Vanessa Nsona Explained

Birth Name:Vanessa Nsona
Birth Place:Malawi.
Nationality:Malawian
Occupation:Fashion Designer

Vanessa Nsona is a Malawian fashion designer and entrepreneur best known as the creator of Fashion brand, Dorovee which is Malawi's first eco-friendly fashion accessory company. She designs hand made accessories including bags, shoes, bowties necklaces and other jewelry using Malawian fabric and materials.[1] She launched the brand in 2012 in Malawi.[2] Her designs have appeared in Malawi fashion shows, including Malawi Fashion Week 2014 and at the Malawi at 50 celebrations in Washington DC.[3] An established designers in Malawi, she mentors and trains fashion designers both in and out of the country.[4] She has co-hosted workshops in Malawi. In Zimbabwe, she held a workshop on 'Building a Sustainable Fashion Brand' together with Zedlabel at the US embassy.[5] [6] [7] [8] She is a member of Soroptmist International of Blantyre (SIB) which helps disadvantaged women and children. She also launched Project Luso, which creates and promotes Malawian fashion designs to help disadvantaged women and mentors talent in the fashion industry together with non-profit Samaritan Trust.[9] [10]

Background

She holds a diploma in Business Management from University of Malawi. She was selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow under the Young African Leadership Initiative in Washington D.C.[11] [1] [9] She represented Malawi at the African Youth World Heritage forum in Cape Town, South Africa.[12] [13]

Fashion shows

Media appearances

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vanessa Nsona | The John Sloan Dickey Center . Dickey.dartmouth.edu . 2017-01-28.
  2. Web site: Co . Kuwala . Dorovee: Eco-friendly brand launches crowdfund | Kuwala . Kuwala.co . 2014-12-16 . 2017-01-28.
  3. Web site: Entertainment – Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi breaking news in Malawi . Nyasa63.rssing.com . 2017-01-28.
  4. Web site: US Embassy and YALI organize a youth fair . Capital Radio Malawi . 2017-01-28.
  5. http://www.changemakers_-_fabric_of_change.docx
  6. Web site: Zimbo Jam Network . Vannesa Nsona Archives . Zimbo Jam . 2015-10-15 . 2017-01-28.
  7. News: Sac isotherme repas . 1 May 2023.
  8. Web site: Shop Zimbabwean fashion online . Zedlabel.com . 2017-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170131184612/http://www.zedlabel.com/about-zedlabel . 2017-01-31 . dead .
  9. Web site: Yvonnie Sundu . Vanessa Nsona ready to take on the world with her designs | | The Nation Online . Mwnation.com . 2014-07-04 . 2017-01-28.
  10. Web site: Albert Sharra . Designer partners Samaritan Trust | | The Nation Online . Mwnation.com . 2014-01-10 . 2017-01-28.
  11. Web site: Embassy of the Republic of Malawi, Washington DC - News . Malawiembassy-dc.org . 2017-01-28.
  12. Web site: My Cherished Memories: World Heritage Youth Forum in retrospect . Kwesi Aane Koomson . Furnacejournal.files.wordpress.com . 2017-01-28.
  13. Web site: furnace Journal Issue 4 (2016) . Issuu.com . 2016-09-03 . 2017-01-28.
  14. News: Nkhata . Agness . MALAWI at 50 Golden Jubilee Celebration Washington D.C. - The Dallas Weekly: Afro Caribbean . . 2014-07-16 . 2017-01-28.
  15. Web site: YALI Fellow: Vanessa Nsona . . 2014-10-28 . 2017-01-28.

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