 Tessy Oliseh |
Former Nigeria Fashion Show designer of the year title holder,Tessy Oliseh is set to push her Tesslo designs to the front row again after what many regarded as brief hiatus from spotlight.A press statement sent to www.gistmaster.com confirmed it
The statement made available to www.gistmaster.com today reads "After a brief break from the social scene, the fashion shows
and the spotlight due to the young creative designers’ business and management
restructure. Her designs’ absence from the runways has been due to her decision
to re-brand and restructure her fashion outfit ‘Tesslo Concepts’.
Tessy Oliseh herself explains why she took a break from the
spotlight,
“To build a better platform to operate was the most
important thing for me and to put some money in the bank after so much hard
work rather than just going to all the fashion shows organized knowing fully
well that the business structure will collapse at any time. There were many
things going on that the public did not understand. It is not as rosy as people
think when they just see us everywhere.
She adds “ During this time, I made some trips learning more
about the business and making a study of the success of big designers in Europe and other parts of the world and it made me
understand that we have a long way to go in the fashion industry back home. At
our fashion shows, we only have viewers not buyers only the private shows have
been able to attract buyers but still not in commercial quantity. I have not
seen any commercial designer here and its heart breaking because these are very
hard working set of creative minds and I think the reward for this hard work is
commercial success. I was still in business but I only kept a low key while
many thought we have closed business at Tesslo, we did a lot putting things
right trying to break into the commercial market like when we introduced suits
with excellent quality at very affordable prices one of the cheapest around,
there is a need to attend to every body. I’ll like to go to Ikoyi,
Victoria Island, Lekki as well as Orile, Mushin, Ikotun and find
people wearing Tesslo then I’ll be fulfilled.
And as she brings more to the table from what she has learnt
she concludes ‘That’s the dream that’s our destination at Tesslo concepts and we
have created a team including Marketing, PR team and also created an effective
distribution network to reach our clients.” She said.’
Now her Tesslo Concepts is set to break new grounds and make
its impact in the evolution of the Nigerian fashion Industry.
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