Nigerians are really doing well in the fashion industry, it shows how creative we are. I believe such things should be focused on and less on the negativity.
The Nigerian-born Ayo Elizabeth Olaogun is a fashion designer based in Vienna, Austria, She is the brain behind the fast rising label, Ayo Van Elmar (AvE). Though AvE was launched three years ago (2010), It almost seems it has been around forever – The 29 year old designs are elegant, versatile, ethnic but universal, colorful, bold and expressive.
Ayo who relocated to Vienna, Austria at the age of 18 has carve a niche for herself in the Austria fashion industry with her contemporary Afrocentric chic style.
AvE last two collections, Magic Shields (A/W’ 12) and Chakra (S/S ’13) are wearable designs, different but chic and a form of prayer to the blast victims in the Northern state of Nigerian, an incantation against intolerance, hatred and bloodshed, thus the reason why you seeing the model with a rifle on the runway.
“Nigerians are very fashion conscious and are always dressed-up, regardless…
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