BIOGRAPHY

Sylvia Owori is one of today's leading figures in East Africa's Fashion, media, and modeling industries, famous for both her entrepreneurial skills as well as for her creative talent.

Today, her designs are appreciated by a very large public in Uganda and her participation in a variety of prestigious events all over Africa have worked to make her a respected designer throughout the continent. Sylvia's contribution towards Uganda's development was recently recognized by President Museveni himself, when in June 2006 she received the Presidential Transformers Award.
Having studied with some of the most skilled professionals in London, her design ethos is the result of the excellent training she received, added to her unique imagination and natural talent. Drawing her inspiration from her Ugandan roots and the African life style as well as from her extensive travels to the USA and Europe,

Sylvia's style is recognized as being bold while staying approachable.
Her break into fashion happened when she took on the challenge of revitalizing the 'Miss Uganda Beauty Pageant', (2001-2004) which following her input became one of the most significant events on the Ugandan social calendar. She also revealed her innovative talent by designing outfits for the contestants of the M-Net Face of Africa in Dar es Salaam (2000) and Cape Town, which resulted in immense acclaim from the public as well as from fashion critics. Following this positive feedback, Sylvia was appointed to design the Nokia Face of Africa's Ugandan finalist's outfit in 2001.

Sylvia's achievements go much further than these acknowledgments for her designs. She has shown her capacity for looking ahead and taking risks by starting the first modeling agency in the Uganda: 'Ziper Models' supplying the best professional models on the Ugandan market. The company, now renamed ZIPA is still one of the most eminent agencies in East Africa, scouting and selecting the best female and male models from across the continent.  In November 2005 Sylvia launched 'African Woman' the first high quality women's magazine of the kind in the region, following a philosophy of focusing on themes ranging from fashion to life style and health; topics that are pertinent to the contemporary women of East Africa.

Sylvia now a mother of two sons, has also been the second designer after Dolce & Gabbana to work with world known phone company Motorola in a fashion show code named “ Motocouture with Sylvia Owori” in October 2006 which elevated her to another level in the fashion industry both locally and internationally.