The bougie woman collection by NENI is inspired by the beautiful butterfly that flutters playfully in the luscious garden.
The metamorphic transformation of a butterfly’s cycle is phenomenal. From infancy to adulthood, the butterfly experiences life. The best part is the chrysalis stage where it emerges into an adult. At this stage, growth becomes a place of curiosity, questions, struggles, and the dire need to succeed. This emergence in every aspiring woman is called CHANGE.
The butterfly signifies the modern woman. She’s scarred yet graceful, dares to explore the world, fearless, driven to grow, and sees and enjoys every moment as a luxury of her journey to aspire for more and the challenges which make her confident, courageous, bold, beautiful, and intelligent.
The garden is the environment and the greenery is life. The combination of all species of plants signifies different people, diverse cultures, different places, and several opportunities waiting for the woman to explore and learn.
NENI, (a name coined from the first two and last letters of *Nne* ka and I *ni* – Nneka / Ini ) is a collaborative Nigerian start-up fashion brand, co-founded by two female fashion entrepreneurs, Nneka Etayokhai and Iniobong Obinna-Onunkwo in 2022. The bougie collection created a promising outlook for NENI at the African Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN) 2022 runway edition.