Nigerian Fashion is steadily making its way to the forefront of fashion’s mind, and Dammie Amolegbe, Editor of Nigerian fashion mag HauTe intends to give it the extra push that it deserves….
Where do you live and why?
I live in New York {The best city in the WORLD}, because I love what the city offers, its energy and fast space is very inspiring.
What was the inspiration behind HauTe?
It all started one boring night looking for something to buy……and I had a thirst to buy something from a Nigerian designer……so I start googling and looking for Nigerian designers and I didn’t come across any sites for Nigerian designers or directories that may lead to where I could find some and buy something from……So, that really got to me, me thinking as crazy as Nigerians are about fashion there are no directories or even magazines for just fashion!!!! And that’s how I got the initiative to start a magazine – It’s always been in me, but then this just felt like I was put on this earth to do this for my country, and HauTe was born!
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