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Aisha Ayensu Quotes

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. She is the founder and Creative Director of Christie Brown, a Ghanaian fashion house.

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My grandmother taught me the power of being unapologetically yourself.

Luxury is care. It’s the effort invested in making something valuable long before anyone sees the finished product.

I’ve always had a soft spot for underdog stories

We weren’t watered down, and looking at African design through a European prism was not the goal. It was about observing the diverse range of our work and the represented brands.

I don’t separate spirituality from creativity. It’s one of the ways I experience God. My faith reminds me that beauty has purpose and excellence is worship.

The woman I get to clothe. She remains endlessly fascinating to me

I remind myself that I am a steward of this gift, not its owner

I leave the noise and immerse myself in disciplines completely unrelated to fashion – art, architecture, anthropology, and African histor

I’m a Phoebe Philo-era Celine girl at heart, and Bottega Veneta for accessories

I believed in this dream, I knew it was what we needed in this part at the time and I was really inspired to go ahead and pursue my dreams.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Aisha Ayensu (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.