Author:Paul McLauchlanUpdated:Oct 14, 2019Original:Oct 14, 2019On Monday, Dec. 2, the international fashion community will descend upon The Royal Albert Hall in London for the annual Fashion Awards. This year, the British Fashion Council will be celebrating "New Wave: Creatives," a list of 100 of the most innovative and inspiring young creatives from around the world, for the second time.
Adesuwa Aighewi"It's always lonely being an outlier of any sort," says Adesuwa Aighewi, born to a Chinese mother and Nigerian father in America. "I try to be the change I want to see, so it's a lot of internal battles on my end." "I would like to have discussions where people aren't scared of being 'canceled' or sounding silly; less political jargon and tokenism but further discussions of how we can work together where it's mutually beneficial for all," says Aighewi.
Østlie is responsible for completing a designer's vision, finding the characters who embody the season's mood and look. She put together an inclusive cast for Burberry's Spring 2019 campaign, as well as the businessmen-cum-rave-attendee crew, young and old, at menswear designer Martine Rose's Spring 2020 presentation in June. Her job is to convince — and represent.
Later this year, he will release his sophomore poetry collection based on consumption. "I am trying to bring about change in fashion by raising awareness about the negative environmental impact of fashion globally and working together with brands, schools, individuals, etc., to provide alternative solutions, which sustain and add rather than take away from the world," says Oryema.
In the past year, Addy has appeared in "Get Up, Stand Up Now," a major exhibition of Black creativity at Somerset House with imagery studying the lives of queer artists of color, as well as having work featured in the pages of i-D and WSJ magazine. "It fills my heart with joy to have my work praised in a way that is meaningful and that is also pushing the culture forward in a positive manner," says Addy.
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