New Customized Clothing and Accessories By HOD

House of Dara now provides jewellery and accessories and I am so excited for this 

as this opens up new doors and opportunities.

As we celebrate House of Dara's 1 year Anniversary

July 29, 2012

I would like to thank God and everyone that has supported House of Dara T shirts. Wheter it be by being a fan through liking our Facebook page, buying T- shirts or Tank tops for even telling others about us

 Love you all!!!

To celebrate this wonderful day House of Dara now provides ankara (Nigerian Traditional material used for everyday clothing and special occasions) hair clips, earrings and coming soon...rings and headties. We also provide Felt earrings.

Look out for changes on the HOD website this week

House of Dara provides customized and hand made designed 

T shirt  for bridal  and Birthday parties, 

Church and Business events, and your everyday look.

http://shop.houseofdara.com/

 Ankara Hair clips
Available in Bright Vibrant Colours ready to wear with your skirt or
T-shirt and good for all hair types
Can be customized to make a head band

House of Dara Tribal Earrings

House of Dara Skirts

to customize yours, email us at 

info@houseofdara.com

Shop Here

House of Dara bow tie hair clip can be customized to match 

your shirt or skirt.

House of Dara  

Felt/Ankara and Button Earrings

Available in many other colours.

Here

House of Dara Bracelet.

House of Dara and Wiz Kid!

Yes! the House of Dara team was excited to meet WizKid during his Tour to Toronto

Brought to you by yours truly Microbell Entertainment.

Meeting Wiz Kid was a real pleasure as he was polite and willing to take the time to meet and greet  even with the crowd and security

all around him. 

Hopefully, we soon see him in some HOD T-Shirts ;-)

AfriCanada Event Pics!

As you all probably know House of Dara was the sponsor for AfriCanada's fashion T-shirts for their 2012 photoshoot, and I must say the whole process has been fun from the moment they called me and stated they wanted House of Dara to sponsor their T-shirts till the very end after the new queen was announced.

  I enjoyed working with the team, the Ladies and the other sponsors. The photoshoot was busy! lol but everything got done in good time.
I am also really happy to see through videos and Facebook postings how Miss AfriCanada 2011
Used this platform to make a difference in her community and represent Africa in with such .

If you missed this years event MAKE SURE ! you dont miss next years
Bellow are photos from
of the beautiful contestants and the event and behind the scenes of the photoshoot

My favourite Pics from the shoot
Pictures  of ladies by Kamshuka

House of Dara, Zainab and Jamal Seaton (AfriCanada Team)

Read More for many more pictures
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HOD Earrings and Bright Lipstick

Now, I am not a makeup guru but I remember sometime this year when pastel and bright 

Pink lip sticks where in vogue, and I could not stand it!! lol 

only to see my sis got one of the same type of  lipstick. So i got the name and shade for this lipstick its by Shiseido Perfect Rouge Parfait RS320 

Earrings By House of Dara Metal Teardrop copper earrings

Ife Dada is a make up artist that has done photo shoots with numerous designers and photographers

including House of Dara and Emua Fashions fashion show. 

Earrings available on HOD 

shop website

more pics  and Ife's contact read more

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Business Vs. Pleasure

My trip to Nigeria was one that has been long overdue for the past 14 years! Yes I said 14 years.

* BB hand over face emoticon*.

My main goal was for business purposes, but as you know, all work and no play makes House of Dara a very dulling house. So here are pictures of the good times in Nigeria. Keep in mind that I do not remember the names of all these places any longer so if you do recognize the area feel free to comment. 

Roommates !!!

Oyinkansola & Dara

The Crew. lol.

Toke, Dara & Ohita

Dara, Chioma & Toke

Chilling at Q Lounge

Favorite meals & Snacks

I actually attempted to bring some Gala back to Canada

and La Casera is just so addictive

Fresh Ackara and bread mmmmmm... That 

was the number one snack I wanted to taste in Naija. Unfortunately, 

it was eaten before meals (see pic below). I didn't 

know Akara could fill a girl up like that. So, enjoy the pics

 of the meal I should have had at the wedding but instead was full

with akara and bread.

Small Beginnings...

I have been wanting to get this blog started since last year. As you may have noticed, this is just the second post. I did not know where to start. Well, now that that’s settled, I am going to start from the very beginning.

Lets take it back to Nigeria for a moment. Story story … once upon a time ...  joking!

As stated on the 'About Us' section of House of Dara’s page, fashion and designing has always been my passion. As early as in my 7th grade, I had started to design shorts and dresses but didn’t know how to sew. I even came up with the name 'GIG Clothing' that meant GodisGood...I know I did try. Lol.

At the age of 13, I started going to Marygrove camp for girls. Each session had a theme ranging from Hawaii week to Christmas and Halloween. Christmas was my favorite theme because we had Secret Santa and turkey dinner! As a camp counselor, one summer we were told that the Secret Santa gifts were to be hand made. This was challenging for me because I had no clue what to do. We finally picked a name and I picked one of my very best friends, Joanie. This motivated me to do better as I wanted something specific to her. So, I made her a pillowcase by cutting out pieces felt fabric to make letters, shapes, and to write her name. I ensured that the pictures matched her personality.

Myself and Joanie @ Afrofest 2012

Well, who knew a Secret Santa present would make such a difference. Every year that I went camping during the Christmas session, I began making customized T-shirts as my Secret Santa gifts and the designs were all hand stitched.

Megan was one of my Secret Santa’s, she had long black hair and worked with the sun kids.

Megan's shirt in the making.

Front of Megan's shirt

For more pictures read more

~D.D~

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