October 27 , 2013

ADEBAYO JONES- The Depth of a Designer

GET THELOOKSTYLE IQ- Danielle Allen

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October 27 -November 2

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EDITORREMMY DIAGBARE

DEPUTY EDITORJEMI EKUNKUNBOR

ASST. EDITORYEMISI SULEIMAN

CONTRIBUTORSPRINCESS KATE EMIKO

BAMIYO ISELEMA EMINAJEROME CODJO-YAOVI

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15QUOTES...

“True friendship and true love do sustain the tests of distance and time”

“Don’t try to be everything to everyone. Be everything to someone.”

“If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.”

R . BAMIYO ISELEMA EMINA

- John Barrymore

- Tom Arnold

- W.H. Auden

Get the lookFASH ION

by - Ejiro Idirhe

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Top banker and fashion savvy Celine Loader has been out of our radar for

launch held in Lagos, looking super ubber in this LBD cut-out leather dress.

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IQQQKnown for her role in the

Nigerian movie “Girls in the Hood” some years back, pretty

Danielle Allen since took a break from movies and turned to the beauty world. She runs Body Shop Nigeria and a spa with a vision to lunch her fashion label in Lagos soon. The light skinned, half British, half Zimbabwean beauty was recently spotted at the just concluded Africa Fashion Week London where she opens up on her daily beauty routine and style.

IQIQALLENDANIELLE

How did you get into acting?To be honest, I just landed in it; that was

ten years ago. I was in London and a friend asked me if I would love to act in Nigerian movies and I said ‘yes’. It was like a paid holiday; after all, I was going to be paid. So,

back to back, Girls in the Hood starred Kate Henshaw and Monalisa is the one I am really known for. Acting is cool. Full time job? Hell no. I can do it as a part time job; pleasure when I am more relaxed but right now, I am on the go.

What do you think about the fashion week so far?

The fashion week has been good. For me, personally, it has been an eye opener; now

fashion week. I have been to a couple before but just for fun. It has been an eye opener. I have learnt a lot. I am impressed with the creations. Basically, it has been good.

What is your daily schedule like; from when you wake up in the morning till when you go to bed?

My daily schedule is very hectic in terms

place to place. If I am in Lagos, when I wake

go for meetings, or probably, I can have a meeting with a client or so. If I am in

Zimbabwe, it can be a bit so, it depends on where I am in the world at any point in time.

What do you do when you wake up in the morning? How do you take care of yourself?

Laughs. The major thing for me

make-up in the night. That is the major regimen I go through. For my make-up and hair, I use is Mac and Bodyshop. I have a lot of Bodyshop products.

What is your eating habit like?I skip breakfast. I am not a breakfast person. I

have never been a breakfast person. I may do

lunch. I carry lunch from home if I am in Lagos but if I am in London, I grab something on the road. Dinner is probably my main meal. It can consist of anything

vegetables, and salad. I try to stay healthy with my foods but at times, I just can’t do without the pounded yam and egusi and all that (laughs). I also eat my local food all the time. I work out too so, it is a combination of healthy food and exercise.

What is your signature perfume?

Signature? No way. I am not going to lie to you. I have so many perfumes. I am a perfume person. Literally, when I travel, I buy one from every airport going and coming. I buy one at a time so, I have loads (of them).

What about jewelleries?I am not really a jewellery

person. I love watches. I have a serious watch collection. Accessories yes, but watches are my main thing.

What is fashion like for you?Fashion for me… I can’t put it

in one word. I don’t have a single word to describe what fashion for me is. The clothes that I wore

yesterday are my designs so also is the kaftan that I am wearing today. I was wearing heels yesterday and my feet were killing me. I simply love fashion.

At the end of the day, after a hard day’s work, how do you shut down?

TV really. I am a TV person. When I get home, I watch a lot of TV. I love series. It is crazy because I might just sit all day. When I am watching things like that, I move away from work because I am so into it. I also love music. I am such a music person. Music, series, I am good.

You are not fully into movies?I used to act many years ago. I think I am going

to do a couple more soon; not because of anything but because I enjoy it. When I have the time for

nearest future.

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DANIELLE ALLEN

Out And About @ The GFDW, Accra...

by - Latasha Ngwube

While models strutted their stuff on the runway , here are a few faces we caught on and off duty at the recently concluded Ghana Fashion and Design Week.

