Loza Maléombho
Loza Maléombho is an Ivorian American fashion designer. She was raised between Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa) and Silver Spring, Maryland (US). At age 13 she found interest in fashion while designing for her mother her aunts and her own school uniforms.
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Loza Maléombho
- Name
- Loza Maléombho
- Known for
- fashion
- Occupation
- Fashion designer
- Born
- 1985. · Brazil.
- Nationality
- Ivory Coast and United States.
- Education
- The University of the Arts.
- Honours
- OkayAfrica 100 Women.
- Languages
- French.
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Loza Maléombho is an Ivorian American fashion designer. She was raised between Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa) and Silver Spring, Maryland (US). At age 13 she found interest in fashion while designing for her mother her aunts and her own school uniforms.
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Biography
In 2006, she graduated with a BFA in animation at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. In order to gain further experience in fashion, she then moved to New York City, where she interned for designers Jill Stuart, Yigal Azrouël and Cynthia Rowley. In 2009, she launched her self-titled label. In February 2015, Solange Knowles featured her in the Black Designer Spotlight series with ten other independent artists. The singer Beyoncé (sister of Solange Knowles) wears one of her creations in the clip for her title Formation (on the album Lemonade). She handles traditional but also original shapes, and plays with colors, reflecting her cosmopolitan journey, and in particular of this Brazil where she was born, from the New York of these beginnings, and West Africa.
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• Name — Loza Maléombho • Known for — fashion • Occupation — Fashion designer
Identity
Identity
Loza Maléombho is recorded with the occupation taekwondo athlete. Recorded with the occupation personal stylist. Recorded with the occupation fashion designer. Recorded as personal stylist, taekwondo athlete and fashion designer.
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Life and career
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1985
Loza Maléombho was born in 1985.
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- 1.Loza Maléombho - 7 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy.
- 2.Presses universitaires du Septentrion. Le visage qui apparaît dans le disque de la lune. 23–88. 2013. 9782757405796.
- 3.Turquier, Barbara. Images en ligne. Esprit. Octobre. 10. 178–179. 2011. 0014-0759.
- 4.DUPLÀA, Emmanuel. Les transformations d'établissement et la formation en ligne. Formation et apprentissage en ligne. Presses de l'Université du Québec. 115–138. 2019-02-27. 10.2307/j.ctvggx3dp.15.
- 5.MoonMag African Creatives & Lifestyle » Toute l'actualité de la créativité contemporaine mode et design africain #MADEINAFRICALoza Maléombho, présente " Alien Edits " MoonMag African Creatives & Lifestyle. mag.moon-look.com. 2015-02-12.
- 6.Aveline, Christophe. Je viens d'être opéré en ambulatoire et j'ai très mal la nuit même, que faire?. Le Praticien en Anesthésie Réanimation. 19. 5. 222–232. October 2015. 1279-7960.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Djigo, Anna. Loza Maléombho on moving back to Abidjan. True Africa. 2015-09-01.
- Matshego, Lebogang. Most Influential Icons in Contemporary African Pop Culture. Africa.com. 2017-10-18.
- Ngako, Diane-Audrey. Loza Maléombho : " Je voulais montrer que j'étais fière d'être noire ". Le Monde. 2015-04-10. 1950-6244.
- Rosen, Zachary. Ivorian designer Loza Maléombho's #AlienEdits selfie series. Africa is a Country. 2015-02-18.
- The Amazing Story Of How Ivorian Designer Loza Maléombho Was Featured In Beyoncés 'Formation' Video. OkayAfrica. 2016-02-10.
- "Loza Maléombho | Okay Africa". www.okayafrica.com. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
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