Meet the Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon creating fashion pieces to empower survivors of domestic violence.

“I design to unite the multiple lights in our lives and make them one…… that’s fashion to me…..”– Dr Chichi Menakaya (CEO, Okwuís_Frocentric)

You are a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, what drove you towards designing?

I grew up surrounded by luxurious pieces worn by my mother. In my eyes, my mum was eponymous to fashion. I remember travelling for hours with her to meet top dress makers to create her next fashion piece. Although in my eyes the pieces looked extraordinary, Mummy would spend hours enhancing the designs by hand before she wore them. She was a lawyer but, her fashion sense stood out from the crowd. I would sit patiently admiring her work and I felt so much joy threading the needles for her.