{"id":14230,"date":"2016-02-23T03:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T03:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=14230"},"modified":"2016-02-23T03:05:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T03:05:37","slug":"plus-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/plus-size","title":{"rendered":"A 10-Year-Old Nigerian Designer Who Started A Plus-Sized Clothing Line Is Earning Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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She showcased her plus-sized clothing line at New York Fashion week. &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People applaud me and tell me I&#8217;m good at fashion<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bullied for her appearance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ufele is in fifth grade and is a straight A student. But school was tough for her. She was bullied by other children due to her weight. Bullies tormented her by knocking her lunch out of her hands and assaulting her. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I was bullied and they called me all kinds of names. One time I got stabbed by a pencil,&#8221; she shared. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ufele spent a lot of her childhood in hospitals because of her weight. On <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bullychasers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">her Instagram account,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> appropriately named Bullychasers, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BB_MzUGHsEB\/?taken-by=bullychasers\">she shared an old photo from the hospital\u00a0<\/a>with the following caption<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This was my life hospitals. Cyber Bullies learn my condition before you say I am fat from food. I am 10 years old making power moves while you talk. #bullychasers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14237\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/screen-shot-2016-02-22-at-9-54-55-pm.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"701\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/screen-shot-2016-02-22-at-9-54-55-pm.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/screen-shot-2016-02-22-at-9-54-55-pm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/screen-shot-2016-02-22-at-9-54-55-pm-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BB_MzUGHsEB\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Instead of succumbing to the bullies, she decided to channel her energy into her designs. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I turned negative attention into positive attention,&#8221; she said. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She learned how to sew from her grandmother, Nellie Rembert, who helped her with the negativity. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;She started making doll&#8217;s clothes with a regular sewing needle with the hand. And she started designing clothes and sketching,&#8221; her grandmother said.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ufele\u2019s mother, Dr. Reba Perry said that her daughter is incredibly dedicated to her craft &#8211; \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She comes out of school, goes straight into homework, and when other kids are out playing, she\u2019s either cutting patterns or she\u2019s creating new ideas.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d Her hard work paid off. She showed her designs at the New York Fashion Week. She was the only child designer to make a plus sized line.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14233\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/screen-shot-2016-02-22-at-9-40-08-pm-1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"701\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/screen-shot-2016-02-22-at-9-40-08-pm-1.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/screen-shot-2016-02-22-at-9-40-08-pm-1-85x58.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BB3rBGXqEfa\/?taken-by=chubiiline\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating her African roots<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ufele\u2019s line is called Chubiline.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The young girl creates all of her own designs by hand and her grandmother\u2019s sewing machine. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not only is it designed for people with curvier bodies, but it also celebrates her African roots. Her slogan for the line is:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong> \u201cBringing Africa to America; one design at a time.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chubiiline.com\/\">On her website<\/a>, she describes herself as \u201ca 10 year old designer taking the fashion industry by storm. \u00a0I consider myself nothing less than a chronicler of the human condition, for better or worse. When you see my designs, I think you&#8217;ll agree.\u201d <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0She envisions her designs \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sparking conversations and inspiring the imagination, with a vision that cannot be taught, and must be personally experienced<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d She listed several skills on her website\u00a0including: advertising, anti-bullying, urban life, fashion, and empowering. Even though she has been sewing since she was three years old and has already accomplished so much, she is also looking to gain more experience in the industry. She is looking to start mass producing her designs and selling them online. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI&#8217;m only as good as my last design,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14235\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"709\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/1-600x394.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/1-85x56.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a 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