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The brand was originally inspired by the designer's
Nigerian heritage. Autumn Adeigbo uses elements of modern, luxurious and vintage clothing in her collections. She aspires to invest in women along the design production and distribution chains. The designer collaborates with women. Adeigbo creates
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Illinois and Indiana, where her mother moved to attend medical school. Adeigbo's father is an artist and writer. According to Adeigbo, she got her interest in fashion from her mother, who sewed her clothes when Adeigbo was a young girl.
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In 2020, Adeigbo raised $ 1.3 million in venture capital funding for the development of a brand. The brand Autumn
Adeigbo became the first brand led by a female, black designer to raise more than $ 1 million in venture capital funding.
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heritage. She is the founder of the eponymous women's ready-to-wear and accessories brand. Adeigbo's company became the first brand led by a female, black designer to raise more than $ 1 million in venture capital funding.
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Adeigbo started developing her own collection in 2009. The designer's first collection consisted of seven
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for women, teaching them hand beading for fair-trade wages. She went on to launch three additional fair-trade pilot programs in
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Adeigbo received the
Fashion Designer on the Rise award at the
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Coveteur: Inside Closets, Fashion, Beauty, Health, and Travel
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Adeigbo launched her first First Holiday collection in 2022.
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with a degree in Fashion Design in 2005. She interned with
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In 2016, Autumn Adeigbo created the namesake brand.
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