Ituen Basi
Nigerian fashion designer
Ituen Basi is a Nigerian fashion designer. She has created costume designs for musical theatre as well as creating catwalk shows. She has worked in the UK and in Nigeria. Basi graduated in Nigeria in Theatre Arts at Obafemi Awolowo University before studying at the London School of Fashion. She has worked as a designer in England and in Nigeria. She did costume designs for the musicals 'Coloured Girls’, ‘HearWord’ and ‘Saro the Musical’. She started her (almost) eponymous label in 2006 which was Ituen Basi. She is known for her use of Ankara wax print fabric. In 2019 she was unveiling her new collection at the Arise Fashion Week in Lagos where she was described as a "design veteran".
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