Marie Couture

Capital City Magazine had the pleasure of meeting Miss Maryam Nura Giwa at the Fashion Lifestyle event. The delightful Miss Maryam is the owner of Marie Couture – a fashion design business that she started late last year. She is a first year student of medicine, which was something we thought was particularly impressive considering the fact that you do not find many people in the world of medicine with an interest in the world of fashion.

Her love and involvement in fashion started at a very young age. Having started sowing since she was 14, she has gotten rather good at it and even sows her own clothes. She does this in an extra room at home.

Miss Maryam told CCM that making mistakes has helped her to learn and grow as a fashion designer. She enjoys the learning part as well as the part where she gets to meet many people that add value to her life and to her work.

Miss Maryam admits that she faces a lot of the challenges that most other start ups face in Nigeria such as the lack of access to capital and poor electricity supply. Another problem she mentioned is finding reliable and competent tailors as in her business, finding tailors that can turn brilliant ideas for designs into a reality is absolutely crucial.

Maryam mentioned that she is a fan of Deola Sagoe and other prominent African fashion designers. As far as CCM is concerned, the quality of work we saw with Marie Couture leaves us certain that Miss Maryam is going places with her amazing work. She is also an inspiration to young ladies everywhere because she proves that with hardwork and dedication, a lady can succeed in business just as much, if not more, than men.

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