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Air passengers decry upsurge in fares, seek urgent attention to roads, railway
Nigerians, who travel by air, have decried the “sudden” upsurge in air fares and urged the Federal Government to intervene to avoid poor patronage that could dwindle the fortunes of the aviation industry. Newsmen report that the air fares shot up by about 100 per cent in the last one week, with some airline operators even raising their fares by as much as 120 per cent or more. At Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the fare from Abuja to Lagos, which was N35,300 (Economy Class), rose to between N70,000 and N75,000. Newsmen found that Business Class travellers were charged between N100,000 and N120,000, depending on the airline. Our correspondents, who visited other airports across the country, found that the rise in airfares was the same, a situation that forced some passengers to...
I’m 55 and a Former Fashion Buyer—These Pieces Will Help Make a Perfect Outfit
If it’s easy and elevated outfit ideas you’re looking for, Susie Wright always has options. With decades of fashion experience under her belt, the 55-year-old stylist and former Nordstrom buyer certainly knows her stuff. While the year you were born should have absolutely nothing do with your sartorial choices, her more seasoned perspective is often of interest for women of all ages. And with many of us on a perpetual quest for the perfect outfit, we thought her insight into the specific items she has found to create them would be of great benefit to us all. Of course, everyone’s version of the perfect outfit varies based on personal style, but to Wright, it’s the key items below that help craft her ideal ensembles, especially when they’re mixed w...
23 Fabulous Pieces If You’re Desperate to Dress Up This Christmas
It goes without saying that the festive season is not going to look quite the same this year, and the usual get-togethers and drinks parties will be put on pause until 2021 (yep, it’s going to be some shindig). Yet, despite this, our desire to get dressed up has not been dampened, and after a quick survey of the Who What Wear team it’s clear that 9 months of knitted co-ords and slippers has created a serious craving for a little glitz and glamour in our lives. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and he...
Spring/Summer 2021 Trends: The Most Important Fashion Looks You Need to Know
When viewing the spring summer 2021 collections you need to first acknowledge the context in which these looks were created—designers around the world were all working during lockdown, many away from their studios and usual resources, divided from their teams and facing huge logistical challenges. Their work was then presented to the world largely via livestreams, videos and fashion shows with limited audiences. With the usual circus and excess around fashion week removed, the focus really was back on the craftsmanship and message of the clothes. But what clothes do you create when— to put it plainly— you just don’t know what people will be dressing for in 2021. How we get dressed can have a huge impact on how we feel, while also reflecting wider shifts in mood, and so it’...
I Think This Dress Trend Is the Best Thing to Wear on Christmas Day
I love Christmas. There, I said it. I really, really love Christmas. And it’s not because of the presents, or the tree or the incessant carols that play on repeat in every single department store throughout the whole month of December. I love Christmas because it is one of the few times a year that my entire family gets to spend the day together. There’s something particularly wholesome about the traditions a family develops over the years throughout Christmas time. Those unspoken rules that everyone abides by simply because they have done so in years past. In my family, we have two unchanging Christmas traditions. The first is that we always, always watch Love Actually on Christmas Eve (and generally break out into song when All I Want For Christmas plays during the school recital sc...
I Wore Uniqlo for the Past 7 Days Straight and Felt Pretty Chic
When the news came that Topshop’s parent company, Arcadia, would be going into administration, the entire team couldn’t help but reminisce on the good old days: The memories of our first shopping trips to Topshop as teenagers still feel fresh, and we could all remember what we bought. (Me? A very businessy pinstripe pencil skirt.) But it also made me take stock of what’s in my current wardrobe from the high street. I found myself asking, Which items do I wear the most, and which stores do I go back to time and again for decent, affordable clothes? And the answer even threw me: Uniqlo. Upon inspection, it’s the high-street label that I actually own the most of. I love Zara as much as the next fashion fiend, I often find interesting pieces at Mango, and...
