What influences a woman’s personal fashion? Liberty and freedom to express one’s self, combining pieces to create beautiful styles as long as it appeals to them, not going overboard. There are fashion rules. Follow the rules, be yourself. Be reflective in your dress sense. For instance, Kemi Raphear, one of Delta’s most successful names in the fashion industry said she is associated with creative, foreign and African designs. She started as dressmaker where she uses the most ingenious fabrics and rigorous tailoring techniques to painstakingly construct and envelope the manly form with flourish of couture. Kemi has been making waves with her unique fashion sense and eye-catching outfits her love for fashion started at an early age, and She has been honing her skills ever since. Her designs are a mix of our culture, and today’s modern woman wears, blending the traditional and modern styles seamlessly. To Kemi Derina Clothing is a visualization of the acceptance of Afrocentric Fashion It is quite Trendy to mix Afrocentric elements with Western styles, as showcased in the collection.
Today, she’s grown to become an international fashion powerhouse, courtesy of her drives, passion, resolve to succeed and the knack for re-writing the African narrative about fashion designing.
“I wear anything. I combine pieces to create beautiful styles. As long as it appeals to me. I don’t go overboard. There are fashion rules. I must follow the rules. I am myself. My philosophy about life is reflective in my dress sense.
“My styles are unique. I don’t do copy and paste, I combine different pieces to create unique outfits. I pair unexpected items together Something people don’t think. Like there was a dress a made that was multicolored. People saw it and fell in love with it. I also incorporate correct trends in a way that makes it looks unique to all. I also convince my customers to choose a style that fits them.
“Taking care of my existing customers. My customers are my pride, so I maintain good customers relationships. I also don’t temper with the quality I offer. And I believe in good customers relationships. people must wear clothes in spite of the economy. Buying power may have reduced, but God has been faithful with consistent clients.
“I like working with my hand. I am not good with buying and selling but I can be a service provider. May be I’ll be doing other crafts cos I am gifted, I am a skillful person. I like invention. I know how to make hair and I didn’t learn it.I like to create. Fashion has eaten too deep into me and I am excited about it and I will still be a fashion designer in my next world.
“There is a clear difference.
The Fashion industry is on the break of an exciting evolution, in the next few years, sustainability, technology integration, innovation will be the driving forces to shaping the industry landscape by embracing this changes, fashion brands can strive in an ever changing market.Now, there is more awareness, patronage and a bigger market with so much money to be made, but creativity is the key.
“When people see the modest life I live, they think I’m doing something else. But I am a proud fashionista and a fashion designer.”
