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The Gratitude Fabric Collection

I have been a fabric collector since I have known and when I decide to make a fashion piece, I look for how to create the best even from the least. In 2006, I was part of a group, Eden in University of Lagos, Nigeria and the head of our team had just announced his […]

The Lace Textile

Lace has become an integral part of African Fashion, a popular fabric that is shipped around the world to make garments. What we now regard as lace became popular in the early sixteenth century even though lace-like textiles had been used for centuries. By the seventeenth century, lace-making had spread throughout Europe due to trade […]