‘Blue fashion’ walks the runway in Nigeria
24 December 2018 |
2:17 pm
Come year-end and there's usually an occasion to step out in your finest, which could mean an outfit or accessories made of fish skin to counter the dirty side of fashion, as DW's Sam Olukoya saw on the runway in Lagos.
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