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Duro Olowu
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịNaijiria, Obodoézè Nà Ofú Dezie
aha enyereDuro Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụLagos Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụonye mmebe ejiji Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọUniversity of Canterbury Dezie
nnọchiaha nkeonweL485 Dezie

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

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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

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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

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  1. Suzy Menkes. "My Lagos: Duro Olowu's Home Town", The New York Times, November 14, 2012.
  2. Duro olowu biography. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved on 2022-06-04.
  3. Duro Olowu - Fashion Designer. Fashionmodeldirectory. Retrieved on 2017-04-25.
  4. Duro Olowu, a Michelle Obama Favorite, Curates Art Exhibit. W Magazine | Women's Fashion & Celebrity News. Retrieved on 23 April 2020.
  5. Hartman. "Duro Olowu, Inspired by the World", The New York Times, 2015-06-05.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Duro Olowu. Art Base Africa. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved on 2017-04-25.
  7. Duro Olowu - National Portrait Gallery (en). www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved on 23 April 2020.
  8. Steele. Michelle Obama-approved designer Duro Olowu's pursuit of the 'culture of style' (en). CNN. Retrieved on 2020-08-02.
  9. Indvik. "The Anti-Power Couple: Duro Olowu and Thelma Golden", The New York Times, 2016-06-24.
  10. Amy Odell. Mary Katrantzou Beats Jason Wu for €100k Swiss Textile Prize - The Cut. Nymag.com. Retrieved on 2017-04-25.
  11. Morgan Winsor. Who Is Duro Olowu? Nigerian Designer Decorates White House For Christmas [PHOTOS]. Ibtimes.com. Retrieved on 2017-04-25.
  12. Hicks (23 October 2018). List of 100 most influential black people includes Meghan Markle for first time. mirror. Retrieved on 20 April 2020.
  13. Lavender. "Lewis Hamilton ends incredible year top of influential Black Powerlist 2021", mirror, 17 November 2020. Retrieved on 19 January 2021. (in en)
  14. Mower. Designer Duro Olowu Unveils His Spellbinding New Summer Exhibit in London (en). Vogue. Retrieved on 23 April 2020.
  15. 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.
  16. Fallon (28 February 2020). Designer Duro Olowu Sees Chicago Through Art (en). WWD. Retrieved on 23 April 2020.