Ironing is barbaric

You think Ironing is barbaric, that’s why you waste the good efforts of great fashion designers and tailors. If you are fashion challenged, you probably know that by now, the least you should do, is try to look presentable in your outfit. A boss says "if you don’t care enough to wear something presentably to work, you also don’t care about your job or care enough to retain your job.

Don’t be lazy to keep yourself buyable. Get an iron, a professional fashion designer, a good tailor, do your laundry by hand or make use of your washing machine. You will only be doing yourself a favor.

Some say’ good taste in clothes isn't just a guy’s strength. I boldly dismiss that notion because I have seen lots of guys who are emotionally attached to anything fashion, personal style, fashion trends,  and sense of good fabrics and outfits. These type of guys, I bet will do better in relationships. They will take care of babes in a more detailing way, because they care enough to look good.

Wrinkles that come from sitting at your desk all day can be excused, you could start your day off with a perfectly ironed white shirt or smart native wear and by the time it hits lunch hour, it’s as if you grabbed it straight out of the dryer and made no effort to iron it. We can understand that, even your conscience will ease you some stress, but wrinkles that come from your clothes being in a pile at the bottom of your closet all night are certainly not ACCEPTABLE.

FASHIONLORD

Don't forget who the boss is!

When people are constantly chasing the next trend, they can easily forget who the boss is. You are the boss, I mean “you” with the wallet, ‘you’ with the money. Without you, there will be no fashion. You keep fashion designers in business, you keep tailors in business, and you keep fashion entrepreneurs in business. You set the trend. You decide on fashion. You pick a trend, flex it and customize it as well as fashion. You own the style. It’s yours.  It has been yours from the beginning.

Fashion designers, tailors or fashion entrepreneurs are here to serve you and not you them. Treat yourself like the boss. You are the boss. You have been the boss and they understand that.

Stop trying so hard.

Fashion is here to work to fit you, not to make you work to fit fashion! Dress simply and have great accent pieces." 

What You Should Take Away From This

Ignore the fashion world.

Ignore trends. Don’t allow your mind to be occupied with it.

Start building a style that is based on timeless classics.

Add little trendy stuff to your style, do this because you genuinely like the trending item, not because it’s trendy.

Don’t follow fashion; fashion should follow your style

Invent your own trend; no one says it’s only fashion designers that invent trends

Don’t  follow the crowd. Follow your own senses.

Focus on becoming stylishly you.

What Does It Take To Be A Fashion Designer?

The “I am not a tailor, I’m a fashion designer” is one conversation I’ve heard one-too-many-times. I think because of the connotations of the Nigerian people about tailors, even tailors do not want to be called tailors again. Everyone now go by the name “Fashion Designer”.

I don’t see anything wrong with everyone changing their profession to fashion designers in Nigeria, even though being a tailor should also be honorable.

I think it will be best we get to know what the role of fashion designer is and how one can successfully become a fashion designer in Nigeria.

Fashion design is a form of art. To work as a designer, you should have an artistic and creative personality. You also have to be good at drawing and able to express your ideas in sketches. 

You don't necessarily have to be a great artist, but you must have some special skills for combining colors, tones and shades. You also have to be able to work with fabric and use textiles in a creative and original manner.

A fashion designer is the creative mind behind any item of clothing, be it a high fashion runway garment or your regular pair of jeans or tee shirt.  They conduct research, develop a concept and vision for the type of person they would like to dress, create a visual image of their concept through sketches and oversee the various design and production processes that bring their sketches or designs to life in the form of a three dimensional garment to fit their intended market.  

The tailors on the other hand, directly take measurement of the client and stitch the clothes according to the design given by the client

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Now, it doesn’t mean that a tailor cannot be a fashion designer. In fact, it makes the whole process easier, if a tailor also has the skill of fashion designing.

To become a good fashion designer in Nigeria, you need to leverage on these rules;

Develop your skills. Successful fashion designers have a wide array of skills, including drawing, an eye for color and texture, an ability to visualize concepts in three dimensions, and the mechanical skills involved in sewing and cutting all types of fabrics.

Decide which designing field is your principal interest. For example;

·         Women's wear

·         Men's wear

·         Sportswear/fitness/leisure wear

·         Outdoor, adventure, outerwear

·         Bridal wear

·         Accessories

·         Casual

Ask your customers what they need.  Keep it simple and realistic. Extravagant sketches are nice on paper, but great native wears, casuals, shirts, pants or suit are better simple and classy. Simple designs remain the ultimate sophistication.

Assess your skills and personality honestly before pursuing a career in fashion design. You may love clothes but clothing is only part of the story when undertaking fashion design. You'll also need excellent communication skills, a willingness to work very hard, an ability to cope with stress, openness to having many different clients and/or bosses, an acceptance that there will be loneliness or isolation on occasion and an ability to be a self-disciplined self-starter.

Get educated about the business side of fashion.  Being a successful fashion designer not only requires talent and creativity, it also requires a sound knowledge of the business and marketing aspects of the fashion world.

Look for fashion design jobs. Or start your own fashion label but be prepared to be financially astute