Papa Oppong Receives Award For “Creative Of The Year” From Fashions Finest Africa Awards In Nigeria

Papa Oppong, our Emergers 2017, is out there taking on the fashion industry brick by brick.

Besides being admitted to the Fashion Institute of Technology and being best buds with Rihanna, owner of Fenty  Beauty, Papa Oppong is an accomplished fashion designer himself.

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During the 2019 Fashions Finest Africa awards held in Nigeria, Papa Oppong was awarded the “Creative of the Year.”

He shared the good news on his Instagram account.

 

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“Creative of the year 2019”. Wow. Now my 2018 award has a little brother and some company! ☺ Thank you so much @fashionsfinestafrica for the recognition. I’m always humbled. I have so much love for Nigeria. Thanks for always being a leader in fashion on the continent. Many thanks to @yemohphotography for picking this up for me! Love always – Papa Oppong #PapaOppong #Art #Style #Fashion #fashionsfinestafrica

A post shared by Papa Oppong (@papaoppong) on May 29, 2019 at 10:46am PDT

He recently took his SS19 collection to the Arise Fashion Week in Nigeria, and he brought it!

Check out some of his works below:

 

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“Paper Planes & Lollipops” Papa Oppong Arise Fashion Week 2019 Finale captured by @emmanueloyeleke #PapaOppong #Art #Style #Fashion #arisefashionweek2019 #Ghana #Nigeria #OOTD

A post shared by Papa Oppong (@papaoppong) on Apr 22, 2019 at 9:04am PDT

 

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The fierce @adukebey_ wearing a signature hand painted Maggot Hugger sliced and laced with satin ribbons. This look was styled with my favorite pair of @keexstribe footwear at the @arisefashionweek 🎉🎈 📸: @emmanueloyeleke #PapaOppong #art #style #fashion #ootd #arisefashionweek2019 #ghana #nigeria #africa

A post shared by Papa Oppong (@papaoppong) on Apr 25, 2019 at 5:10am PDT

 

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“The day I take fashion too seriously is the day you find out I’m done doing this!“🤪🤪🤪 What a great experience!!! Thank you so much @arisefashionweek for the invitation! I had (and I’m still having) a great time in Nigeria! Production, models, set, lights, everything is ON POINT! @keexstribe thank you so much Jide for a dope ass collaboration! Your sneakers are SICK!!!🎉 @kinggeorge8 thanks so much for creating the original soundtrack the girls walked to! It was so good!!!! @afuarida thanks for the assistance! So good being backstage with another Ghanaian cos whew!!!😅@shikzodamtten SHIKKKZZZZ!!!! Thanks for tagging along and being the best friend a mad man could ask for! To all the models (my homegirls), interns and backstage crew etc THANK YOU! I’ll never forget this experience! Video by: @rezebonna Love always, Papa 🎈 #fashion #art #style #papaoppong #arisefashionweek2019 #ghana #nigeria #ootd

A post shared by Papa Oppong (@papaoppong) on Apr 20, 2019 at 6:31am PDT

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