Sunday, April 25, 2010

AFRICAN FASHION DESIGNER : JOAN IBUZU FROM THE HOUSE OF MARIE

According to her website Nigerian born   Joan Ibuzo is a Wife, Mother, Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur and the brain child behind House Of Marie. Joan’s unique talent and modern vision has fueled her rise as the leading creative force behind one of Nigeria’s most celebrated fashion houses. A driven Designer whose passion has always been Fashion.  She organized numerous fashion shows and events and was even highly instrumental in finding the talented Agbani Darego who later went on to win the “Miss World” competition in 2001. Using  a vast array of the industry exposures and archives as a starting point, she transformed House Of Marie’s classics such as the Floral Dress pattern and traditional west African attire and iconography into novel and hugely successful designs. Joan has been making trend setting designs on and off for the past 9 yrs until 2009 when she officially launched her line and Brand “The House Of Marie”.

Day  at the beach Maxi


 
Tribal Maxi dress

Dyed  Maxi Dress

Sarah's dress


"A night out"


What do you think ? I Still can't make up my mind between the Tribal Maxi dress and the dyed Maxi dress.


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