Jacq Sempre joined a choir, rejected black clothing and started creating multicoloured dresses.
Ms Sempre moved to Norwich from London and started designing clothes after she was made redundant from her civil engineering jobA fashion designer inspired by her Nigerian heritage is showcasing her designs in a fashion show this weekend.She joined the African Choir of Norfolk four years ago, and was asked if she could make costumes for their performances.
The designs she will be sharing at the African fashion show have been inspired by bright colours, big sleeves and big skirts."When I was growing up, I was bombarded with all this colour, even the plates that we ate on were colourful, everything was colourful and I don't know why I shied away from it," she said.
Within the designs she feels it is important to understand the deeper meanings behind fabrics and her Nigerian heritage.She said: "The fabrics, the patterns some of them are used for ceremonies, for rituals... they are weaved with the different materials that come from that part of Africa, but most importantly they mean something.
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