Reni Folawiyo is a Nigerian lawyer turned
fashion entrepreneur
A fashion entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a fashion
Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyl ...
, business woman and founder of Alara, West Africa’s first fashion luxury and lifestyle concept store which was designed by British-Ghanaian architect
David Adjaye. She owns NOK and NOK Garden by Alara to promote African cuisine.
Early life and education
Folawiyo was born in London to late Chief
Lateef Adegbite, former Attorney General of Nigeria and former Secretary-General of the
Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and raised in
Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria. She is
Yoruba
The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba consti ...
.
She studied commercial law in the
University of Warwick, United Kingdom and came back to Nigeria to start practising in her father's law firm
Personal life
She married Nigerian businessman
Tunde Folawiyo in 1989 and they have two children, Faridah and Fuaad.
References
External links
Living people
Nigerian women fashion designers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Nigerian fashion businesspeople
Alumni of the University of Warwick
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