PROFILER- Meet Duro Olowu

Image result for Duro Olowu
Duro Olowu
Duro Olowu is US First lady Michelle Obama has this talented Nigerian-born designer to thank for her signature flowery prints.

 Duro was raised by a Jamaican mother and Yoruba father in Nigeria before being shipped off to a boarding school in London, England. 

He was a huge fan of fashion from an early age, but his parents were against it as a career. 

Fortunately, he won them over, and has enjoyed major milestones in his career ever since – a partnership deal with popular US brand, JC Penney in 2014 and the honour of designing the White House in 2015.

Comments