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Ophelia Crossland

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Ophelia Crossland
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipGhana Edit
Name wey dem give amOphelia Edit
Family nameCrossland Edit
Ein date of birth16 March 1983 Edit
Place dem born amOsu Edit
SpouseKofi Okyere Darko Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationfashion designer, businessperson, creative director Edit
Educate forSt. Mary's Secondary School, St Mary's Senior High School (Ghana) Edit
Work period (start)2004 Edit
Award e receiveGlitz Style Awards, Ghana Movie Awards Edit

Ophelia Akweley Okyere-Darko (dem born am March 16, 1983) (née Crossland) be Ghanaian fashion designer[1] wey she be de Creative Director for Ophelia Crossland Designs Ltd den Ohemaa Kids.[2] Dem people wey Inspire Limited name her as part of hin 75 'Most Inspiring Ghanaians insyd de world.[3]

Ein early life

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Na Ophelia Crossland be born to Ghanaian Archaeologist Prof. Leonard Brighton Crossland[4] den Mrs Sarah Crossland wey she grow up insyd Accra plus ein twin bro den her elder sisto Velma Owusu-Bempah.[5] She attend St Mary's Senior High School (Ghana) insyd Korle Gonno, Accra wey she proceed go de Vogue Style School of Fashion and Design by Joyce Ababio wer na dem adjudge am best graduating student insyd 2004.[6]

Ein job matter

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Ophelia Crossland start ein fashion career insyd 2004 wey na she make clothes give prominent personalities insyd Ghana wey dey include de former Speaker of Parliament, Joyce Bamford-Addo, de Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woods,[7] former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, Gifty Anti, den Joselyn Dumas.

Na dem name am as Swarovski ein West African Ambassador insyd 2017.[8] Swarovski select am make she represent Ghana for dema Fashion Exhibition insyd Dubai.[9] She sanso costume outfits give de cast of Shirley Frimpong Manso ein Love Or Something Like That insyd 2014.

Na dem sanso credit am plus de making of de gown wey Ghana ein Miss Universe representative wearfor de night of de finals insyd Thailand.[10]

Insyd September 2019, na dem announce Crossland as Africa den Ghana ein sole representative for de Global Qipao Invitational Exhibition for de China National Silk Museum Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.[11] Na de theme give de 2019 exhibition be "Weddings" wey she create de qipao plus Ghana ein Kente.[12][13]

Vogue Italia sanso feature ein charity work plus Ghanaian head porters dem popularly know as Kayayei insyd fashion.[14][15]

Ein life matter

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She marry Ghanaian Broadcaster den fashion designer, Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD) wey dem get two daughters.[16][17]

Ein awards

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Womenswear designer of de Year for de 2018 Glitz Style Awards[18]

She sanso win de best wardrobe den costume designer for ein work plus Love Or Something Like That for de Ghana Movie Awards.

Winner of de Swarovski Training Workshop Award den Swarovski Brand Ambassador[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine" (in American English). Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. ↑ "KOD's Wife In Fashion Show". GhanaWeb. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Jackie Appiah, Sarkodie, Others Featured In 'Those Who Inspire Ghana'". DailyGuide Network (in American English). 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  4. ↑ Nutor, Benjamin Kofi (2014), "Crossland, Leonard Brighton", in Smith, Claire (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer, pp. 1831-1832, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2358, ISBN 978-1-4419-0465-2
  5. ↑ "The Crossland bead collection in the Museum of Archaeology Leonard Brighton Crossland". Smithsonian Institution (in English). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ↑ "Ophelia Crossland opens up – My Fashion, My Career, My Husband". GhanaWeb. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  7. ↑ AfricaNews (2017-06-10). "Ghana's first female chief justice retires: 10 facts about Georgina Wood". Africanews. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  8. ↑ "Ophelia Crossland Named Swarovski Ambassador". DailyGuide Network. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Online, Peace FM. "Ophelia Crossland For Swarovski Fashion Exhibition In Dubai". www.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  10. ↑ Nartey, Laud. "'Akpene Diata Hoggar', Exclusive Q&A with Miss Universe Ghana 2018". classfmonline.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  11. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Ophelia Crossland Represents Ghana At Global Fashion Exhibition In China". m.peacefmonline.com (in American English). Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  12. ↑ "Meet the only African designer showcasing at the global Qipao fashion exhibition in China [Photos]". Face2Face Africa (in English). 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  13. ↑ Tollo, Yaw (2019-09-19). "Ophelia Crossland is taking Ghanaian Kente to the global fashion exhibition in China". Bra Perucci Africa (in American English). Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  14. ↑ "African Fashion Foundation: the Kayaye Project". Vogue Italia (in Italian). 6 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  15. ↑ Feitelberg, Rosemary (2020-04-09). "Fashion 4 Development Plans Sustainability Meeting at the U.N., Launching Talks About COVID-19". WWD (in English). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  16. ↑ "My marriage is intact – KOD debunks divorce reports - MyJoyOnline.com". Myjoyonline. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  17. ↑ "Popular radio and TV host, Kofi Okyere Darko and wife Ophelia Crossland 10th Wedding Anniversary Photos". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  18. ↑ "Glitz Style Awards 2018: Complete list of winners". GhanaWeb. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
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