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Celebrating 170 Years of Vlisco
Binta Shuaibu/ Fentener van Vlissingen/ Hollandias/ test/ Vintage Colette/ VliscoIn celebration of Vlisco’s 170th anniversary, Vintage Colette was invited to participate in their Abuja fashion show. We were given a theme for the collection and asked to represent the present day Northern Nigerian woman using Vlisco Superwax and Hollandias fabrics. We were to produce the runway collections using the Vlisco fabric we were given and not more than 20% of any other non-Vlisco fabric.Vlisco was established in 1846 in the city of Helmond in the Netherlands. A man named Pieter Fentener...
A Vintage Colette Moroccan Adventure: The 2016 Trade and Impact Summit and Exhibition
2016 Trade and Impact Summit and Exhibition/ adventures/ Binta Shuaibu/ Blogger/ Morocco/ test/ travel/ Vintage ColetteThe Trade+Impact Summit and Exhibition is a ground breaking platform to fuel business growth for rising African and Middle Eastern women entrepreneurs in the craft / textile and natural skincare sectors. The program was designed as a ground-breaking platform for increased trade, investment and skills development to increase the impact of women-led social enterprises in their community and beyond. Vintage Colette was elected to participate as a featured exhibitor because of our continuous effort...
The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Lape Saleh
BigH Studios/ International Widow's Day/ test/ Vintage Colette Woman SeriesLape Saleh is a motivated, creative individual who quite simply loves design and all that it entails. Her work experience spans various multi disciplinary firms. She believes design concepts, processes, planning and execution are a part of one's natural state and from an early age manifested through ideas and sketches, a knack for creative enterprises. She was born and raised in A.B.U Zaria, Kaduna and is married with four kids. I Want To Develop a Unique, Innovative,...
