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Meet British-Nigerian Young Talented Fashion Designer Elizabeth-Yemi Akingbade Founder of Yemzi Brand

Meet British-Nigerian Young Talented Fashion Designer Elizabeth-Yemi Akingbade Founder of Yemzi Brand

Ann Mumbi

August 13, 2018

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I am Elizabeth-Yemi Akingbade and I run the street-luxe bohemian fashion label Yemzi. When did you first realize you wanted to pursue a career as a Fashion designer? Elizabeth-Yemi Akingbade: Age 14 after exploring my interest in fashion by taking Saturday classes at my local arts institute. Why did you choose this career? Elizabeth-Yemi Akingbade: […]

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Get to Know about Yasmine Agbantou Creative Designer Founder and CEO of Mimine Ag

Get to Know about Yasmine Agbantou Creative Designer Founder and CEO of Mimine Ag

Mimine Ag from her real name Yasmine Agbantou is a Beninese- French fashion and print designer born in Paris and raised in Benin. Mimine is the nickname her mother gave her from the day she was born and Ag are the two first letters of her surname. She graduated from Ravensbourne University in London with […]

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Elizabeth Yemi Akingbade Creative Director and Fashion Designer Nigeria

Elizabeth Yemi Akingbade Creative Director and Fashion Designer Nigeria

Print and Fashion Designer Elizabeth Yemi Akingbade graduated from the University of The Arts London in 2013. She soon launched a fashion line, Yemzi, with a small range of printed organic tops. Influenced by a British upbringing with a working-class white foster family in the English seaside, she dreamily re-contextualizes her newly-embraced rich Nigerian culture […]

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Loza Maléombho Fashion Designer and Creative Director from Côte d’Ivoire

Loza Maléombho Fashion Designer and Creative Director from Côte d’Ivoire

Ann Mumbi

August 1, 2018

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Established in New York City in 2009 and relocated to Côte d’Ivoire since 2012 where its production takes place, the brand is best described as a fusion between traditional cultures/ sub-cultures and contemporary fashion. Loza Maléombho bridges Ivorian traditions with modern fashion Loza Maléombho Fashion The sil­houettes celebrate the paradox of the old and the new, cultural […]

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Who is Ladunni Lambo ? She is Talented Creative and Fashion Designer from Nigeria

Who is Ladunni Lambo ? She is Talented Creative and Fashion Designer from Nigeria

Ann Mumbi

July 30, 2018

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Founded by Ladunni Lambo, the designer’s foray into the fashion world began as a student at Nottingham Trent University, where she studied fashion design. After graduating, she returned back home to Nigeria, where she presented her first collection as part of the Fashion Focus contest at Lagos Fashion and Design Week in 2013. Ladunni Lambo […]

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