{"id":11991,"date":"2016-10-04T06:30:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=11991"},"modified":"2018-06-18T11:32:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T15:32:01","slug":"nay-secka-founder-of-tegaa-gambias-game-changer-in-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/nay-secka-founder-of-tegaa-gambias-game-changer-in-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nay Secka: Gambia’s Game Changer in Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"
New York, NY September 10, 2016 \u2014 Nay Secka, Founder of Tegaa premiered and sold her collection at the launch of the Adiree concept store in SOHO, 104 Charlton Street (between Hudson Street and Greenwich Street). The concept store took place during New York Fashion Week on Saturday September 10th, as a part of a Africa Fashion Week New York\u00a0<\/em>activation called\u00a0Trunk Collectives<\/a>\u00a0(www.trunkcollectives.com<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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Trunk Collectives is a platform hosting eco-friendly multicultural and ethical brands to present, sell and build brands capacity. The platform is designed to help expand the popularity of vendors as well as to advocate diversity through a contemporary series of sales events and concept stores.<\/div>\n
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This year’s platform was sponsored by Aveda and New York Surgical Arts and\u00a0featured designers from shop Adiree and premium vendors such as\u00a0Sareptha Rose by Robin S, Tegaa, and Shangani Fashions.<\/div>\n
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Gambia\u2019s very own Nay Secka has set a platform in bringing traditional to present day. Through her brand, Tegaa, she presents a collection of luxury, ethical jewelry and accessories that are all handmade and passed down for generations. The products and designs from this line are unique as well as rare, but Nay has made it possible for them to be accessible to the public.<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0United Nations says that Gambia<\/a>\u00a0is the smallest country in Africa, but Tegaa is an exquisite example of what Gambia has to offer everyone. The designs from the collection offer different pieces that are handmade by indigenous tribes of artisans located in Gambia. These handcrafted designs show a part of traditional Gambia through their colors and style, they show the culture of Gambia in every way. Nay Secka believes that by bringing these pieces to the public, she can demonstrate Gambia to the world…\u00a0Read<\/a>\u00a0the full press release\u00a0of Tegaa at Trunk Collectives.<\/div>\n
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New York, NY September 10, 2016 \u2014 Nay Secka, Founder of Tegaa premiered and sold her collection at the launch of the Adiree concept store in SOHO, 104 Charlton Street (between Hudson Street and Greenwich Street). The concept store took place during New York Fashion Week on Saturday September 10th, as a part of a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[457,83,210,3110,3111,3112,3008,1097,3113],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12178,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions\/12178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}