Coveteur // The World’s Most Over-the-top Runway Happens to Be in New Zealand

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The World’s Most Over-the-top Runway Happens to Be in New Zealand

Part Cirque du Soleil, part Broadway play, and part avant-garde couture show, New Zealand’s annual World of WearableArt Show (WOW) is, in a word, mesmerizing.

Nigerian Creative Roundtable for COVETEUR

-- Photos by Daniel Obasi // Styled by Alexander-Julian (all clothing by young Nigerian designers)

 
 

THE NIGERIAN CREATIVE ROUNDTABLE

for COVETEUR.


 

Gifted with a deep and rich culture, today’s African artists have imagined up a world where these traditions are brought into the 21st century, a cultural aesthetic popularly known as Afromodernism. Nigeria has served as a fashion and music hub for this culture cultivation, leading the pack of African creatives. So I went to Nigeria and gathered some of the new class of influential creative artists for a roundtable shot by Daniel Obasi, the 23 year old photographer/art director, who has been capturing the beauty of these creative minds, including his own, for the past few years. They say humanity started in Africa, if so, Nigeria was definitely where they got fresh first.

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Falana

Musician

Age: 28

CV: Musical Artist, “The 5 Coolest Women in Lagos” by Vogue and Nigeria’s Favorite Front Row Musician

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Adekunle Gold

Musician

Age: 31

CV: 2x Billboard Top 10 World Artist for About30 and Gold

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Adebayo

Designer

Age: 28

CV: Designer of Orange Culture

Bai Joiner

Creative Consultant

Age: 24

CV: Creative Consultant for Native Magazine

Eku Edewor

Actress/TV Personality

Age: 31

CV: Host of 53 Extra + plays “Nneka” in Nigeria’s first legal drama, Castle and Castle.

Orire

Designer/Entrepeneur

Age: 28

CV: Designer of Ré Lagos/Owner of Wèré House