Aisha Ayensu Explained

Aisha Ayensu
Birth Place:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Education:Achimota School
Joyce Ababio College of Creative Design
Occupation:Fashion designer
Known For:Christie Brown fashion house
Awards:African Designer of the Year, Glitz Style Awards
Best Fashion Designer, Africa Prestigious Awards

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.[1] [2] She is the founder and Creative Director of Christie Brown, a Ghanaian fashion house.[3] [4] [5] 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.[6] [7] [8] [9]

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.[10]

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.[11]

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.[12] [13] [14] She has featured as "Platinum Standard" on NdaniTV in 2014[15] and she was interviewed by Folu Storms when she visited Accra in the New Africa series in 2016.[16] 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.

Awards

She has won several awards, which include:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-04-01 . Top 5 most influential Ghanaian Fashion Designers of all time. . 2019-10-12 . privilegeamoah- Ghana entertainment news . en-US.
  2. Web site: African Designers nominated for 2019 Glitz Style Awards – Glitz Africa Magazine. en-US. 2019-10-12.
  3. Web site: Creative Africans: How Ghana-based Aisha Anyesu is Modernizing Traditional African Fabrics. 2019-09-03. Bolu. Okunlola . Founders Africa. en-US. 2019-10-19.
  4. Web site: Meet Aisha Ayens, The Woman Behind Christie Brown label. 2016-11-30. Daughters Of Africa. en-US. 2019-10-19. 2021-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20211008111729/https://daughtersofafrica.org/meet-aisha-ayensthe-woman-behind-christie-brown-label/. dead.
  5. Web site: Afrik. Debonair. 2016-10-14. Lookbook:Christie Brown Fall Winter 2016 Collection. 2020-11-23. Debonair Afrik. en-GB.
  6. Web site: 30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs In Africa 2016. Nsehe. Mfonobong. Forbes. en. 2016-04-25. 2019-10-12.
  7. Web site: BBC World Service - In the Studio, African Luxury Fashion: Designer Aisha Ayensu. BBC. en-GB. 2018-05-15. 2019-10-12.
  8. Web site: BBC World Service – 'In The Studio' with Fashion Designer Aisha Ayensu. altafrica10. 2018-05-12. Bespoke Event Guide. en. 2019-10-12.
  9. Web site: Gracia . Zindzy . 2018-02-11 . Top Fashion Designers in Ghana . 2019-10-12 . Yen - Ghana news. . en.
  10. Web site: JACCD Orients second batch of Degree/Diploma Students. 2015-09-01. JACCD. en-GB. 2019-10-12. 2019-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20191012092401/http://www.jaccd.edu.gh/jaccd-orients-its-second-batch-of-degreediploma-students/. dead.
  11. Web site: Aisha Ayensu, the Ghanaian fashion designer who dresses celebrities :: AWE - En . 2024-03-19 . africawomenexperts.com.
  12. Web site: Christie Brown. Industrial Africa. 2019-10-12.
  13. Web site: Christie Brown SS 15. MoonMag African Creatives & Lifestyle. 2015-02-26. fr-FR. 2019-10-12.
  14. Web site: Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine . 2022-05-28 . en-US.
  15. Web site: Platinum Standard - Christie Brown. . en. 2019-10-15.
  16. Web site: THE NEW AFRICA : ACCRA. . en. 2019-10-15.
  17. News: Rising stars on show at Africa By Design. Financial Times. 3 March 2017. en-GB. 2019-10-12. Roux. Caroline.
  18. Web site: Meet The Ghanaian Woman Who Designed Tina Knowles Lawson's Trending Power Suit. Ekow. Barnes. Ekow Barnes. Essence. en-US. 2020-11-04. 2020-05-29.
  19. Web site: Aisha Ayensu Wins Best Fashion Designer Africa at the African prestigious awards 2018. EAD news. en-US. 2018-05-21. 2019-10-12. 2019-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20191012092403/https://news.eadgoc.com/2018/05/21/aisha-ayensu-wins-best-fashion-designer-africa-at-the-african-prestigious-awards-2018/. dead.
  20. Web site: Arthur . Portia . 2018-09-03 . Zylofon signees, Juliet Ibrahim, Victoria Micheals & more win at Glitz Style Awards . 2019-10-12 . Pulse Ghana . en-US.
  21. Web site: Arthur . Portia . 2019-09-16 . Check out the full list of winners at the 2019 Glitz Style Awards . 2019-10-12 . Pulse Ghana . en-US.
  22. Web site: 2019 Glitz Style Awards: Full List Of Winners. Clement. Enoku. 2019-09-15. GhanaCelebrities.Com. en-US. 2019-10-12.

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