Ayana Ife

Fashion Designer

Birthday October 22, 1989

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Brooklyn, NY

Age 36 years old

#7,710 Most Popular

About

Runner-up on the 16th season of Project Runway, notable for being the first modest and first Muslim fashion designer to make it to the season finale. She has amassed over 30,000 Instagram followers as a result of her fashion fame. 

Before fame

She would deconstruct and reassemble hand-me-down clothes she inherited from her sisters. 

Trivia

She was initially pressured by her parents to pursue a more stable career in nursing. A YouTube video of Rabia Z's collection inspired her to pursue a degree in apparel design. 

Family life

She grew up in a family of eleven children. 

Associated with

She fell short to Kentaro Kameyama on the 16th season of Project Runway.