My Style: Sumbo Taiwo

“Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for you and yet identifiable for others” – Sumbo Taiwo

It’s time for another fabulous edition of My Style – our monthly BN Style feature that aims to celebrate the unique style of our amazing BN readers.

The My Style page is all about showing how diverse and universal style can be. Style is individual, unique and fun and is a personal representation of how each person expresses their take on fashion; so BN Style watchers let’s appreciate his unique style. Enjoy!

Today’s My Style star is a chic, fun and flirty fashion lover who hails from Nigeria and several other parts including Ireland. Sumbo is a bubbly stylista who wants to impact women, especially those of ethnic minorities,whose style is easy, laid back with a girly spin, and we had a blast putting this post together.

Sumbo Taiwo, who is also fondly called ‘Sumbonita’, is a Linguistics and German graduate from the University of Dublin. It took a while for Sumbo to find her footing; she did an LLM in International Commercial Law with the intention of pursuing a career in commercial law, but soon realized she had a different passion.

Her day job in property shares a room with her first love for fashion. She blogs on the side while working towards building her personal brand in image consultancy among other things.

Sumbo loves bargain shopping and had to do a lot of soul searching to find the perfect place where she finds things that are affordable, stylish & above all suits her personality.

Today, we are going to be learning a lot about Sumbo – from her favourite stores and what she can;t live without in her wardrobe to which celebrity stole her look and her style philosophy.

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Enjoy!

My Style Is…

Creative &amp; original. I love the creativity of putting together ensembles. I love the added charisma that well thought out clothes give, how expressive one can be with style and how one person’s style can vary. I’m able to channel varying aspects of my personality through what I wear and how I wear them.

Where Style Meets Personality

I always want to look sophisticated and confident. I can be quite expressive and I generally say what’s on my mind, and I think that shines through in my style.

I love vibrant colours and statement pieces that give off that quirky &amp; edgy vibe &#8211; my style can be very eccentric. I am not afraid to try on pieces &#8211; if not to buy them, then to make an informed purchase.

Where I Shop Till I Drop

90% of my wardrobe is from River Island and Zara. Asos, Topshop, Oasis and Warehouse are also major contenders. Then comes the likes of H&amp;M, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridges, Bershka etc.

My Tresses

I love the curly ‘fro. When I’m not rocking that, you’ll find me in a full fringe or wavy hair parted in the middle.

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