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Quickie WithEFYA

by - Latasha Ngwube

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FASH ION

What does your name Efya mean?‘Efya’ means Friday-born girl in my country.

Most times in Ghana, names are given according to the day you were born.

I was 7 years old and it was in church. I sang a song called “If I lose” and everyone in the congregation started crying. It was a real big deal and I got scared thinking I’d done something bad [laughs]. I didn’t sing again for two weeks.

Right now I would say “Best in Me”, but if we check the numbers I could be wrong too.

Hmm, a couple of Ghanaian millions…it’s not so bad.

It’s mostly me, my music and my team- The Gingams… That’s enough family love for now but I believe in love though and I’m cool with it.

The Ghanaian diva, songstress and superstar Efya, lets us into her world of music, fashion and fast cars!

[laughs] I can’t really talk about that [laughs

my Macbook and my speakers because I go everywhere with my speakers.

I can’t drive, I’ve always had a driver but if I was

Top shopping spots? [laughs] ask Em Smith, she knows them better than I do.

Ever ever visited? Most exotic? That would be viEver ever v

These days I’m wearing a lot of Duaba Serwaa, IAMISIGO, Papa Oppong, most recently Vonne Couture and also Mimi Lee London.

I really wear whatever my stylists tell me to wear and I have about three stylists. I love to look good and that’s most important to me so my

Butree in Takoradi, the capital of the Western Region in Ghana. It’s really beautiful out there.

Jay Z.

Rihanna.

Most memorable moment yet?Winning my 3rd Ghana Music Award back to

back.

How would you want to be remembered?As the greatest.

ADEBABy - Remmy Diagbare

REPORTAGE

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Adebayo Jones, the London-based fashion designer and style consultant is synonymous with exquisite fashion. He has

long been associated with glamour, elegance, opulence and style and has continued to build a name for himself at home and abroad.

The media and critics of the fashion industry describe him as the ‘King of Couture’. A multi-award winning designer, he completed a Humanities degree at University of Ife in 1985 and returned to his first love – fashion design. Even while in school, he always knew that fashion was his passion.

He enrolled in a leading fashion college in London, United Kingdom, to acquire the requisite skills for his craft. Today, he is renowned for creating his own fabrics and presenting the most lavish and luxurious collections of gowns; ranging from silk to brocade, velvet, chiffon, organza, crochet and damask while presenting fine, clean and classic lines.

His new bridge couture prêt-a-porter collection also reflects the style and elegance that has defined his career over the years while his success has opened doors for others in his field from Africa to go to Europe.

Adebayo’s famous clients include singer/actress Patti Boulaye, TV star Sally Familoe, Miss World 2001 winner Agbani Darego, TV-cum-stage star Faith Brown and celebrity stylist Janet Ginnings. He has also designed and styled gowns for several Miss Nigeria contestants and for some finalists at Miss Universe pageants. He has worked for different brands, including a company that line up Hollywood top celebrities on their books. These include Tina Turner, Diana Ross and Shirley Bassey.

In the home front, Adebayo had worked with HRH Erelu Abiola Dosumu, who in the ‘80s opened her shop “Talala” on New Bond Street, where he also worked as an intern.

Adebayo Jones was one of the top designers who wowed audience at the Native&Vogue Port Harcourt International Fashion Week.

In this interview with ‘Allure’, he takes us through his collections and points out ways the fashion industry can grow in Nigeria.

- The De

AYO JONES

Are you a member of the Designers Association of Nigeria?

Tell us about the collection you showcased at the Native&Vogue Port Harcourt International Fashion Week?

Nigeria?

Do we really have what it takes to have an industry?

Who is the Adebayo Jones woman?

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Depth of a Designer

start from?(Laughs) They vary. You could have fabrics,

Do you have a diffusion line?

How soon are you going to

accessories.

How often do you come up with a collection?

(laughs). That

From the collection you showcased, what happens after every show?

REPORTAGE

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ADEBAYO JONE’S 2013 COLLECTION

* Adebayo Jones will be showcasing a capsule collection for ALLURE WOW 2013 in november.

