| DURO OLUWU |
A
Nigerian born, Duro Oluwu, a fashion designer is among those who decorated the
white house for the 2015 Christmas celebration. Oluwu’s work is in the Vermeil
room which is sometimes used as a sitting room and he decorated it with 2 eight
foot Christmas trees draped with vintage fabrics, ribbons and encrusted tinsel.
He was commissioned by Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States of
America with other fashion designers like Carolina Herrera, Humberto Leon,
Carol Lim and Kenzo to decorate the White House’s China Room, Vermeil Room and
library for the holiday season.
Oluwu has a Nigerian father and
Jamaican mother and he was brought up in Lagos, spending his childhood
travelling between Nigeria and Europe. He read law in London and practiced in
Nigeria for a while. He is married to Thelma Golden who is the Director and
Chief Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. He
became interested in fashion, with inspiration coming from the mixture
of colors and rich textures of clothing worn by the people he saw day to day
and in October 2004, he started his first women’s wear label with a show in 2005.
| DURO OLUWU'S DESIGN |
Oluwu’s
designs found in shops across the world are mostly a mixture of
his African heritage and international sensibilities which have got him
clients like Michelle Obama which has gained his designs credibility. Other celebrities
who put on his design include Uma Thurman, Keira Knightley and Linda Evangelista,
an accomplished and influential model.
Duro Oluwo has won many awards like
the Best International Designer at the African Fashion Awards, South Africa in
2010. He also won the coveted Dress of the Year award and New Designer of the
Year Award at the British Fashion Awards in 2005.
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