‘Support children aspiring to be fashion designers’

The Creative Director of Qubraz Designs and Fashion Academy, Mrs. Yewande Hakeem-Habeeb, has advised on parents to support their children interested in developing careers in fashion design.

She made this call while speaking at the 2022 Fashion Show held at Greensprings School, Anthony campus in Lagos.

According to her, fashion design is a highly rewarding profession with a low barrier to entry; therefore, parents should encourage their children if they show interest in the fashion design profession.

Greensprings Anthony campus’ Head of School, Mrs. Magdalene Okrikri, corroborated Yewande’s assertion, stating that the annual fashion show was organized to create opportunities for career discovery for students fascinated by the fashion industry.

She said, “At Greensprings School, aside from academics, we are keenly interested in helping our students discover their talents and make them future-ready. In line with that, one of the things we do is to identify our students who love fashion design, then we give them the opportunity to plan and execute the annual fashion show, to enable them get first-hand experience in the art of putting together a fashion show.

‘’We believe the show would help them discover a career path, and whether they take fashion design as a major profession or side hustle in the future, the learnings from the show will be extremely useful to them.”

The school’s art and design teacher who coordinated the show, Mrs Anuoluwapo Adeyemi, also spoke about its importance, stating that the show allowed the students to express their creativity.

“The theme of our fashion show this year is High Low #DrivenByStripes; the theme was inspired by the fact that the high low style is going out of fashion, so we decided to bring it back in a creative way while incorporating stripe designs.

‘’Through the show, our students learnt about sketching, fabric sourcing, sewing, running a clothing line and working with models. During the show, we had 5 clothing lines, with 15 models each, and the event served as an avenue for our students to showcase their creativity with fashion,” she remarked.

Greensprings School is a British International school with three campuses in Lagos, Anthony, Lekki, and Ikoyi. The school opened to the public in 1985 and is now regarded as one of the best schools in Nigeria.