Sharon Dingilesi - Zimbabwean Fashion Designer/Entrepreneur
Channel: Story Untold ZW🇿🇼
Date: 2023-02-03

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In Episode 31 of Story Untold we sat with Sharon Dingilesi, A creative entrepreneur committed to serving primarily through fashion, building art enterprises and storytelling. With a BA in 
Fashion Design and Patternmaking from ESMOD, Sharon has been actively involved in 
rebuilding the fashion sector in Zimbabwe  as a board member on the Fashion Council in addition to managing her womenswear brand Tiyamike Phiri & highlighting the importance of fashion education.
 
We explored:
- how she discovered fashion as a possible career path;
- her experience studying and working in Paris' fashion industry;
- why she started Tiyamike Phiri;
- her role on the Fashion Council of Zimbabwe and more...

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Intro. 0:00
Discovering fashion as a possible career path 0:25
High school experience 2:03
Studying/Working in fashion in Paris,France 6:18
A stranger to the earth collection 9:30
Choosing the name Tiyamike Phiri 13:05
Tiyamike Phiri Origin story 14:16
Fleshing out the brand 16:23
Deciding to close shop 18:42
Business lessons that creatives should look out for 24:06
Fashion Council of Zimbabwe 28:29
Finding identity through fashion 31:41
Is Zimbabwe's fashion industry making strides 34:31
The importance of education in Fashion 37:38

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