What I love
about modern fashion is that it can be recycled, for example, we wear tight pants now,
which I first saw worn by an actress in a
1994 movie.
I looked up
to my mother who would wear a traditional
attire adding some modern touches and also
award-winning actress Genevieve Nnaji.
I incorporate
my traditional dressing in my modern
clothing because I just love my cultural
attire and cannot do without them. I
particularly love combining a piece from
my country Nigeria called ‘sample’ which
is very beautiful. You can always see me
wearing sample tucked into a high waist.
I define my fashion as
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eclectic. I mix several different styles and
they blend. I generally go with whatever I
feel comfortable in.
I feel
I am a trendsetter, who has managed to
create a style so wide-ranging that people
back home have started going with it.
Lastly,
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I would like to say a dear friend once asked
me which clothes make me feel especially
beautiful; my answer was, all my clothes. So
my advice to everyone is to make sure you
buy what you want, a cloth that makes you
feel comfortable be it cultural attire,
business wear or denim.
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