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When Uyi Omorogbe 鈥19, founder of the clothing line NaSo, finished speaking about his experience in Nigeria at a summer funding event last year, Ann Doyle P鈥22 handed him her business card. Doyle is the executive vice president and chief product officer at Banana Republic, and with her help, Omorogbe held a pop-up event for NaSo at the retailer鈥檚 Rockefeller Center location in February. 

Omorogbe developed his Nigerian-influenced collection of shirts, dresses, and more though 黑料网鈥檚 Thought Into Action (TIA) incubator. Learn more about .

 

White shirts hanging up at a clothing store
For the Banana Republic event, Omorogbe updated the popular Mandarin Collar shirt, 鈥淭he Edo,鈥 removing some of the prints to simplify and modernize the style. 鈥淚t's very similar to how Apple updates their products by actually taking things away,鈥 he says.
Mannequin wearing a jacket at a clothing store
鈥淭he pop-up actually blended really well with the merchandise of Banana Republic's store,鈥 Omorogbe says.

 

Following the pop-up event, Omorogbe told his story on Cheddar: