Ade Hassan
Adetola Kunle-Hassan, (born April 1984), known as Ade Hassan, is a British businesswoman who founded Nubian Skin in 2014.
Also recorded as Adetola Kunle-Hassan
Ade Hassan
- Name
- Ade Hassan
- Education
- * Duke University
- Born
- 1984
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Honours
- OkayAfrica 100 Women · Member of the Order of the British Empire
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Adetola Kunle-Hassan, (born April 1984), known as Ade Hassan, is a British businesswoman who founded Nubian Skin in 2014.
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Ade Hassan (born 1984) is a fashion designer, of British nationality. The fashion designer was educated at Duke University. Honours include Member of the Order of the British Empire and OkayAfrica 100 Women.
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• Name — Ade Hassan • Education — * Duke University • School of Oriental and African Studies • Organization — Nubian Skin, founder
Early life
Early life
Hassan was born in April 1984. She was raised partly in Nigeria and speaks Yoruba. Both of her parents are in business. She received her advanced education at Duke University in the United States where she studied English and economics, after which she completed a master's degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
Career
Career
Her early career was in the private-equity business but she took a break from that for a year to take sewing and pattern cutting classes. She founded Nubian Skin, which makes underwear in dark tones for women of colour, in 2014 after she was unable to purchase clothing for herself in her preferred colours. In 2014 she was named Fashion Entrepreneur of the Year at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. In October 2015 Ade's brand, Nubian Skin, was nominated for Hosiery Brand of the Year at the UK Lingerie Awards and won UK's Favourite British Designer of the Year. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to fashion.
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Ade Hassan is recorded as having received OkayAfrica 100 Women and Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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1984
Ade Hassan born.
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- 1.A talk with Ade Hassan: the brain behind Nubian Skin - ABINA. Abinaonline.com.
- 2.Nubian Skin's Ade Hassan talks nude lingerie for all skin tones. LA Times. 8 March 2015.
- 3.Alara, Dimeji. 5 MINS WITH THE FOUNDER OF NUBIAN SKIN, ADE HASSAN - Elle South Africa. Elle.co.za.
- 4.Oredein, Tobi. Beyonce underwear lingerie designer Ade Hassan interview | Glamour UK. Glamourmagazine.co.uk. 2016-07-14.
- 5.Rachel Moss Lifestyle Writer at The Huffington Post UK. Women In Business: Nubian Skin Founder Ade Hassan On Creating Nude Lingerie For Women Of Colour | HuffPost UK. Huffingtonpost.co.uk. 2014-11-10.
- 6.Nubian Skin. About Us.
- 7.Figleaves. Interview: Meet Nubian Skin's Ade Hassan | Be Inspired. 2016-10-26.
- 8.Meet The Woman Who Is Redefining The Word 'Nude'. Marieclaire.co.uk. 2015-06-24.
- 9.https://miestilo.in/top-lingerie-manufacturer-in-delhi/ .Elevate Your Brand: Partner with Delhi’s Top Lingerie Manufacturers!! Hot Women Lingerie patterns.
- 10.UKLA Finalists: Hosiery Brand of the Year - Lingerie Insight. 9 October 2015.
- 11.Your guide to the full list of UKLA 2015 winners - Lingerie Insight. 12 January 2016.
- 12.Emily Banks. BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2017: BEM for West Hampstead Holocaust survivor who hid in a hole to escape Nazis - News - Hampstead Highgate Express. Hamhigh.co.uk. 2017-06-17.
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