ENTREPRENEURS : Okiki Marinho : The Founder Of Okiki Marinho A Fashion Brand
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Creative and talented Okiki Marinho is the Founder and Creative Director of Okiki Marinho a fashion brand specializing in women’s clothes and luxury hand bags. Her brand started in August 2012 and till date is a household name when it concerns luxury handcrafted leather goods, made to measure and ready to wear clothes.
Okiki Marinho, talks a bit about her self and her brand and said i am a warm, bubbly and extremely focused individual. When I set out to do something, I’m quite thorough and I make sure it must be done in good time. The brand makes bespoke & ready to wear clothing, luxury leather hand bags and caters to both working class and high net worth clients.
Okiki Marinho talks about what inspired her bag line and said the bag line came after the clothes. I felt there were hardly any well done hand bags in the country and I was getting bored of the usual suspects in the international brand for luxury bags. The first hand bag was created as a gift to myself and on a trip with that bag, I got 2 bag orders and had to make up prices on the spot.
Okiki Marinho talks about the design and production process for the bags i get a lot of inspiration from Africa and its diversity. The team and I sit down and brainstorm on various bag concepts. We then choose the preferred leather and finalize the idea and do a prototype. If we are not content we go back to the drawing board to work on the design. Once we are happy with the work it is then released for production.
Okiki Marinho talks about how she has been able to break into the market with her bags and said it has its perks. A lot of women are generally into bags so selling an Okiki Marinho bag has been quite encouraging. Our clientele want only the best and that is what we provide.
Okiki Marinho talks about her biggest struggle with being a designer in Nigeria and said the unstable exchange rate and material availability. With our currency fluctuating, it makes it almost impossible to go to the market and see what you like. The inconsistency in leather supply and availability also affects design direction. Also, artisans in this field are pretty scarce.
Okiki Marinho talks about how she see the fashion industry going 5 years from now and said i know this industry has potential and daily we scratch a lot deeper. Policies have to be implemented though and unions must exist to promote excellent quality control and standardization.
Okiki Marinho said from the get go, the Okiki Marinho brand has always promoted it’s buy Nigerian status because we are 100% made in Nigeria, from start to finish. This new attention has only further propelled what we already promoted.
Okiki Marinho talks about the advice she will like to give to younger designers who are looking to do similar things as she is doing and said there is room for greatness, it’s in all of us. When you set out to do something especially in this industry put in a 100%.
Creative and talented Okiki Marinho is the Founder and Creative Director of Okiki Marinho a fashion brand specializing in women’s clothes and luxury hand bags. Her brand started in August 2012 and till date is a household name when it concerns luxury handcrafted leather goods, made to measure and ready to wear clothes.
Okiki Marinho, talks a bit about her self and her brand and said i am a warm, bubbly and extremely focused individual. When I set out to do something, I’m quite thorough and I make sure it must be done in good time. The brand makes bespoke & ready to wear clothing, luxury leather hand bags and caters to both working class and high net worth clients.
Okiki Marinho talks about what inspired her bag line and said the bag line came after the clothes. I felt there were hardly any well done hand bags in the country and I was getting bored of the usual suspects in the international brand for luxury bags. The first hand bag was created as a gift to myself and on a trip with that bag, I got 2 bag orders and had to make up prices on the spot.
Okiki Marinho talks about the design and production process for the bags i get a lot of inspiration from Africa and its diversity. The team and I sit down and brainstorm on various bag concepts. We then choose the preferred leather and finalize the idea and do a prototype. If we are not content we go back to the drawing board to work on the design. Once we are happy with the work it is then released for production.
Okiki Marinho talks about how she has been able to break into the market with her bags and said it has its perks. A lot of women are generally into bags so selling an Okiki Marinho bag has been quite encouraging. Our clientele want only the best and that is what we provide.
Okiki Marinho talks about her biggest struggle with being a designer in Nigeria and said the unstable exchange rate and material availability. With our currency fluctuating, it makes it almost impossible to go to the market and see what you like. The inconsistency in leather supply and availability also affects design direction. Also, artisans in this field are pretty scarce.
Okiki Marinho talks about how she see the fashion industry going 5 years from now and said i know this industry has potential and daily we scratch a lot deeper. Policies have to be implemented though and unions must exist to promote excellent quality control and standardization.
Okiki Marinho said from the get go, the Okiki Marinho brand has always promoted it’s buy Nigerian status because we are 100% made in Nigeria, from start to finish. This new attention has only further propelled what we already promoted.
Okiki Marinho talks about the advice she will like to give to younger designers who are looking to do similar things as she is doing and said there is room for greatness, it’s in all of us. When you set out to do something especially in this industry put in a 100%.
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