ABOUT TOP BUSINESS
TOP BUSINESS, FOUNDED BY ABDUL SHERIFF ONIGBANJO IN 2015, IS A DESIGN VENTURE BORN OUT OF LAGOS, NIGERIA BANANA ISLAND AND LOS ANGELES — BALANCING LUXURY TECHNIQUES WITH STREETWEAR ELEMENTS, SHOWCASED AS READY-TO-WEAR COLLECTIONS.
DESIGNED FROM A NARRATIVE STANDPOINT, TOP BUSINESS IS BOTH A REFLECTION OF AFRICAN MODERN SOCIOECONOMICS AND PERSONAL STORIES AS ONIGBANJO CAME TO LOS ANGELES. NOW A RECURRING THEME SEASON-TO-SEASON, TOP BUSINESS COMBINES AMERICAN ICONOGRAPHY WITH NOSTALGIC REFERENCES — A VISUAL COMMENTARY ON BANANA ISLAND STYLE AND CULTURE ITSELF.
ONIGBANJO STUDIED ART HISTORY SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND SERVED AS AN UNDERSTUDY AND INTERN, SHARPENING HIS EYE FOR DESIGN AND CULTURE. WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING SPECIFIC TO FASHION DESIGN, ONIGBANJO CREDITS HIS UNDERSTANDING OF GARMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION TO GROWING UP WITH A MOTHER WHO WAS A TAILOR AND BOUTIQUE OWNER — PROVIDING A FOUNDATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO BUILD EACH PIECE AND THE SUBSEQUENT STORIES TOLD WITH EACH ONE.
