Fashion

Agbada Styles: Trendy New Styles You Should Try Out

Here are a few Agbada styles you might want to consider when next you visit your designer.

The “Agbada” is a name for the popular sleeved robe originally worn by the Yoruba people of Western Africa. The popularity of this outfit has spread all across Nigeria and other areas with a huge Nigerian presence. Like everything else, African designs are known for its colorfulness and dynamic quality. Here are a few trendy agbada styles you might want your designer to replicate.

Entertainment

Miss Anyanwu Nneoma Becomes Foye Naturals Brand Ambassador At Ongoing Miss Tourism Pageant

Miss Imo and contestant for Miss Tourism Nigeria 2020 Queen Anyanwu Nneoma just bagged the first Ambassador deal in the Miss Tourism Nigeria House.
The Queen shared on her Instagram saying…
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“I want to say a big thank you to the CEO of Foye_organics and to every one who liked my 1minute video campaign on black is beautiful,black is organic of which I emerged as the winner of the task.Your girl is now the official ambassador of @Foye _organics”

Foye Naturals is a Lagos based Natural Skin Care brand that majors in plant based skin care products made to treat skin challenges that have defied conventional synthetic material based products.

Fashion

Ladies Guide: How to Spend Less And Still look Smart and Trendy

Shopping smart is a trick every lady must master. It is possible to look trendy on a budget.

When you have bills piling up; rent, telephone charges, transportation costs, utility bills, and other bills staring you in the face, your clothing budget might be the first to suffer if you are one of the pragmatists out there.

But a lady has got to look trendy, and it doesn’t take much introspection to realize it doesn’t take a million dollar budget to look your best. Here are a few tricks to make the best out of what you’ve got.

Keep an Eye on Sales Windows of Department Stores

Its amazing how blind you can be to amazing offers when you have a lot of money at your disposal. Take advantage of discount sales, and all other knockdown offers scheduled within the year at most of these shops. Ask the shop attendant, mark your calendar, save up a little and save a lot of money.

Shop Alone

If shopping on a budget is what you want to achieve, research has proven shopping with a pack of friends is probably a bad idea. Shopping with friends is akin to accomplices in crime! They can egg us on to making purchases that we don’t want or need, and can have their own (sometimes unconscious) motives for encouraging us to shop. If you want to go shopping as a social activity, that’s okay – but make it a purely social activity with no purchasing allowed. Window shop, or have a bite to eat together, but don’t buy until you can go shopping on your own.

Carry a Structured Bag

The right bag just has a way of making up for every other perceived deficiency in styling. When you see a woman who looks poised and polished, she almost always is carrying a structured bag. This type of bag completes the “expensive” look. It’s simple lines and hardware gives an outfit a “finished” look.

Use Sunglasses

Wear sunglasses and you’ll look cool and collected! Perhaps the images of celebrities wearing beautiful sunglasses have been an influence on us to wear them. The fancier the sunglasses help make your outfit look expensive.

Looking Clean and Smart Goes a Long Way

There’s really no point wearing expensive stuff and looking unkept, it diminishes everything! Make sure your hair is clean and have a nice hairstyle. Keep your skin in good condition. Wear makeup that looks natural and wear lip color. Make sure your nails are kept trimmed and/or painted.

Wear Lipgloss

Avoid looking drab ladies!! Put on some color, it has a way of laying up your looks, and giving you a glamourous appeal.

Wear a lip color that has a colored tint, like red, coral or pink. Red is a classic lip color. It goes great with black and white. Wear a shade of red that looks good with your skin tone.

Fashion

5 Dress Essentials For Every Man

Just like we have staple foods, some items are absolute must-haves in a gentleman’s wardrobe. This Style guide covers basic dress essentials for every trendy man

1. ‎Crisp White Shirt

White is the new Black this season, make a good impression, and invest in a timeless white shirt that can serve you longer than your shoes can.
It is the ultimate color of shirt in a man’s wardrobe, as the better one is best kept for serious occasions. Any man that lacks this in his wardrobe is bound to struggle to knock up basic appearances.
If you can afford it, you should try these Nigerian designers who have got some of the best in all shape and sizes:
* Atafo Inspired
* Jason Porsche Bespoke
* ANIFERAZ
‎ * Mc Meka etc.
These designers would have you measured to fit not a foreign designer who might send you back to a Nigerian tailor for alterations.

2. Gold Cufflinks

Nothing is ever classier than gold cufflinks, in our very limited range of accessories as men, this piece is the equivalent of a woman’s diamond necklace, Yes! That’s how serious it is. This dress essential is important especially if you are a working-class man. If you are thinking luxury, get a Gold or Gold plated pair and you would do yourself the good of playing in the senior league. You can get these at varieties of online shops and stores in and around the country.

Also Read: A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE: Style Tips To Consider Before Attending An Event

3. Bow Tie

Nigerian men in the early seventies went gaga over them but mid-day through the nineties it began to lose its allure and was only remembered by grooms prior to their wedding. Now the bow tie has left its permanent seat on the groom’s neck and it has begun to sit on females too! , it can now be worn almost as often as you wear your shirts, it could give you two different distinct looks with the same outfits! Mind you, you can also have them in Ankara patterns and rock it with a denim shirt, so look for the closest place to get these timeless pieces.

4. The Brown Leather shoe

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You would want to believe every man has a pair of black leather shoes, but only the style-conscious man has BROWN leather shoes. For that classic finishing, the brown leather shoe can speak great class when paired with a brown belt of the same tone‎. When getting these, make sure you get one that fits perfectly and is of high-quality leather in order to enjoy its presence, so many cobblers and shoe brands do well with this trend ie Clarks, Bostonian, etc.

5. A Pair of Blue Denim Jeans

Of all dress essentials for men, this is perhaps the most important. There is simply no way a young fashionable man shouldn’t have a pair of these. It is simply fashion treason not to have proper denim jeans in your closet. Blue preferably. It gives you the flexibility to work with almost any kind of shirt, sneakers, and other accessories. It’s perfectly fine to have different shades of blue jeans provided they meet the minimum requirement of fitting and quality.