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I taught myself to make furniture and then started a furniture factory that still exists. But I realized I wanted to be around creative people. I sta… - Reni Folawiyo
" "I taught myself to make furniture and then started a furniture factory that still exists. But I realized I wanted to be around creative people. I started to travel within Africa, and discovered people making fashion and design pieces that were contemporary iterations of what you see traditionally—not what we would call contemporary in the Western sense, but in our context. And I thought that was very intriguing.
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About Reni Folawiyo
Reni Folawiyo is a Nigerian lawyer turned fashion entrepreneur and business woman.
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It was important for us to have an aesthetic that we believed was our aesthetic...we chose designers who reflected the ideas of bold, unapologetic beauty, [had a] conscience and celebrated craftsmanship. We realised quite fast that people wanted to pay for brands they knew and coveted and if we were to succeed we had to first of all listen to our market, get them super comfortable with us and then start to explore other brands.
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