiles and fabrics.<br />
It is the kind of crossover<br />
the show has been seeking<br />
to achieve since inception.<br />
With growing recognition,<br />
a growing number of designers<br />
and a growing audience it<br />
was little wonder that this<br />
year’s show commanded the<br />
mighty Olympia exhibition<br />
hall in West London at the<br />
beginning of August.<br />
All images courtesy; African Fashion Week London<br />
Meet the<br />
buyer<br />
The UKTI London Fashion Team<br />
will be hosting a Meet the Buyer<br />
event in London, with up to 12<br />
fashion buyers from the US,<br />
Canada, Hong Kong, Norway and<br />
more in October.<br />
The buyers will select brands<br />
they would like to meet upon<br />
brand registrations, across the<br />
sector of clothing, footwear, jewellery<br />
and accessories.<br />
Due to high demand, only the<br />
companies selected by the buyers<br />
will be contacted for scheduled<br />
appointments by the end of September.<br />
The deadline for registration is<br />
Friday, September 4, 2015.<br />
For details and an application<br />
form visit www.gov.uk/ukti<br />
NIgErIAN fAShIoN At AfWl (l-r); Victoria Grac,<br />
Tangerine, Needle Point, Tumiila, and Asakeoge.<br />
MAry MArtIN;<br />
Ceciil the lion<br />
inspired dress<br />
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