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Toju Foyeh

Toju Foyeh
Founder
tojufoyeh@gmail.com
Toluwaloju Olowofoyeku (Toju Foyeh) was born in the late 80’s, developed a passion for fashion at a young age. Growing up, she was surrounded by several family members who were into fashion. As a young couple her parents started a clothing line and her grandmother was a designer who attended the London College of Fashion. Putting her education as priority, she obtained an LLB Law from the University of Reading, UK and an LLM from the University of Manchester, also in the UK. At this point, she decided to follow her passion by enrolling for degree programmed at the world famous Instituto Marangoni in Milan. After her degree she returned to Nigeria to attend the Nigerian Law School before setting her clothing line.She participated in the Arise Magazine Fashion Week Lagos 2011 and 2012, New York Fashion Week 2012 and became noticed as a designer to watch as she bagged the ‘Future Awards Africa Fashion Designer of the Year 2012’. Over time the Toju Foyeh brand became a favourite amongst A-list celebrities in Nigeria (Tiwa Savage, Agbani Darego, Betty Irabor, Osas Ajibade etc). The brand has since bagged other awards:‘Glam and Essence Award - Fastest growing fashion brand 2015’‘Eloy Awards - Fashion Designer of the Year 2015’‘Rhoda Michaels Fashion Academy - Above and Beyond Award 2016’‘Peace Achievers Awards 2016 - Fashion Designer of the year 2016’‘La Mode Magazine Green October Event - Fashion Designer of the year 2016’‘TLWE Recognition Award - Fashion Designer of the year 2017’‘Wimbiz x EbonylifeTv Sisterhood Awards Fashion Designer of the year 2017’In 2016 Toju Foyeh decided to broaden her coast by parting with South African style star - Bonang Matheba and creating an exclusive collection. This created a window into the South African Market for the designer as she later partnered with other A-list Celebrities (Nomzamo Mbatha and the First Lady of South Africa Her Excellency Bongi Ngema-Zuma)