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Entertainment of Friday, 2 March 2018

Source: Eric Michael ogazi

'Yes! black and proud' clothing wins outstanding fashion brand award

'Yes!  Black and proud' clothing won an award for the outstanding fashion brand category 'Yes! Black and proud' clothing won an award for the outstanding fashion brand category

'Yes! Black and proud" clothing has been adjudged winners of the outstanding fashion brand category at the Africa goodwill icon Awards.

The annual award ceremony, held in Port Harcourt Nigeria, celebrates the excellence of Africans & African owned brands.

Zino lexili ogazi's line beat off major A-list fashion brands to nab the award for Outstanding fashion brand of the year.

This sterling award marks an incredible year for the barely -a -year brand whose label is said to innovative & relevant with a dose of good storytelling by making efforts to achieve a positive shift in the mindset of Africans which serves as a positive reinforcement that black skin is beautiful.

YB&p took to Instagram to express their sincere gratitude for the recognition.

"We the Yes! Black and proud team are delighted and very humbled by our award. 2018 started off as a great and incredible year for Yes! Black and Proud clothing & to be recognised by Africa goodwill icon awards and the industry experts is a real honor! We are now focused on living up to our award and are all very excited for the rest of 2018"

Founder and Creative Director, zino lexili ogazi of YB&P stated "At YB&P today, we are constantly challenging ourselves to do things differently, questioning the status quo and taking risks within the framework of a learning & rising organization, based on a culture of positivity, reinforcement, empowerment, respect and inclusivity, luckily our efforts are yielding results for parent company supreme dynamic concepts limited, which derives a good percentage of profit from YB&P with reference to the YB&P Campus tour & sales from November to December 2017. We are thankful for our sister brand, miss black beauty Africa for the inspiration"

Eric Michael Ogazi, Image Consultant & Fashion Stylist of YB&P revealed that their brand's uniqueness and work so far is appreciated by their customers and they will not jeopardize this but rather strive for excellence and remain committed to authenticity.