By: Jemimah Chungu
Tech giants across the world are gambling to be part of Metaverse and Idiat Shiole, a Nigerian- international Fashion Designer and Gamer, has advanced preparations for the event.
She forward to broaden her business and satisfy her fetish for fashion.
“For me the Metaverse means freedom. ”
“I say that because I’m Muslim. When I worked as a fashion illustrator for most fashion houses, their first impression of me was normally ‘won’t this lady just draw Islamic dresses for us or can she even draw?’ But in the Metaverse, nobody cares who you are, they only care what you can do. I just wanted to do what I love without being oppressed,” said Shiole.
Metaverse still not vividly established, is a digital platform of digital ownership and avatars. It is perceived as a digital world with rich graphics where people can execute work, shopping, gaming, socializing, reciprocate business and other things likely in real life but as avatars.
Shiole started her brand Hadeeart Atelier as a virtual fashion designer on a software; because she didn’t want to be an employee but a own business after acquiring her degree in fine and applied arts from the lautech University in Nigeria.
Hadeeart Atelier was started to create print fashion wear and items for gaming clients to create virtual visuals of apparels and host fashion shows and now Idiat Shiole had huge clientele both locally and internationally.
Shiole has also collaborated with big names fabricant, the first virtual fashion house on their season O collection and currently working on the Hacedor, a virtual fashion gallery Metaverse with a collaborative team.
