Jumoke Shotonwa is the founder and lead style consultant for Kwasee Style Company, a fashion styling company based in Lagos, Nigeria. The beautiful fashion entrepreneur graduated from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University with a degree in Political Science and Education. Jumoke founded Kwasee Style Company to help women and men uncover their inherent beauty and feel comfortable in their skin - one outfit at a time. As a visionary and multi influential woman, she is passionate about adding value and has worked with the top fashion shows and brands in Nigeria such as Skechers, Darling Nigeria, Dettol, Lagos Fashion Week, Fashions Finest Africa, Africa Fashion Week Nigeria, Music Meets Runway, Ebonylife TV, Woodin and Vlisco Nigeria to mention a few. Kwasee Style Company which was founded in 2017 is about helping and inspiring everyday women put an end to their style struggles and also helping brands interpret their core brand identity through different services which includes; personal shopping, personal styling, bridal styling and Image consulting.
PROJECTS WORKED ON DARLING NIGERIA BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN - This campaign was very major as a strategic brand positioning as top hair brand and Jumoke interpreted this by styling the models for the shoot and pictures were placed on billboards all around Nigeria. EBONYLIFE BEST SELLING MOVIE (CHIEF DADDY) - Jumoke worked directly with Yolanda Okereke in styling the casts for the movie. The movie featured top actors like Richard Mofe Damijo, Funke Akindele, Dakore Egbuson, to mention a few. This project eventually became a bestselling movie. MTV BASE SHUGA SEASON 6 - This project was to style casts for the MTV base Shuga series and Jumoke worked on executing the exact brief by styling appropriately the casts for each role. THE LAGOS WARDROBE AND EXHIBITION (TLWE) - TLWE is a platform that brings together fashion industry talent with the aim to educate, support and promote African Industry creatives such as fashion designers, stylists, photographers, Make-up artists and models. TLWE, where Jumoke functions as the Creative Director, is a yearly project which has successfully run for the past five years. In that period, it has promoted young and daring creatives in the fashion industry. VLISCO FASHION FUND FINALE - The Vlisco Fashion Fund is an initiative by the Vlisco Company that supports emerging designers and tailors in the process of establishing a career in fashion. The Vlisco Company empowers chosen applicants by sharing knowledge, giving access to an expanded network, and helping emerging fashion talent with skill-strengthening and brand-development for their African fashion labels. At the 2018 edition, Jumoke was responsible for styling the collection of the top three finalists. WOODIN PRODUCT LAUNCH CAMPAIGN: As a top African Fashion brand with international recognition, Woodin continually updates its collection with the latest fashion trends to give its customers maximum satisfaction. This means from time to time the company
Runs different campaigns for the launch of their various products. In the last two years, Jumoke has been responsible for styling the campaign of their new ready to wear collections. DETTOL CLEAN NAIJA CAMPAIGN: As part of the company’s initiative to promote the health and wellbeing of Nigerians, Dettol runs various campaigns to drive their message home. In doing this, they engage the services of brand ambassadors to gain traction and reach a wider coverage. In 2019, Jumoke was the Key stylist for the Dettol Clean Naija Campaign TV advert, where she styled popular actress Funke Akindele-Bello who was the brand ambassador. The campaign has since hit different TV stations and billboards across Nigeria. SKECHERS SNEAKERS CAMPAIGN - Skechers Inc. is an American lifestyle and performance Footwear Company and the third largest athletic footwear brand in the United States. As part of its aim to expand its market and promote its new collection in Nigeria, the company embarked on a campaign in 2018 to promote the lifestyle and comfort of its product. This is where Jumoke came in, as she single-handedly styled the new products for the campaign which has since hit different airwaves across the country. LAGOS FASHION WEEK - Lagos Fashion Week (LFWNG) is an annual multi-day fashion event that drives the Nigerian and ultimately, the African fashion industry; by bringing together buyers, consumers and the media to view the current collections of designers in the fashion capital of Lagos, Nigeria. Jumoke has worked as one of the key stylists on various editions, where she styled the collection of the designers going on the runway.
