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Most independent designers present their first runway shows in college classrooms or budget-friendly gallery spaces rented by the hour.
One year later, Dumi still cant quite believe her first-ever runway show wasnt a dream.
It was quite funny," she says with a chuckle.
Naomi Campbell opening Torisheju Dumi Spring 2024 show.
The silhouettes were novel and slightly, intentionally, unsettling.
She arranged them to look like serpents slithering across the body.
British Voguecalled Dumithe wildcard who won Paris Fashion Week and put her on its January 2024 cover.
It couldn’t have been anybody else but Z to wear that look, Dumi says.
[The look] has a sexiness to ita bad-badcore elementbut theres an elegance that draws it all together.
Zendaya, in custom Torisheju Dumi, at a Mexico City photocall on February 5, 2024.
But Dumi is decidedly unfazed.
Everybody has their one life to live, so why would you stretch yourself thin like that?
Why live a life in misery?
No one is going to make me feel pressured to create.
you could’t pressure art; I create when I want and when I feel like it.
Besides, Dumi has gotten quite adept at trusting the journey life takes her on.
A portrait of Torisheju Dumi.
Her relationship with Karefa-Johnson also resulted from a funny twist of fate.
The designer didnt win; Apparently, I did everything wrong.
They said I lost because I didn’t upload my images as I should have.
I just did things my way and how I thought things looked better.
But Karefa-Johnson, who served as a judge that year, was thoroughly impressed.
If you ever need anything, let me know because I want support you in any way possible.
Paloma Elsesser walking in Torisheju Dumi’s now-iconic Spring 2024 runway show.
Dumi treats her fabric as any artist would, with reverence and excitement at what hasnt yet been created.
I like manipulating natural shapes to make them a bit uncanny.
I want to make odd clothing that makes you feel like, What?
I dont understand it, but wow, I like that sensation.
Dumi will present her next Spring 2025 runway show on October 1 during the Paris Fashion Week season.
It’s anxiety-inducing, and the designer is, as expected, a bit apprehensive.
She relates it to the addicting adrenaline spike from seeing a slasher film.
“I don’t know why, but watching a scary movie or a thriller makes me happy.
I love things that scare me.”
Dumi’s second-ever runway show is just another rush for her and the fashion set alike.
But would I do it again?
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