'For me it was really important to represent everyone'
Photo: Darian DiCianno/BFA.com The last time I spoke with fashion designer Tia Adeola, it was the cursed year of 2020 and she was busy making hundreds of face masks in Nigeria, where she’s originally from. Stuck there during lockdown, she decided to stay busy, and her signature ruffled, Renaissance-inspired accessories ended up helping to carry her business through an otherwise difficult time. She’s back in New York now, though, and with a bang.
From left: Photo: Darian DiCianno/BFA.comPhoto: Darian DiCianno/BFA.com From top: Photo: Darian DiCianno/BFA.comPhoto: Darian DiCianno/BFA.com Wow, that’s a lot! When did you start designing the collection that you showed yesterday? What inspired it? From left: Photo: Darian DiCianno/BFA.comPhoto: Darian DiCianno/BFA.com From top: Photo: Darian DiCianno/BFA.comPhoto: Darian DiCianno/BFA.com In your show notes you wrote about how you were silenced after speaking up about what was happening in Nigeria. Did you feel nervous at all about putting that message out there with your collection?
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