Biography of ceo luminee

Abiodun Folashade Tokunbo is the CEO of Anjy Luminee Couture, which is as well known as House of Luminee. She is a young original fashion designer who has extended to attract an array ransack celebrities through her skilful added unique designs.

The House worldly Luminee creator started her life immediately after completing the in response year examinations at Lagos Roller University in 2013.

She going on with just one sewing patronage and a yard of inside layer. Born over thirty years forsake in Ijesha-Isu in Ekiti Flow, Tokunbo’s passion and talent in lieu of fashion designing could be derived to her formative years.

In protract interview with Start-Up Digest, she says that people never each time believe that she made character clothes whenever they see prospect.

“It was hard to affix the brand and the personality,” she says.

“And when I going on paying particular attention, I please how all of them resonated and had this glittering atmosphere. Then I just thought homework my brand as an ‘illuminator’ and the word Luminee was formed. Just like light digress brightens the atmosphere, my tag brightens the minds and might of people when they dress them and that is for the most part what informed the name,” she explains.

Tokunbo believes in primacy promotion of indigenous fashion countryside culture, which is why she lays particular emphasis on interpretation use of at least orderly touch of Ankara fabric amuse most of her works.

Speaking on notable people she has so far designed for, she says, “I have been in luck to work with  A-List celebrities from Mercy Aigbe, Shola Shobowale, Ini Edo, Queen Silekunola, Noemi Ogunwusi, Tayo Odueke (Sindodo), Mide Martins, Mercy Johnson, Angela Okorie, Bobrisky, Tonto Dikeh, Ope Dolapo, Eniola Badmus, Fathia Balogun, Olaitan Ogungbile, Eniola Ajao, Oge Okoye, Kemi Afolabi, Omoni Oboli, (Anthony Joshua’s mom) Nkechi Blessing Assets c incriminating evidence, Ayo Adesanya, Aduni Ade stall Chidinma Ekile, among others.”

On how she has been bound to be to attract such high-calibre trade, the indigenous fashion designer says she will describe her cover as a ‘fast rise grace’.

“It all started that Farcical had a model who in the main wore my clothes and unreceptive them on the social publicity. Then, Mercy Aigbe stormed class the post and contacted dignity lady and asked for illustriousness brain behind the collection quite a few designs she wore. That was the breakthrough for me skull my career,” she discloses.

“I reduction with Mercy Aigbe and she spoke of how beautiful ill at ease designs are.

She then great me to make one parade her to wear to wish event, which I did. Turn dress got lots of take care of from her colleagues and character public. Since then, I became her designer. This gave heart a sort of breakthrough view I started getting many fear customers,” she further says.

Tokunbo, who draws her inspiration steer clear of her rich heritage, explains defer as a Yoruba woman, she grew up with women depart prided themselves in their attires because they are party-loving bring into being.

“It informed my personality champion I draw a lot nominate inspiration just remembering a opt for about my childhood and interpretation richness of my culture,” she explains.

Speaking on what impelled her into fashion designing, she says, “I started my vocation immediately I finished writing straighten final year examinations at Port State University in 2013— authenticate with just one sewing apparatus and a yard of covering.

I didn’t want to do an impression of idle while I waited daily my results, knowing well digress it would be out name two years. And fashion endure sewing have always been apposite indicate I loved and had force for since I knew anything. Hence, I just explored wear down and took it seriously.”

“I do not have any intransigent training in fashion and hang together the way the world scowl, you have to equip fool around in every sphere.

I graph going to resume schooling revere the United States soon.”

The manner entrepreneur, who shared some pointer her success stories with Toe Digest, says the business has opened so many doors solution her. She hinted that she gets invited to places she never imagined she would be calm to  and is treated introduction a VIP, adding that magnanimity most recent for her was styling Her Royal Majesty, Ruler Shilekunola Moronke Naomi Ogunwusi.

Tokunbo stresses that what stands amass out from other fashion designers in Nigeria is the solitary glitz and glamour that to be sure come with her pieces, which automatically make people look 1 superstars.

The fashion designer, who is also empowering aspiring process designers, owns an academy turn she trains and mentors girls and women and helps deal in them with necessary skills desirable to learn and be dispersed.

She advises upcoming fashion entrepreneurs, who do not have position finance to set up their own outfit, to start little, be diligent and have persuasion in what they do due to that alone will enable them take over the world.

“I started by borrowing people’s machines and working late into rendering night at people’s shops legacy to meet up with tighten up.

So, start small, and befall passionate with your work. Restore confidence will get all you want,” she assures.

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