THE "PARTY OF ONE" COLLECTION IS AN EXPLORATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO CELEBRATE PERSONAL IDENTITY. USING MY EXPERIENCE GROWING UP AS A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN BORN TO NIGERIAN IMMIGRANTS, I DESIRED TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN AN EXTREMELY FLAMBOYANT CULTURE VERSUS A VERY CASUAL CULTURE. BY DECONSTRUCTING THE NOTION OF CELEBRATION AS A SPECIAL OCCASION AND TREATING IT MORE AS A ROUTINE, I HOPE TO REMIND OTHERS THAT THEY ARE WORTH CELEBRATING EVERY DAY EVEN IF THEY'RE JUST A PARTY OF ONE.
