WHAT INSPIRES ME....
There are many things that inspire me. My culture and background is Nigerian and I love to get inspiration from the fabrics to the colorful atmosphere. When people go back to there family heritage and culture and gain understanding of it, inspiration would be knocking at their door. My cultures garments are full of different prints and patterns. I like to challenge myself with mixing different prints and colors together. To me, whenever someone can take prints like strips and tribal and put them together, it shows me that they are confident, bold and daring.
Unique skin tones and mixtures of various ethnic groups inspire me. As crazy as it may sound but just by looking at a beautiful model with a bronze, mocha or even snow skin tone, I would try to design and imagine different colors and styles that would best represent her beautiful color.
The way a woman expresses herself with her hair inspires me.When I am not doing my designing, doing school work or sewing, I love to do hair. Hair now a days can be considered an accessory. Part time I sew in extensions for people, and YouTube different new ways to style hair. Extensions or weave for black women is an easy way to do what ever you want with your hair without damaging your own natural hair. Weave is very versatile. It comes in synthetic or 100% human hair and colors from bubble gum pink to barbie blonde. You can design a garment around different hairstyles and hair colors.
Lastly I am also in love with lavish weddings and bridal gowns with crazy volume. Beautiful marriages bring a smile to my face. Designing for brides are a challenge because you want to fit their personality. You can catch me watching every bridal show there is!