The Puffer Coats That Katie Homes, VB and Other Celebs Are Wearing RN
Celebrities are not impervious to the cold, even if they manage to somehow look more glamorous dressing for it than we mere mortals. Where some similarities do lie, however, is in their sensible choice of outerwear. Whether you’re having a wild time at your favourite Sainsbury’s Local or going on a walk around the country manor grounds with David Beckham (you too? Weird!), what brings A-listers and our wardrobes together is a shared love for puffer coats and jackets. Only today were we reminded of the fact when 2020’s official “queen of casual” Katie Holmes, stepped out onto the chilly sidewalks of NYC wearing a snuggly, puffy black cropped jacket. It’s a style of basic padded outerwear that I’ve seen all over the streets of eas...
7 Winter Buys These Stylish Over-40s Swear By
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: our fashion friends over 40 are an unlimited source of style inspiration for us. There’s just something about this group’s seasoned style perspective that always hits the mark. In other words, whether it’s the places they always shop or how they’re styling their basics, just get it. That’s not to say that we don’t also follow a number of fashion people across age groups but there is a certain expertise that comes from years of fine-tuning your wardrobe and we’re simply here to celebrate that. Seeing as winter is on our doorsteps and the cold-weather can often be the trickiest to dress for, we’ve tapped this group yet again for a much-needed dose of in...
If You’re Going to A Restaurant—Here Are Some A+ Outfit Ideas
Plans are few and far between this year, with the usual December activities off the cards. In the lead-up to Christmas last year, I attempted to do my own advent of evening plans, saying yes to any invite that came my way. This year however my challenge is how many meals I can actually endure outside in December—heater or no heater. If you are in Tier 1 and 2 and are choosing to go to restaurants, then this is one opportunity to really dress up and dig out those sequins from the back of your wardrobe. I’ve seen people this week wearing their fanciest party frocks to eat a bowl of noodles in a beer garden—and why not at this stage? If you want a night out of your tracksuit bottoms, and to dress up for dinner, below I’ve listed several outfit ideas that feel fabulous, ...
7 Trending Ganni Items That Live Up To the Hype
If you made a list of all the cult fashion items from the last two years or so, I would hazard a guess that Ganni would claim around half of it. Set up in 2000, it wasn’t until 2017 that the brand saw mainstream success amongst the fashion crowd thanks to its universal cool-girl appeal and personality-packed yet wearable pieces. Ganni is one of those brands that sets trends rather than follows them. Just think of its big collared blouses, which were embraced by editors and influencers alike last year. And now, you can’t browse a high-street store without bumping into an OTT collar. Ganni has also inspired countless other Scandi brands to set up shop in the intervening years, marking Copenhagen Fashion Week as a&nb...
The Best High-Street Buys We’ve Seen on Instagram This December
The team at Who What Wear UK prides itself on uncovering cult items before they’ve even made it off the production line. We’re keen, to say the least, and a great portion of our time is spent documenting and analysing the Instagram posts of the thousands of cool women we follow on Instagram for high-street sightings. In fact, we have WhatsApp groups and Slack channels dedicated to these affordably priced power pieces, and we want to update you on them as soon as possible (aka after we’ve bought our faves). Our skills are so attuned that more often than not, we’ll have an inkling about a certain piece before it has hit the big time. Sometimes, you’ll find a flurry of brand-specific action due to a paid activation or natural desire to wear a parti...
Katie Holmes’s “Plain” Outfit Is Giving Me an Excuse to Wear Jeans Again
Full disclosure: I’m writing this while wearing sweatpants, a sherpa pullover, and compression socks, but Katie Holmes is inspiring me to go change my outfit, even at 6:00 p.m. on a cold and gloomy day. I love jeans and wear them often, but not as often as in years past, since I stay home so much more this year, for obvious reasons. That said, I’m always open to denim outfit inspiration, which Katie Holmes just provided me with. There is nothing groundbreaking about this outfit that Holmes wore while out walking in New York last week. It’s easy and comfortable and we all own our own version of it—a sweater, jeans, and loafers. It’s an outfit I’ve worn many, many times, and this particular version of it is making me want to go out and b...
