By Yemisi Suleiman

Popular American journalist, teacher and political activist, Gloria Steinem wrote that, “dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” There is the idea that every woman wants to be the dream girl, the very first choice, and the only one worth going above and beyond for.

The competition for attention and recognition is fierce, it is only those who dare to dream who lead and stay ahead of the rest. Yes, dreams can also be fantasies when you close your eyes and wake up relishing your imaginations only. However, how are you putting your wild imaginations to work? What are you practically doing to make your dreams a reality beyond rhetoric?

Psychologically and more, dreams help you to consolidate memory, strengthening and boosting your memories into more permanent form of storage. It is also possible that dreams are helpful in helping you forecast the future, that is, dreams may signal important messages to you about what could or couldn’t be important to pay attention to in the future. Your recent life concerns are also reflected in your dreams if you pay critical attention to your dream patterns.

We all dream, be it serious or not. Do we actually pay attention to these dreams or we neglect them? Do we strive for the better or it is just one of our many abandoned thoughts? As part of the human experience, dreams can benefit you by helping you enhance your creativity and problem-solving skills. Your sense of purpose driving and motivating you towards actualizing success can be influenced by dreams. The list of what your dreams hold is endless. How are you making it work for you?

Without leaps of imaginations, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Keonaraphael, Lagos based fashion brand is yet again bringing the excitement and possibilities for the Nigerian women to dare to dream and achieve their goals.

In its new “Dream girl” collection, the effervescent Nigerian woman has multiple opportunities and choices to dream big through chic and sleeky fashion designs created to fit. This collection is not your typical dream girl. This collection is a celebration of the modern woman – strong, confident, beautiful, elegant, and ready to conquer the world.

Are you ready to make your dream work for you? The “Dream girl” collection has all the fashion paraphernalia to express yourself, to boost confidence, and to feel comfortable and showcase extraordinary elegance. You are spoilt for a perfect celebration of individuality, a nod to the diverse and bold women who inspire them. So, whether you’re dressing up for a special occasion or simply want to feel your best, “The Dream Girl” collection has something for you.

The brand’s commitment to personalized design ensures that each piece feels special, like it was made just for you. The “Dream girl” collection isn’t just created for the runways, but intricately designed to boost, enhance bring out the glow and charming attractions of every woman who dares to envisage a greater future while exuding confidence irrespective of body size and shape.

In details, the double pieces of a long flowing, free-style dress with a pant in the “Dream girl” collection is a chic and stylish design that perhaps, gives the girl the wings to fly and achieve every woman’s dream. While the design is very airy and charming, it is crafted to create a natural effect of flowing with the winds, giving the body much needed ventilation particularly, in the hot tropical weather in Sub-Sahara Africa. This two-piece dress ca be worn at leisure particularly, outdoor events during humid season. The idea of the rundown buttons which can easily be undone to create a frontal slit all through the dress gives it a stylish appeal. The only foreseeable improvement on this chic design is a possible touch of perhaps, flowery patterns splashed in part to create contrast to make the dress even more eye popping. There is also the possibility of a fabric belt along the middle to hold firm the dress, perchance the flow of the wind is too heavy.

The second piece in the “Dream girl” collection is a cute two-piece dress that transports you back to the 80s and early 90s. A mini top jacket-like design with short hands and a skirt exposing the knees giving that look and feel of a young girl striving to conquer her world. So, if you appreciate to rock your world in the vintage and elegant eras of Princess Diana, Demi Moore, Kim Basinger and those glamour queens of the 80s and 90s, then, this piece is just made perfect for you. Although, representing the queens of the yesteryears perfectly, the dress seems too plain, suggesting the options of creating busy attachment designs – flowers, garlands, beads and more. Keonaraphael should also play with the option of extending the skirt to the knee level to allow for a more modish look and feel.

Before we review the third piece in the “Dream girl” collection, you must be wondering the personalities behind the Keonaraphael brand right? The brand is a family-run business, founded by three sisters namely, Emike Mba, Christabell Ifietekhai and Evangeline Anthony who began by experimenting fashion designs from their broad ideas, metamorphosing into a passion, then a project and since 2015 have become the Keonaraphael brand churning out beautiful fashion collections annually to project the elegance of the Nigerian and by extension, the African woman.

So, back to the “Dream girl” collection. The third piece in this collection is a casual everyday, everytime and anywhere dress that brings out the simplicity, yet elegance and the beauty in you. You love sleeveless and very comfortable, cat walking showing your long, beautiful legs, right? This short but beautiful dress in gold pattern colours is all you need to slay, walking like the queen that you are. It is very stylish and simple that you won’t be able to hide your elegant look from many. This off-shoulder chic dress is simply flawless.

Embrace your dream and become a real woman, the “Dream girl” collection by Keonaraphael is your fashion companion.