ZIVA

Country: Nigeria

Age: 28

Tania Omotayo is a Mom, Wife and Entrepreneur. She is the creative director and founder of Ziva Lagos; a ready to wear fashion brand that caters to the modern Nigerian woman. Ziva Lagos is a young Nigerian fashion brand with a dedicated in house design team. The Ziva Lagos collections boasts of trend- led fashion pieces perfect for the everyday stylish woman. The mission is to become the market leader in delivering fast fashion to women across Africa at affordable prices.. Tania grew up shuttling between Nigeria and the UK for primary school, secondary school and A – Levels before moving to the U.S to study at the Art institute of Atlanta from which she graduated with a B.A in Advertising which paved the way for her to work in Media & Public Relations on her return to Nigeria. Ziva Lagos was launched on the 26th of December 2016 with a Pop Up in Lagos with 200 pieces of clothing all designed by Tania in Lagos. The launch was a huge success with 95% of the items sold out. A follow up Pop up was held in April of 2017 which was also a huge success, this further fuelled Tania’s passion to expand the brand as she had been selling her pieces from her home and boot of her car. In June of 2017 ZIva Lagos opened its first store in the heart of Lekki Phase 1 in Lagos. In October of 2017 Tania attended London College of Fashion to take a course in the essential guide to the Fashion Business. The brand quickly outgrew the space of its first store and moved into its flagship store in March of 2018. In April 2018 Tania had made her runway debut with Ziva Lagos at arise fashion week in Lagos. By June of 2018 Tania was recognized and honoured by Forbes as 1 of the 30 under 30 in the fashion category and Is now part of the elite alumni of the 2018 FORBES UNDER 30 achievers. In September of 2019 Tania was chosen by UNESCO to display her Ziva Lagos pieces for a week at their headquarters in Paris. In 2020 Tania dived into a new line of fashion by creating Ziva Kids an affordable and trendy Kids line.