Lisa Folawiyo designs and photos || Best Nigeria fashion designers

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“Lisa Folawiyo designs and photos” ? Who is Lisa and what are her designs like ? Can she comfortably be in the club of “Best Nigeria fashion designers” ? The title above might have pop up some of these questions and some other questions in your mind. Hence in this article we will see if we can answer some of those questions in your mind about Lisa.

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Who is Lisa ?

She is a Nigerian fashion designer who studied law in the university of Lagos. She is a very successful fashion designer who is very good at what she does. For this reason, in 2012, she was featured in Vogue Italia. In the same year she won the Africa Fashion Award. And in 2014, WWD: Women’s Wear Daily named her one of the eight emerging talents. Also, in 2015, her name and brand was in a list of fashion brands that are shaping the international fashion scene, in the prestigious BOF500 fashion magazine.

Lisa’s Brand and Style

Lisa Folawiyo is the creator of the fashion label, Jewel By Lisa. She launched her label in 2005. Her label is a global fashion brand now with showrooms in New York and Nigeria.

She modernized Ankara using her own custom prints and embellishment. Hence she is best known for incorporating traditional West African textiles with modern tailoring techniques with an emphasis on beading and sequin trim. By incorporating texture with this culturally established traditional textile, Lisa Folawiyo transformed the textile and created a globally coveted print. This conceptual and global design hybrid has been the key to Lisa Folawiyo ʼs success.