Aisha Ayensu

Aisha Ayensu
Aisha Ayensu Christie Brown label creator from Ghana in 2008
Born
Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
EducationAchimota School
Joyce Ababio College of Creative Design
OccupationFashion designer
Known forChristie Brown fashion house
AwardsAfrican 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

A Christie Brown design from 2014 (as featured on NdaniTV)

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.[7] She was also listed as one of Forbes' Most Promising Entrepreneurs in 2016.

Awards

She has won several awards, which include:

  • 2009 - Emerging Designer of the Year, Arise Africa fashion event in South Africa[17][18]
  • 2010 - Only Ghanaian label chosen to showcase in the Arise L'Afrique-á-Porter, in Paris during Paris Fashion Week[12]
  • 2018 - Best Fashion Designer, Africa Prestigious Awards[19]
  • 2018 - African Designer of the Year, Glitz Style Awards[20]
  • 2019 - African Designer of the Year, Glitz Style Awards[21][22]

References

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  2. ^ "African Designers nominated for 2019 Glitz Style Awards – Glitz Africa Magazine". Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  3. ^ Okunlola, Bolu (2019-09-03). "Creative Africans: How Ghana-based Aisha Anyesu is Modernizing Traditional African Fabrics". Founders Africa. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  4. ^ "Meet Aisha Ayens, The Woman Behind Christie Brown label". Daughters Of Africa. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. ^ Afrik, Debonair (2016-10-14). "Lookbook:Christie Brown Fall Winter 2016 Collection". Debonair Afrik. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  6. ^ Nsehe, Mfonobong (2016-04-25). "30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs In Africa 2016". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  7. ^ a b "BBC World Service - In the Studio, African Luxury Fashion: Designer Aisha Ayensu". BBC. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  8. ^ altafrica10 (2018-05-12). "BBC World Service – 'In The Studio' with Fashion Designer Aisha Ayensu". Bespoke Event Guide. Retrieved 2019-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Gracia, Zindzy (2018-02-11). "Top Fashion Designers in Ghana". Yen - Ghana news. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  10. ^ "JACCD Orients it's [sic] second batch of Degree/Diploma Students". JACCD. 2015-09-01. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  11. ^ "Aisha Ayensu, the Ghanaian fashion designer who dresses celebrities :: AWE - En". africawomenexperts.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  12. ^ a b "Christie Brown". Industrial Africa. Retrieved 2019-10-12.[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ "Christie Brown SS 15". MoonMag | African Creatives & Lifestyle (in French). 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  14. ^ "Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  15. ^ "Platinum Standard - Christie Brown". YouTube. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  16. ^ "THE NEW AFRICA : ACCRA". YouTube. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  17. ^ Roux, Caroline (3 March 2017). "Rising stars on show at Africa By Design". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  18. ^ Barnes, Ekow (2020-11-04). "Meet The Ghanaian Woman Who Designed Tina Knowles Lawson's Trending Power Suit". Essence. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  19. ^ "Aisha Ayensu Wins Best Fashion Designer Africa at the African prestigious awards 2018". EAD news. 2018-05-21. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  20. ^ Arthur, Portia (2018-09-03). "Zylofon signees, Juliet Ibrahim, Victoria Micheals & more win at Glitz Style Awards". Pulse Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  21. ^ Arthur, Portia (2019-09-16). "Check out the full list of winners at the 2019 Glitz Style Awards". Pulse Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  22. ^ Enoku, Clement (2019-09-15). "2019 Glitz Style Awards: Full List Of Winners". GhanaCelebrities.Com. Retrieved 2019-10-12.