Name:Adjoua Laetitia Konan

City & Country of origin:Abidjan,Cote d’Ivoire

When: September 11th 2010 from 10am-4pm
Where: Magnolia Hall, City Mall, Opposite Muson center, Onikan Lagos.

What:
En-Reach Limited presents the ‘Business Side of Fashion’ for industry professionals featuring Nike Ogunlesi Creative Director/CEO for Ruff & Tumble, Macaulay Atasie-Managing Director Nextzon Business Services, Frank Oshodi, Creative Director House of Bunor, Ituen Basi, Creative Director Ituen Basi Couture, Enase Okonedo, Dean-Lagos Business School, PAN African University; and Prince Idowu Oyefusi, CEO/Nobel Afrik & President, Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN).

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The Denim by Premiere Vision event allowed for   leading fibre producers, weavers, manufacturing, finishing and dyeing specialists, launderers and accessory manufacturers, more than 68 exhibitors from 17 countries to meet .

Showcased were cutting-edge technologies, qualities and finishes, and the latest in colors and trims.

Competition

Six competitors (Gabriella Massey, Phillip Patterson, Yunjoo Cho, Nicolas Smith, Adam Thomson, and Dominic Tsai) presented their vision of the futur of denim to illustrious judges including: Adriano Goldschmeid, Alberto Candiani (general manager of TRC Candiani), Faith Konukoglu (CEO for denim of Sanko Textiles-ISKO™), Giovanni Petrin, Neil Bell (sourcing director, Levi’s), Pascaline Wilhelm, (fashion director, Première Vision), and Trevor Harrison (Pepe Jeans).

Gabriella Massey, won with her creation :a  five-pocket ultra-bleached jeans, artful rips and tears, subtly frayed double collars, and other ultra modern embellishment.

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Suzaan Heyns is a Johannesburg based label. This brand is defined by its “avant gardiste” aesthetic. The designer makes apoint to have highly constructed, tailored and sculptured garments to create create that feeling of conceptual androgyny, and steely hard edged femininity.

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An African edition of Vogue magazine or any publication giving a platform for post colonial African glamour to express itself will do.

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