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Andrea Iyamah
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Andrea Iyamah is a Nigerian born Creative and Entrepreneur. She shares her love for art, culture, architecture and travel through visual storytelling, fashion design and entrepreneurship. With a 15 year entrepreneurial experience, She is the founder of the renowned clothing line Andrea Iyamah, interior design company ANDRU LIVING and is committed to developing creative entrepreneurs in the business of fashion in Africa through her capacity development organization, SEED AMBITION.
For over a decade Andrea Iyamah has gained repeated recognition for its work in fashion and has over the years been featured in Forbes, Vogue, Forbes, InStyle, HuffPost and more. Celebrated as the leading African resort wear brand, popularly recognized for its eccentric and unique take on swimwear, being described as high fashion art. In addition to its premium resort wear line, A.I ready-to-wear and bridal wear explore the use of quality tailoring and rich fabrics often in its signature jewel tones inspired by the rich colours of nature. Strongly influenced by the brand’s African heritage, a blend of various cultures inspired the colours and themes of the first official swim collection which launched in 2013 and has since then been spotted on Michelle Obama, Kate Hudson, Gabrielle Union, Ciara, Issa Rae and many more style stars, becoming an African resort wear cult favourite.