Nensi Dojaka (born July 1993) is an Albanian fashion designer based in the United Kingdom. In 2021, Dojaka won the LVMH Prize, awarded by the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate,[1] as well the British Fashion Council award.
Dojaka was born in Tirana, Albania in the summer of 1993. As a young child, she had taken drawing lessons. At 16, she began attending Concord College, a boarding school in Shropshire, England, near Shrewsbury.[2] [3] Having learnt an art foundation during a schoolyear at Central Saint Martins, a tutor suggested that she study the making of lingerie.[3]
In order to earn a work visa in the United Kingdom, Dojaka started her own fashion label in July 2019.[3] [4] In 2020, American supermodel Bella Hadid wore her designs to the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, through Hadid's stylist Carlos Nazario, making her the first celebrity to wear Dojaka's designs on a red carpet.[5]
In 2023, Dojaka released her first bridal collection.[6] A custom version of the bridal dresses was worn by South Sudanese-Australian supermodel Adut Akech for the British Fashion Awards.[7]