Antonia Funmi Bello was born in Baden-Württemberg and moved to Berlin in 2001. Here she completed an apprenticeship in tailoring which provided her with practical later used lateron in her studies after she enrolled at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. Her designs have already been successful, winning second prize in the “Young Talents 2007” competition and working for “Heimspiel”, a fashion label based in Berlin, and “Bruuns Bazaar”, a large brand in Copenhagen. She was also able to gain experience at the Paris Fashion Week, working with designer Kris van Assche and she took the chance of learning draping techniques with Tamotsu Kondo.
