14th November, 2012
No fewer than 30 fashion designers will on Friday in Abuja demonstrate their talents in fashion design competition organised by Trendy Culture Fashion Show (TCFS).
Miss Ronami Egirani, spokesperson for TCFS told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the one-day event would promote Nigerian fabrics and serve as a platform to showcase African fashion and design.
Egirani said that the event would feature upcoming designers who had made significant and demonstrable contributions in the field of fashion and design.
She said that it would give them the opportunity to present their creativities and designs for an audience to experience the perfect expression of fashion delivered with a touch of elegance.
“Acquiring skills in fashion designing is a veritable tool toward becoming self employed, generate income and be employer of labour,” Egirani added.
She said that top designers in the Nigerian fashion industry such as Mai Atafo, Frank Osodi, and Ade Bakare, among others would mentor the designers that would be selected to participate in the event.
According to Egirani, they are to learn business management skills and how to create brand names for themselves which will help to prepare them for the fashion industry.
She said that winners who would emerge by the decision of a panel of fashion judges would stand the chance of winning various prizes.