Aisha Ayensu
Aisha Ayensu is a Ghanaian award-winning fashion designer who is known to have designed outfits and stage costumes for Beyonce, Genevieve Nnaji, Jackie Appiah and Sandra "Alexandrina" Don-Arthur. She is the founder and Creative Director of Christie Brown, a Ghanaian fashion house. She has been interviewed by Folu Storms and for the BBC World Service's radio programme In the Studio and was listed as one of Forbes' Most Promising Entrepreneurs in 2016.
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Aisha Ayensu
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- the 20th century.
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- Ghana.
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- fashion designer.
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Aisha Ayensu is a Ghanaian award-winning fashion designer who is known to have designed outfits and stage costumes for Beyonce, Genevieve Nnaji, Jackie Appiah and Sandra "Alexandrina" Don-Arthur. She is the founder and Creative Director of Christie Brown, a Ghanaian fashion house. She has been interviewed by Folu Storms and for the BBC World Service's radio programme In the Studio and was listed as one of Forbes' Most Promising Entrepreneurs in 2016.
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Aisha Ayensu was a fashion designer, a national of Ghana. The fashion designer was born in Ghana. Aisha Ayensu was educated at Achimota School and University of Ghana.
Languages used include English. Honours include Glitz Style Awards.
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Education
Education
Ayensu has a background in psychology and fashion. She had her secondary school education at Achimota School and her training in fashion from Joyce Ababio College of Creative Design.
Career
Career
During her final year of bachelor in psychology that she launch her brand, born out of her passion for fashion, nurtured by her grandmother, a dressmaker. With inspiration from her grandmother, she founded the fashion house and named it after her, "Christie Brown" in March 2008 in Ghana which is now recognised internationally. She has featured as "Platinum Standard" on NdaniTV in 2014 and she was interviewed by Folu Storms when she visited Accra in the New Africa series in 2016. She is the founder and Creative Director of Christie Brown, a Ghanaian fashion house. She was interviewed by Afua Hirsch for their programme "In the Studio" for the BBC World Service's radio programme in 2016. This was four months before her annual collection where she faces the "challenge of making her culture globally acceptable" and this celebrated her tenth year of being in business. She was also listed as one of Forbes' Most Promising Entrepreneurs in 2016.
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Aisha Ayensu was born in 1980.
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She has won several awards, which include: 2009 - Emerging Designer of the Year, Arise Africa fashion event in South Africa 2010 - Only Ghanaian label chosen to showcase in the Arise L'Afrique-á-Porter, in Paris during Paris Fashion Week 2018 - Best Fashion Designer, Africa Prestigious Awards 2018 - African Designer of the Year, Glitz Style Awards 2019 - African Designer of the Year, Glitz Style Awards
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- 1.Top 5 most influential Ghanaian Fashion Designers of all time. privilegeamoah- Ghana entertainment news. 2018-04-01.
- 2.African Designers nominated for 2019 Glitz Style Awards – Glitz Africa Magazine.
- 3.Okunlola, Bolu. Creative Africans: How Ghana-based Aisha Anyesu is Modernizing Traditional African Fabrics. Founders Africa. 2019-09-03.
- 4.Meet Aisha Ayens, The Woman Behind Christie Brown label. Daughters Of Africa. 2016-11-30.
- 5.Afrik, Debonair. Lookbook:Christie Brown Fall Winter 2016 Collection. Debonair Afrik. 2016-10-14.
- 6.Nsehe, Mfonobong. 30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs In Africa 2016. Forbes. 2016-04-25.
- 7.BBC World Service - In the Studio, African Luxury Fashion: Designer Aisha Ayensu. BBC. 2018-05-15.
- 8.altafrica10. BBC World Service – 'In The Studio' with Fashion Designer Aisha Ayensu. Bespoke Event Guide. 2018-05-12.
- 9.Gracia, Zindzy. Top Fashion Designers in Ghana. Yen - Ghana news. 2018-02-11.
- 10.JACCD Orients second batch of Degree/Diploma Students. JACCD. 2015-09-01.
- 11.Aisha Ayensu, the Ghanaian fashion designer who dresses celebrities :: AWE - En. africawomenexperts.com.
- 12.Christie Brown. Industrial Africa.
- 13.Christie Brown SS 15. MoonMag African Creatives & Lifestyle. 2015-02-26.
- 14.Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine.
- 15.Platinum Standard - Christie Brown. YouTube. 8 October 2014.
- 16.THE NEW AFRICA : ACCRA. YouTube. 25 August 2016.
- 17.Roux, Caroline. Rising stars on show at Africa By Design. Financial Times. 3 March 2017.
- 18.Barnes, Ekow. Meet The Ghanaian Woman Who Designed Tina Knowles Lawson's Trending Power Suit. Essence. 2020-11-04.
- 19.Aisha Ayensu Wins Best Fashion Designer Africa at the African prestigious awards 2018. EAD news. 2018-05-21.
- 20.Arthur, Portia. Zylofon signees, Juliet Ibrahim, Victoria Micheals & more win at Glitz Style Awards. Pulse Ghana. 2018-09-03.
- 21.Arthur, Portia. Check out the full list of winners at the 2019 Glitz Style Awards. Pulse Ghana. 2019-09-16.
- 22.Enoku, Clement. 2019 Glitz Style Awards: Full List Of Winners. GhanaCelebrities.Com. 2019-09-15.
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