Toyin Lawani

Toyin Lawani is a Nigerian fashion designer and businessperson.

Toyin Lawani was born on March 1, 1982 in Lagos state, Nigeria. Toyin is graduate of English Language from the University of lagos. Toyin in a bid to better herself in the field she is very passionate about attended the Opral Benson Beauty Institute in Nigeria, after which she attended the Carlton Beauty Institute in London, and John Yim Beauty School in Korea where she obtained a practitioners license as a cosmetologist and also bagged a diploma in hair processing.

Toyin Lawani began her career at a very early age in her life, as an undergraduate at 16 she already owned a boutique and a mini supermarket . She started by giving fashion advice and styling her friends for events. She has since then developed her own styling outfit and grown become one of the most sought after stylists in the Nigerian Fashion Industry. As a stylist, she has worked with numerous celebrities including WizKid, Banky W, Niyola, Skales, Tiwa Savage, Don Jazzy, Dr Sid, Wande Coal, D’Prince, Terry G, Mercy Johnson, Emma Nyra, Juliet Ibrahim. Trybe Records, 3LiveChicks, Waje, Stephanie Okereke Linus, Sean Tizzle, May D, Funke Akindele, SamKlef, Pasuma, Vonne Vixen, and Tipsy.

Her designs and styling skills have graced editorials for major Nigerian magazines, the likes of Complete Fashion, Wow, Fab, Mania (T.Y Bello cover), Y Naija (Tonto, Wizkid, Funke Akindele covers), Exquisite (Waje cover), Allure (Juliet Ibrahim) and The Red Sheet (Ini Edo).