Lisa Folawiyo

Lisa Folawiyo is a Nigerian fashion designer who is best known for incorporating traditional West African textiles with modern tailoring techniques with an emphasis on beading and sequin trim.[1]

Lisa Folawiyo - Designer

Biography

Lisa Folawiyo has a background in law, which she studied at the University of Lagos.[2][3][4][5][3]

Lisa Folawiyo started her label "Jewel by Lisa" in 2005 from her home.[6]

Fashion activities
Lisa Folawiyo wearing her own designs

Lisa Folawiyo has showrooms in Nigeria as well as New York. Celebrities such as Issa Rae have worn her pieces. Rae wore a cummerbund dress to the BET Presents the American Black Film Festival Honors.[7] Her collections are also showcased in the US, the UK, Nigeria and South Africa.[8][9] In 2012 she was featured in Vogue Italia.

Prizes
  • 2012: Africa Fashion Award
  • 2014: One of eight emerging talents by WWD Women's Wear Daily[10]
  • 2015: Featured in the BOF500[9]

Personal life

Folawiyo had been married for 14 years. She is a mother of two children. Her father-in-law was the industrialist Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo.[2] [11]

References
  1. "Lisa Folawiyo". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  2. "I started Jewel by Lisa with N20,000 – Lisa Folawiyo". The Punch. January 22, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  3. Business Of Fashion. "Lisa Folawiyo". BOF. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. Milena Veselinovic (April 14, 2015). "From court to catwalk, a former barrister's designs go global". CNN. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  5. Keith Dinnie. Nation Branding: Concepts, Issues, Practice. Routledge, 2015. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-317-6819-53.
  6. Francesca Ururi (January 30, 2016). "The Lisa Folawiyo Interview". The Guardian. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  7. "Shooting Stars". Daily Telegraph, The (Sydney). 25 February 2017.
  8. "African Dream: Nigeria's Lisa Folawiyo". United Kingdom: BBC. October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  9. "Lisa Folawiyo & Reni Folawiyo Join Business of Fashion's 500 List, Caitlyn Jenner, Amal Clooney & More also Make the Cut". Bella Naija. September 22, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  10. "The New Guard 8 Emerging Talents". WWD: Women's Wear Daily. 208 (110): 4–1. 2014.
  11. Ayo-Adeusi, David. "Designer talks growing up with ethnically diverse parents". Pulse. Pulse News. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

Official website

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