Nigeria can turn fashion, design into global cultural exports — US-based designer
A US-based Nigerian designer, Excellence Olujide, says Nigeria can turn its fashion and design industries into major global cultural exports with investmen Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-can-turn-fashion-design-into-global-cultural-exports-us-based-designer/
Excellence Olujide, an Industrial Design major at James Madison University, Virginia, USA, has called for increased investment in Nigeria's fashion and design industries after being selected to create a commemorative design for the President Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum. The museum is celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Olujide received the opportunity through her professor, Anna Marie Smith, who remembered her interest in fashion and connected her with the museum curator. Olujide sees the project as an opportunity to explore deeper questions about freedom, identity and social issues through fashion, and as a form of cultural export for Nigeria.
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