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Vanessa Nsona | |
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| Born | Vanessa Nsona |
| Nationality | Malawian |
| Occupation | Fashion Designer |
Vanessa Nsona is a Malawian fashion designer and entrepreneur best known as the creator of Fashion brand, Dorovee which is Malawi's first eco-friendly fashion accessory company. She designs hand made accessories including bags, shoes, bowties necklaces and other jewelry using Malawian fabric and materials.[1] She launched the brand in 2012 in Malawi.[2] Her designs have appeared in Malawi fashion shows, including Malawi Fashion Week 2014 and at the Malawi at 50 celebrations in Washington DC.[3] An established designers in Malawi, she mentors and trains fashion designers both in and out of the country.[4] She has co-hosted workshops in Malawi. In Zimbabwe, she held a workshop on 'Building a Sustainable Fashion Brand' together with Zedlabel at the US embassy.[5][6][7] She is a member of Soroptmist International of Blantyre (SIB) which helps disadvantaged women and children. She also launched Project Luso, which creates and promotes Malawian fashion designs to help disadvantaged women and mentors talent in the fashion industry together with non-profit Samaritan Trust.[8][9]
Background
She holds a diploma in Business Management from University of Malawi. She was selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow under the Young African Leadership Initiative in Washington D.C.[10][1][8] She represented Malawi at the African Youth World Heritage forum in Cape Town, South Africa.[11][12]
Fashion shows
- Malawi Fashion Week 2014, Malawi
- Malawi at 50 Fashion Show, Washington DC 2015 [13]
Media appearances
- Interviewee, "Executing a Business Idea", Player FM, Premier Multimedia Consultants, episode 003 & 004, 2016
- Judge, Zedlabel Fashion Challenge, fashion feature TV show, Zimbabwe, 2015
- Interviewee, "Interview with Vanessa Nsona", United Nations Foundation, 2014[14]
References
- ^ a b "Vanessa Nsona | The John Sloan Dickey Center". Dickey.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Co, Kuwala (2014-12-16). "Dorovee: Eco-friendly brand launches crowdfund | Kuwala". Kuwala.co. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "Entertainment – Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi breaking news in Malawi". Nyasa63.rssing.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "US Embassy and YALI organize a youth fair". Capital Radio Malawi. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ Zimbo Jam Network (2015-10-15). "Vannesa Nsona Archives". Zimbo Jam. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "Shop Zimbabwean fashion online". Zedlabel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ a b Yvonnie Sundu (2014-07-04). "Vanessa Nsona ready to take on the world with her designs | | The Nation Online". Mwnation.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Albert Sharra (2014-01-10). "Designer partners Samaritan Trust | | The Nation Online". Mwnation.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "Embassy of the Republic of Malawi, Washington DC - News". Malawiembassy-dc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Kwesi Aane Koomson. "My Cherished Memories: World Heritage Youth Forum in retrospect" (PDF). Furnacejournal.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "furnace Journal Issue 4 (2016)". Issuu.com. 2016-09-03. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Nkhata, Agness (2014-07-16). "MALAWI at 50 Golden Jubilee Celebration Washington D.C. - The Dallas Weekly: Afro Caribbean". The Dallas Weekly. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "YALI Fellow: Vanessa Nsona". YouTube. 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2017-01-28.