On the second day of our tour of the Cape Wine lands, our last visit for the day was to the Boschendal Wines. After the wine

tasting which has become a regular ritual in all the wineries we visited, we retired for dinner with the Boschendal family led by Goncalo Faria, the

a 201 year old house, but to a house whose story

Petersen was glad to share with us.

houses that reminds one of the activities of the

occupiers of the house at the time it was built.

French man Jean Le Long by the governor of the

1715.

his wife Anna Susanna Louw. They had 22 children

The house has since been opened to the public

of building houses in those days as it gives the

property, You enter the house through the front door

way in with shutters that serves dual purposes. The

days, when the door is opened, it indicated that a visitor is welcome but if the door was closed, then

As you enter the foyer, where visitors were often greeted with sweet house wine, to the left is the main bedroom. Every room in this house tells an

and Edwardian lifestyle of the people in the 1800s. Standing conspicuously in this bedroom is the

crocheted canopy frill. We observed that the bed

French were believed to be small people and so the bed was suitable to their size. Because there were no bathrooms inside the house

near the bed while they eased themselves with a chamber pot placed under the bed. Placed beside the bed is a fruit wood cot with only three sides so that the baby could lie close to its mother.Further into the room is another door that leads

through the main room to go out.

frieze, it was where they played cards, mad music and danced. Nicely decorated for the era, a portrait

ESCAPE

by - Jemi Ekunkunbor, who was in Cape Town.

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201 Year Old Boschendal Manor House:The Lifestyle Within

mother of pearl inlay.

introduced into Cape Town in the 19th century.Along with this to warm the foot is the foot warmer which could be moved around and used throughout

around the Wine Cape lands, was very evident in

at the dining room where we had dinner and wine tasting.

leaves. There were wall paintings which were believed to be fashionable at the Cape at that time.

abolished in 1834, sitting at this table with our

of the slaves believed to have come from the East

of Cape lands.

other unfamiliar servings on our dishes was greatly relished with the combination of white and red wine

and laughed into the night. Although one is not sure if we would be able

was half open was an indication that we were well received according to Boschendal tradition.

FRONT VIEW OF THE MANOR HOUSE

RICHLY LAID BED IN LACE BEDSHEET, IN FRONT IS A PORCELAIN BASIN FROM WHERE THEY TOOK THEIR BATH.

THE WELL FURNISHED DRAWING ROOM WHERE GUESTS ARE ENTERTAINED

CHEST OF DRAWERS

JOURNALISTS AND HOST PREPARE FOR DINNER

SOME SITUATIONS YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF!

WHY FORM GODLINESS WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE GODLY?

I meet many people in counselling sessions who do not really realize that God is not just an imagination of their mind but is more real than anyone they have and will ever meet. I can understand when you say: “I know about God”. But when you say: “I know Him”, then

take His in exchange for yours. A lot of us have met people that we fell in love with

and were willing to change our lifestyles for them. Some of us who never liked soccer before are now fanatics of the game just because we fell in love with someone who does.

wait now for Friday evenings because, we know that we can go to the club and dance till day break; just because we fell in love with someone who loves to socialize.

Some of us who never used to dress well and

talk of the town because, our dress sense has become

result of meeting and falling in love with someone who does not compromise his/her taste in fashion.

I can go on and on with the list of how most of us have changed one way or the other just because, we fell in love with someone with a particular lifestyle that was previously different from ours. We were willing to change because we preferred their lives and ways to ours.If that is true, it means that:1. We are capable of changing;

meet someone who we consider to have a lifestyle superior to ours;

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Get Captivated all about our own efforts and yet we make it happen because, we are in love.Now the question is: can we truly be in love with God and not want to be like Him; not consider His ways to be far better than ours; and, not begin to prefer His atmosphere to ours? Can we truly love Him and want to remain in darkness when He is Light and there is no darkness in Him at all?

despise the way you have been living your life. Holiness

from these. Holiness is about: Being free to live your life higher

than anything that will want to turn you into a slave.It is about becoming original and not being a fake.It is about living the life God has created you for and

not pretending to be living it.It is about being “godly” because, you have fallen

It is about having righteousness, peace and joy which is missing qualities in the lives of those who claim to know Him.

actually be godly. When I observe the double standards of people during counselling sessions, I encourage them to know that they can actually have a single life

happen for us when we go after Him like we have gone after our boyfriends and girlfriends who have, despite

FEATURE

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FEATURE

Now that you know why it is important to create a personal

how to create one.

