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The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Lape Saleh

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Lape 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,...

The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Chinwendu Moghalu

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Chinwendu Moghalu is a passionate lawyer who has just started a small prison initiative where she offers pro bono services to people who cannot afford legal representation and are being detained without trial in police stations within the FCT.I Studied Law to Defend the Interests of PeopleI am a practicing lawyer. Law is second nature to me. I have always been that person who wants to stand up for others. I don’t have a problem standing up to unfairness. It is funny, but at some point in my life,...

What It's Like to be Raised By a Widow

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“The ball in now in your court.” Those were the last words my father told me in his final days. Even though I had no idea how deep those words were at the age of 17, I knew they must have carried enough weight. One day, I came back from registration in my first year at the university. It was 8pm exactly, and from the beginning of the street there were rows and rows of cars; Much more than my blank gaze could quantify at the moment. I knew my father was not discharged from the hospital. I just...

The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Eno Okafor

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Eno Okafor is the founder and Creative Director of the fashion brand Diana A La Vid, also known as DLV. She studied Mathematics and Computer science at the Federal University of Technology, Minna. After graduation, she decided to follow her passion for entrepreneurship and fashion. My Mom Taught Me How To Sew  At DLV, we dress women elegantly for everyday living. Our clothes are simple classic pieces with a touch of graphic detailing, helping women look dressed up without trying too hard....

Photo Shoot Done! Now What, Binta?

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I woke up the next day and handled a lot of domestic chores and cleaning that I wasn’t able to do much of before the shoot. I then went on to attend the store opening of @Nowrie_ng run by Fantis Mohammed and enjoyed meeting new faces, had great conversations, ate good food and most importantly shopped from her great pieces on display. I went home and did some homework for my son, played with my daughter and we all hit the sheets early. I thought I had taken care of myself, but by the following...

The Vintage Colette Woman Series Photoshoot

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The Vintage Colette photo shoot was inspired as a form of tribute to celebrate female entrepreneurs as every day women. We wanted to bridge the gap and allow our customers to relate well with our brand. We decided to start with entrepreneurial women from a vast range of businesses who understood what it meant to run a business within Nigeria. It took four months to prepare for this photo shoot from day one to the day of the photo shoot. Even though I had initially been advised against the idea...

The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Binta Shuaibu

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Binta Shuaibu is a fashion designer and entrepreneur. She is the founder and head designer of Vintage Colette, a fashion manufacturing brand that focuses on innovative and revolutionized Afrocentric fashion trends for the everyday woman. With her leadership and managerial skills she has moved her company forward and exhibited at the London Fashion Week, won the maiden edition of MTN/LFDW/British Council designer award of the year 2011, Best Designer of the year for ‘I am Priceless’ campaign for...

The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Laylah Ali

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Laylah Ali is an interior designer who is on a mission to bring all her projects to life.  Everything I Produce is Made in NigeriaI have been an interior furniture designer for over 10 years. I started making furniture in Nigeria and everything I produce is Made in Nigeria. I actually studied English in school, but I chose interior design because that was what I was attracted to. Like others, I have also tried other businesses including selling clothes, owning a salon, etc., but interior...

The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Fantis Muhammad

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Fantis Muhammad is a Garment Manufacturer and a Food & Beverage Entrepreneur. We Work Predominantly With Female Suppliers Santifood Co is a two year old food/beverage processing company. We recently opened our first food outlet in Wuse 2. It houses yogurts, healthy drinks and other convenient packed food. What’s great about Santifood Co is that we take what we have locally here in Nigeria and package it to fit international standards. We get a significant amount of our of our ingredients...

The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Sifa Asani Gowon

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Sifa Asani Gowon is a novelist and screen Writer. She is also a baker and business owner who loves to create 'hybrid' pastry recipes. She says baking is cathartic for her and that she is inspired by music, love, beauty and family. Northern Nigeria is a Great Place to Raise a Family I started baking about six years ago as a hobby, but today, I currently bake for business- wedding cakes, birthday cakes etc. I had a small shop I ran for a bit before I closed it down. I love to read, so it was only...

The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Wonuola 'Omowo' Sanni

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Wonuola ‘Omowo’ Sanni is a political science enthusiast and a catering extraordinaire. She enjoys the art of cooking and serving great food. She has so much passion for what she does that she could splurge her last cash on a fine set of dinning plates.I Just Wanted to do Something DifferentIn 2010, I started a catering company called Good Eats. We specialize in gourmet hors d'oeuvres, finger foods and canapés. I’ve always had a passion for cooking and I’ve always wanted to do something in the...

The Vintage Colette Woman Series: Dr. Hilda Titiloye

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Dr Hilda Titiloye is a licensed medical practitioner with a Masters Degree in Aesthetic Medicine from the University of Cordoba, Spain and a post-graduate diploma in Clinical dermatology from Queen Mary University of London. She is a member of the Nigerian Medical association, an associate member of the Nigerian Association of Dermatologists and a member of the International association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine. She is married with two boys.  I Was Drawn to the Challenge and...

Once Upon a Photoshoot Part II: Photoshoot Day

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On May 19th, 2016, I woke up with a positive spirit and prayed that nothing would go wrong and also that no surprises would pop up from angles out of my control. Once my son was off to school, I said goodbye to my 18 month old baby and drove to Big H studios. My team was already there waiting and so were the makeup artists. We started working immediately while Luke and Henry both started setting up their stations. Before we began with the make up, I gave each participant a copy of their legal...

Once Upon a Photoshoot-Pre Photoshoot

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At Vintage Colette, VC, we recently had our first photo shoot of the year. The first half of 2016 has been relatively quiet for most fashion designers in Nigeria. Perhaps this is due to the economy and a reduction in the amount of eager shoppers we usually encounter. I asked around and realized businesses were facing the same challenges. So for the first Vintage Colette photo shoot of 2016, I decided to change things up and do something that had never been done before. I was going to use REAL...

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