About Faith N. Ibrahim.
Faith N. Ibrahim is a four-time graduate from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles and is the CEO of Vrede 919, a men’s clothing brand currently based in Los Angeles, California.
Born in Nigeria, Faith studied the preliminaries of fashion in Abuja before professionally studying in Los Angeles, and eventually diversifying her knowledge at The Condé Nast Fashion College, London. She conducted trend research and factory tours in addition to attending industry events in Japan, Paris, Amsterdam and Milan while structuring the business in Los Angeles.
A global citizen, Faith has always been hungry to learn about the diversity our world has to offer. Her creativity stems from her travels.
“As an aspiring global citizen, I choose to immerse myself in different cultures, gaining different realizations in order to participate in the healing of what is broken.”
As a young, strong-willed, emerging designer and entrepreneur, Faith is clearly driven to use her gifts to serve others; designing the change she wants to see. Well aware of the shortcomings of being a woman from a third world country, she made her way to the US in order to gain as much knowledge and insight to accomplish her goal of creating long term education and a socio-economic impact back home.
“Fashion is my voice”
Faith’s ultimate goal is to take her knowledge, along with the overarching mission of Vrede, back home to build a legacy of unity, education, creativity and inventiveness in order to help drive economic development, lower unemployment and combat poverty.
EDUCATION:
Short Intensive Course Certificate- Fashion Business.
Associate of Arts- Fashion Design.
Advanced Associates of Arts- International Manufacturing & Product Development.
Advanced Associates of Arts- The Business of Denim.
Bachelor of Science- Business Management.