1. Track your spending: process of budgeting is to track your spending or

get us into trouble. A simple way to track your spending is to keep a spending diary for a given period. This is as simple

end of the tracking period, you would have a snapshot of your daily

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2. Determine the budgeting tool to be usedThere are various tools that can be used. A simple budget can be written on a sheet of paper with a pencil. There are also various software available such

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3. Determine your income: IIdentify all your sources of income such as salary, dividends, rent, spousal allowances or pocket money, income from business opportunities etc. In your worksheet, create rows for each income source and include a column on the right for

- These include savings account, money market funds, mutual funds etc. Factors to

consider include accessibility, amount and frequency of savings.

- is to put a direct debit in place. Essentially, the amount

due is automatically deducted from your account and placed in the savings vehicle.

- It is important to always review your progress towards achieving your savings goal or objective. In the course of the review period, you may have to make some adjustments upwards or downwards with regard to your contributions.Every time you are faced with the choice of instant

and ask yourself, do I have a savings plan in place? If your answer is yes, then it might be a good idea to consider increasing your contribution to your savings plan before you give yourself a treat and indulge in that gorgeous

Prada bag.

THE NUANCE OF A LADY: HER EDGE FOR SUCCESS

by - Chioma Okoye

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As an ardent believer in the saying “Your attitude determines your altitude”, I have in recent times found myself pondering over the attitude “anything is better than nothing” that has been adopted by some young ladies who do not realize their worth and thrive for success, but settle for less than the best for themselves due to low self value which could stem from lack of both the knowledge of who they really are and the drive to aspire to be

Chioma E. Okoye is a Corporate Etiquette expert; she is the Principal of the Diamond School of International protocol & Etiquette.

“that person”.Fortunately, some weeks back I ran

into a lady, and that meeting helped me with the resolve to pen this burden down.

she held tightly with her left hand unto a

placed and held on her shoulder, while at the same time giving instructions to another boy that stood by her right (who appeared to be her older child), and all the

while sorting out her luggage and boarding ticket at the luggage point of the

International Airport.

properly and smartly dressed she was, with no single hair out of place, very calm and collected in the midst of all the chaos that go with traveling and keeping an eye on children.

This was crowned with the realization (when I eventually approached her for a chat) that she is a top executive in one of the new generation banks.

After parting ways with the lady, I

of a woman through the perspective of her natural endowment as being “hard-wired to think, act and innovate, endowed with the ability to see what others do not see, to nurture, to bear, to organize, strengthen and to keep pushing ideas and ideals for the good of all that are around them, even when prudence says quit”.

These are the attitude (qualities) that a lady who is determined to get to the top should have in order to stand out from the multitude, as well as insulate her from being viewed as anything less than a total woman.

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Last week, I got invited to the exclusive launch of

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With Rita

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with great food, drinks and amiable company as we

I caught Ms Dominic at a good time as I asked her

gracefully responded by telling me that people would always have something to say and it was important to her to just do and wear whatever felt right without

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It seems these days there is a new female musical act on every block and while many will give up before the prover-bial payday arrives, there are a few that have caught my

talent that I have the pleasure of meeting in person and

I know in my heart that the coming year will bring them

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THE GLAM LAUNCH OF GLAMREPORT TV

The highly anticipated fashion magazine television show produced by Bola Balogun and hosted by the lovely Michelle Dede, Fade Ogunro and Didi Ocheja launched recently. The event was a glittery affair held at the Social Place in Victoria Island and had the crème of society’s crop in full attendance. Gorgeously dressed guests, chilled cocktails, relaxed ambience, tasty canapés and lavish goodie bags were the order of the day. The show’s screening as well as a brief Q & A session with the Glamreport crew was moderated by Fauzi Fahm. The show airs every Sunday on Africa Magic Entertainment.

2013 Harvest committee of Catholic Church of Resurrection magodo GRA, held their pre-harvest dinner at Sheraton Hotels and Towers Ikeja.

The annual event was graced by distinguished personalities like, Prof Anthony Chiegboka, who was the guest speaker, Oguagu and Lolo Chukwuemeka Victor Aniche, Mr Emma Umenwa , Pharm Nnamdi Obi, Mr Ingram Osigwe and Mr & Ikechukwu Amaechi.

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