Fashion
Meet Samantha Clarke
Chief Style Architect & Founder
Zukuri UnLtd & Zukuri Consulting
Zukuri UnLtd provides personal styling services and personal development workshops. Founded in London by Samantha Clarke earlier this year, the company helps clients to develop their personal brand, promoting individuality, creativity and confidence.
Founded in 2006, Zukuri Consulting provides consumer insights, trend forecasting and strategic branding services.
Zukuri Consulting’s clients range from start-ups to big brands seeking innovation and alternative channels to market. Recent clients include Philips, Selfridges, Clarks shoes, Absolut Vodka, Tesco, DKNY and Calvin Klein.
0Meet Natasha Leslie-Badu
Founder
Splash Styling
Splash Styling provides a fashion styling consultancy service for photographers, designers, personal and private clients, retail outlets and magazines.
Founded by Natasha Leslie-Badu in 2009, Splash Styling aims to engender new found confidence by offering clients a complete transformation, regardless of budget.
Splash Styling helps their clients to develop their personal style through a variety of services including colour and wardrobe analysis, a personal buyer service and event styling.
The London based company employs a team of seven associates.
2Meet Denise Brown
Fashion Stylist & Designer
Don’t Judge Me Clothing
Don’t Judge Me Clothing is a fashion label designed to make a statement about the trials and tribulations faced by women in everyday life.
Founded by fashion stylist, designer and tutor Denise Brown, Don’t Judge Me Clothing launched in London in 2007.
Experienced in styling both menswear and womenswear, Denise has worked for some of the biggest names in pop culture including Kanye West, Rihanna, Gym Class Heroes, Macy Gray, Nelly Furtado and Mr Hudson. Denise’s international clients include MTV, Nickelodeon, Polaroid and New Era.
In addition to her appointment as fashion editor at Flavour magazine, Denise is a mentor and tutor at Dv8 Training, an organisation supporting 16-18 year olds in the pursuit of their dream jobs in music, fashion and event management.
3Meet Abenaa Pokuaa
Director
Ohema Ohene
Ohema Ohene is a fashion brand for both men and women, specialising in clothing which is quintessentially British but with an African twist.
Based in London, Ohema Ohene uses textiles and prints more commonly used in West Africa.
Founded in 2008 by designer Abenaa Pokuaa, the company name Ohema Ohene means “Queen & King” in the Ghanaian language of Twi, in reference to Abenaa’s Ghanaian heritage.
0Meet Lola Adeshigbin
CEO
Agnes and Lola
Founded in August 2010 by Lola Adeshigbin, Agnes and Lola is a London based online retailer of African fashion brands.
Agnes and Lola showcase a kaleidoscopic collection of designers from a multitude of influences. The company selects designers who contribute positively to the development of Africa through their practices or their community involvement.
As a result of her start-up success, CEO Lola Adeshigbin was recently selected to take part in Marie Claire magazine’s Inspire and Mentor programme.
0Awards
Future 100 social enterprise award winner, 2010
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