As a young child, every piece of fabric that was colourful caught my attention, having a mother as a designer made the dream of becoming a fashion designer appear easy. I always wondered if I was ever going to design as a child being a terrible artist, at least I made effort to make Ankara dresses for my dolls "Tina&Jenifer" hmm... I guess that's what I called them,feeling like a badass seamstress then. I had to give up on that dream, but as the saying goes true dreams don't fade away. Some years later, the passion for designing returned. I was still a terrible artist, my drawings were "hu-ugly" but then that just made me mix the two things I love the most, I described my designs by writing, that seemed weird but it was totally possible because then I didn't forget the design and whenever I read what I wrote down the image of the design became clearer
Anytime I said "I design" I was asked for the design and I was unable to provide any sketched work, being a terrible artist. I had the idea so I had a strong believe that I was a designer even though I didn't know how to draw. God sent an angel who later assisted me by teaching me the basic aspect of designing, designing was something I never felt I was ever going to be able to do "still learning though" . Skills and talents can be acquired when there is a great interest in learning about the skill or talent. If you have an interest in something always make every effort to learn it or make it better, don't accept defeat, because as a warrior you are totally more than a conqueror. My favorite quote is "success is you versus yourself" this is because in everything I do I decide to make myself better than I was and I don't settle for less and I strongly believe that nothing is impossible . Be in a competition with yourself to learn that skill that seems impossible . I don't make clothes for dolls anymore but I make my designs for beautiful ladies. Make your dream your reality.
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| Geek Chic"16 collection |
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| Orenté dress by House of Annie Oti |
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| Geek Chic"16 collection |
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| Annie Oti's Evening dress sketches |
Nice......dreams do come true,keep doing what you do Annie
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