Bunmi Olaye, London-based Nigerian designer and Creative Director behind the fashion brand Bunmi Koko has decided to step down from her position with the company she created with Francis Udom in 2009.
In two years, the brand has been
catapulted in the limelight and won many international accolades
including ‘Emerging Designer of the Year in 2010’ at the African Fashion
Awards, ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ 2010 and has been featured in
magazines and newspapers such as Drapers, Evening Standard, Grazia,
Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Arise & Vogue. Bunmi Koko caught the eyes of
many celebrities such as Nelson Mandela, Hilary Alexander of The
Telegraph & former Spice Girls Melanie Brown to name a few.
Bunmi Koko has also been invited by HRH
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to attend a reception at
St James’s Palace, celebrating West African culture in July this year
and then went on to be commissioned by ITN to give ‘expert commentary’
on the wedding gown worn by HRH Catherine Middleton, The Duchess of
Cambridge, on the ITV Royal Wedding Coverage during the day of HRH
Prince William and Duchess Catherine Middleton’s Royal Wedding.
Bunmi Olaye is not quitting fashion but
moving onto new horizons and is currently working new projects: ‘I have
not giving up on my dream, however the time has come for me to pursue a
vision that is entirely my own‘. Bunmi Olaye
No further information will be released of yet as for the reasons behind Bunmi’s resignation, but all
can rest assured to find out more about it in the near future.
can rest assured to find out more about it in the near future.
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