ADEJOKE TAIWO!! MAKING WAVES AND ON HER WAY TO WINNING PROJECT RUNWAY CANADA!
Fascinating and impressive, that is how we can describe our very own Adejoke Taiwo, who happens to be a contestant on Project Runway Canada's Edition. More about Adejoke: Adejoké Taiwo Hometown: Calgary, AB Age: 24 BIO "My parents’ Nigerian background really influences my design sense. I find the fabrics inspiring and the silhouettes completely different from North American culture. It’s exciting." Calgary’s Adejoké Taiwo got the itch for fashion when she was in grade school, taking her first sewing lesson when she was six years old. Her education continued with studies in costume design at Red Deer College in Alberta and a degree from the Ryerson University School of Fashion in Toronto in 2008. Adejoké credits growing up in a disciplined family for her determination to succeed - her mother is a deputy director at a young offender center in Alberta. Looking to the future, Adejoke’s goals are to expand her label àlalá and design a fashion line involving sustainable ind...