Duro Olowu
ụdịekere | nwoke |
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mba o sị | Naijiria, Obodoézè Nà Ofú |
aha enyere | Duro |
Ebe ọmụmụ | Lagos |
ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye mmebe ejiji |
ebe agụmakwụkwọ | University of Canterbury |
nnọchiaha nkeonwe | L485 |
Duro Olowu bụ onye amụrụ na Naijiria bụ onye Britain na-emepụta ejiji. A maara ya nke ọma maka ngwakọta ọhụrụ ya nke ụkpụrụ na akwa nke na-esite n'ike mmụọ nsọ site na nzụlite mba ụwa ya.
Mmalite ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Olowu na Lagos, Nigeria, nne ya bụ onye Jamaica na nna ya bụ onye Naijiria.[1] O tolitere na Lagos, nọrọ n'oge okpomọkụ na Europe ma na-etinye onwe ya n'ọtụtụ ọdịbendị.[2][3] Ọ kwagara United Kingdom mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii, ma mesịa nweta nzere iwu na Mahadum Kent .[4][5][6]
Ọ́rụ́
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 2004, Olowu malitere akara ejiji ụmụ nwanyị ya, malite na nchịkọta Spring / Summer 2005. Uwe silk nke alaeze ukwu na-ebipụta ọtụtụ akwụkwọ site na nchịkọta ahụ, nke onye nchịkọta akụkọ American Vogue bụ Sally Singer chọpụtara, ghọrọ ihe egwu mba ụwa. Na-ere ahịa na ụlọ ahịa a ma ama gụnyere Barney's New York, Browns na Harrods na London na Ikram na Chicago n'etiti ndị ọzọ, ma American Vogue na British Vogue toro ya dị ka uwe nke afọ, a makwaara ya dị ka "Duro Dress".[7]
N'afọ 2005, Olowu nwetara meri na New Designer of the Year Award na British Fashion Awards. Naanị onye na-emepụta ihe mere nke a tupu ihe ngosi catwalk mbụ ha.[8] N'afọ 2007, o mere nke mbụ ya na London Fashion Week.[6] Ọ lụrụ Thelma Golden, Onye ndu na Chief Curator nke The Studio Museum na Harlem, n'afọ 2008.[9] N'afọ 2009, a kpọrọ ya Best International Designer na African Fashion Awards, ọ bụkwa otu n'ime ndị na-emepụta ihe isii a họpụtara maka ihe nrite a na-achọsi ike nke Swiss Textile Federation nke € 100,000.[10]
Olowu nwetara nkwado mbụ site n'aka nwanyị mbụ nke America bụ Michelle Obama, onye na-eyikarị atụmatụ ya. N'afọ 2015, Oriakụ. Obama nyekwara Olowu ọrụ ịchọ ụlọ Vermeil dị na White House mma. Onye na-emepụta Ihe kwuru, "Echiche m [bụ] ịmepụta oriri mara mma maka anya na-echetara oge na-ekpo ọkụ na ọṅụ jupụtara na akụ mba ụwa na akwa ntanye."[11] E tinyere Olowu na mbipụta 2019, 2020, na 2021 nke Powerlist, na-etinye ndị isi ojii Briten 100 kachasị nwee mmetụta.[12][13] E nwere atụmatụ ya na nchịkọta nke Texas Fashion Collection na FIT Museum.
N'afọ ndị na-adịbeghị anya, Olowu malitekwara ịhazi ihe ngosi nka nke oge a na ụlọ ngosi nka na ebe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie malite na ihe ngosi ya a na-eto nke ukwuu, "Material" (2012) na "More Material (2014) na Salon94 gallery na New York. Ihe ngosi nka mbụ ya bụ 2016, nke a ma ama, "Making & Unmaking" na Camden Arts Centre na London.[14][15] Ná mmalite afọ 2020, Olowu haziri íhé ngosi nka ya nke abụọ, "Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago" na The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Ọ na-egosi nhọrọ ya nke ihe karịrị ihe osise 380 site na nchịkọta ihe ngosi nka ahụ, yana ụlọ ọrụ ndị ọzọ na nchịkọta onwe onye na Chicago. Ihe ngosị a bụ nke mbụ n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke afọ iri ise ya na The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago goro onye nlekọta nka ọbịa.[16] Mbipụta na-eso ya, 'DURO OLOWU: SEEING', nke Naomi Beckwith deziri ma Prestel bipụtara, gụnyere onyinye sitere na Beckwith, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Ekow Eshun, Valerie Steele, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye na Thelma Golden.
Edemsibịa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Suzy Menkes. "My Lagos: Duro Olowu's Home Town", The New York Times, November 14, 2012.
- ↑ Duro olowu biography. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved on 2022-06-04.
- ↑ Duro Olowu - Fashion Designer. Fashionmodeldirectory. Retrieved on 2017-04-25.
- ↑ Duro Olowu, a Michelle Obama Favorite, Curates Art Exhibit. W Magazine | Women's Fashion & Celebrity News. Retrieved on 23 April 2020.
- ↑ Hartman. "Duro Olowu, Inspired by the World", The New York Times, 2015-06-05.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Duro Olowu. Art Base Africa. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved on 2017-04-25.
- ↑ Duro Olowu - National Portrait Gallery (en). www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved on 23 April 2020.
- ↑ Steele. Michelle Obama-approved designer Duro Olowu's pursuit of the 'culture of style' (en). CNN. Retrieved on 2020-08-02.
- ↑ Indvik. "The Anti-Power Couple: Duro Olowu and Thelma Golden", The New York Times, 2016-06-24.
- ↑ Amy Odell. Mary Katrantzou Beats Jason Wu for €100k Swiss Textile Prize - The Cut. Nymag.com. Retrieved on 2017-04-25.
- ↑ Morgan Winsor. Who Is Duro Olowu? Nigerian Designer Decorates White House For Christmas [PHOTOS]. Ibtimes.com. Retrieved on 2017-04-25.
- ↑ Hicks (23 October 2018). List of 100 most influential black people includes Meghan Markle for first time. mirror. Retrieved on 20 April 2020.
- ↑ Lavender. "Lewis Hamilton ends incredible year top of influential Black Powerlist 2021", mirror, 17 November 2020. Retrieved on 19 January 2021. (in en)
- ↑ Mower. Designer Duro Olowu Unveils His Spellbinding New Summer Exhibit in London (en). Vogue. Retrieved on 23 April 2020.
- ↑ Buck (24 June 2016). The making of Duro Olowu: designer's Camden Arts Centre show confounds curatorial convention. The Telegraph. Retrieved on 23 April 2020.
- ↑ Fallon (28 February 2020). Designer Duro Olowu Sees Chicago Through Art (en). WWD. Retrieved on 23 April 2020.