Nensi Dojaka
Nensi Dojaka is an Albanian fashion designer based in the United Kingdom. In 2021, Dojaka won the LVMH Prize, awarded by the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate, as well the British Fashion Council award.
Early life and education
Dojaka was born in Tirana, Albania in the summer of 1993. As a young child, she had taken drawing lessons. At 16, she began attending Concord College, a boarding school in Shropshire, England, near Shrewsbury. Having learnt an art foundation during a schoolyear at Central Saint Martins, a tutor suggested that she study the making of lingerie.Career
In order to earn a work visa in the United Kingdom, Dojaka started her own fashion label in July 2019. In 2020, American supermodel Bella Hadid wore her designs to the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, through Hadid's stylist Carlos Nazario, making her the first celebrity to wear Dojaka's designs on a red carpet.In 2023, Dojaka released her first bridal collection. A custom version of the bridal dresses was worn by South Sudanese-Australian supermodel Adut Akech for the British Fashion Awards.