Loza Maléombho is an Ivorian American fashion designer. She was raised between

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and ...

(West Africa) and

Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially Unincorporated area, unincorporated, it is an edge city with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 ...

(US). At age 13 she found interest in fashion while designing for her mother her aunts and her own school uniforms. In 2006, she graduated with a BFA in animation at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. In order to gain further experience in fashion, she then moved to New York City, where she interned for designers

Jill Stuart Jill Stuart (born 1955) is an American businesswoman and fashion designer based in New York City, where she has been operating since 1988. She established her eponymous label in 1993. She also has a significant international client base, partic ...

Yigal Azrouël Yigal Azrouël () is an Israeli American New York–based fashion designer. Career An avid surfer, born and raised in Ashdod, Israel, of French-Moroccan descent. His parents own a few sports and fashion stores in Ashdod. Yigal Azrouël draws ...

and

Cynthia Rowley Cynthia Rowley (born 1968) is an American fashion designer, known for her books, television appearances and "flirty" and "carefree" women's clothing designs. Early life and education Rowley is a native of Barrington, Illinois a northwestern subu ...

. In 2009, she launched her self-titled label. In February 2015, Solange Knowles featured her in the Black Designer Spotlight series with ten other independent artists. The singer Beyoncé (sister of Solange Knowles) wears one of her creations in the clip for her title Formation (on the album Lemonade). She handles traditional but also original shapes, and plays with colors, reflecting her cosmopolitan journey, and in particular of this Brazil where she was born, from the New York of these beginnings, and West Africa.

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* Ivorian emigrants to the United States 1985 births Living people Ivorian designers American fashion designers University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni People from Abidjan People from Silver Spring, Maryland {{Fashion-bio-stub

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