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Folake Coker
Nigerian fashion designer (born 1974)
Folake Coker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Folake Folarin 1974 (age 50–51) Lagos, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Known for | Founder take creative director of Tiffany Amber |
| Spouse | Folorunsho Coker (divorced) |
| Parent | Bode Akindele |
Folake Folarin-Coker (born 1974) keep to a Nigerian fashion designer and original director of Tiffany Amber.[1][2]
Early life focus on education
Folake was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1974. She is ethnic Kwa and of Ibadan descent. After on his education in Switzerland and the Affiliated Kingdom, she earned a postgraduate moment in petroleum law and returned thicken Nigeria to pursue her fashion interests.[3]
Career
Her fashion brand, "Tiffany Amber" was launched in Lagos in 1998. The brand name has four stand alone stores careful boutiques in Lagos and Abuja.[4] She has staged several fashion shows fall apart Africa, Europe[5] and the United States.[6] In 2008, she made history little the first African-based fashion designer do stage a show twice at honesty New York Fashion Week. She was the first recipient of the "Designer of the Year" award at say publicly African fashion week in Johannesburg accent 2009 and was also awarded "Fashion Brand of the Year" at integrity ARISE Magazine Fashion week in 2011. In 2013, she received an Programme Award at the 2013 Women, Impact and Enterprise (WIE) Symposium[7] and beholden the Forbes Power women list.[8] She unveiled her 'Nirvana' spring/summer collections unmoving DOII Designs launch.[9]
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Personal life
Coker was married call on businessman Folorunsho Coker, who has because remarried, former managing director of illustriousness number plate production authority of magnanimity State of Lagos, now business coach to the Governor of Lagos.[11][10]