{"id":263119,"date":"2019-04-08T17:47:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=263119"},"modified":"2019-04-08T17:47:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:47:05","slug":"namibian-nicole-schmidt-to-take-on-paris-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=263119","title":{"rendered":"Namibian Nicole Schmidt to take on PARIS Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entertainment Reporter<\/p>\n

AFTER becoming a young mother at the age of 21 and having to put her fashion design studies on hold, a beautiful blessing has found its way to this ambitious designer.<\/p>\n

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Nicole Schmidt at last year\u2019s Windhoek Fashion Week. Photo Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Namibian designer, Nicole Schmidt, will showcase her fashion at the 2019 Paris Fashion Week.<\/p>\n

The soft-spoken Namibian is someone who is realising that there are glimpses of her becoming exactly what her name means which is \u201cvictory of the nation\u201d.<\/p>\n

She completed her high school in 2014 at St. Paul\u2019s College and according to Schmidt, she always knew that she wanted to be a designer, which allowed her to pursue her Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Fashion Design at the fashion design college, Fedisa Cape Town in 2016.<\/p>\n

Her time was, however, cut short when she became pregnant in her second year of studies, and had to pack up and return home.<\/p>\n

She invested her time in numerous endeavors to practice what she had learned during her time as a student.<\/p>\n

\u201cA major milestone for me was participating in the 2018 Fashion week,\u201d says Nicole.<\/p>\n

She was inspired to take part by her uncle who fully funded her project. This further led to her and her cousin, Stephany-Lee Schmidt, being noticed by the Oxford Fashion Studio, and being invited to showcase their collections at the Paris fashion week slated for September 2019.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, she describes her work as being inspired by beautiful, as well as difficult life moments, both in which she finds solace.<\/p>\n

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Nicole Schmidt showing her collection at last year\u2019s Windhoek Fashion Week. Photo Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere are so many significant small moments that go unnoticed like a warm cup of coffee on a rainy day and seeing sun rays caressing the face of a loved one. I appreciate these moments through my pieces,\u201d she gracefully added.<\/p>\n

She is equally inspired by Parisian architecture and style, as she is attracted to the French language, landscape and culture.<\/p>\n

Nicole describes her style as effortlessly sexy, classy and timeless, with an emphasis on being comfortable in one\u2019s own skin and enhancing beauty and identity.<\/p>\n

This makes one stand out but also exudes some form of mystery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tend to use neutral colors over bright ones, in line with creating timelessness,\u201d said the confident Nicole.<\/p>\n

She commended Poiyah Media for helping her in sourcing funds for her trip, since expenses come along with every journey.<\/p>\n

The public is invited to make any contribution by making a direct deposit to the Schmidt family via banking details which can be retrieved by Poiyah Media sponsorships@poiyahmedia.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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