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Meet The Designer Who Dressed Haiti’s Olympics Team

Maelle David designed the outfits for Haiti'a Olympics team at Rso 2016 Brazil.
Maelle David! Remember that name, folks! Haiti’s Olympics team got cited as one of the Olympics Opening Ceremony’s Top 3 Best Dressed by a Yahoo style writer. Maelle Figaro David is the fashion designer behind the team’s much-discussed style.

Here are some things you should know about her.

1. Maelle David was born in Port-au-Prince Haiti and currently operates out of Petionville.

Maelle David 2016 Olympics

Above: Team Haiti at Rio, sporting the get-ups created by Maelle Figaro David. Photo Credit: AFP

2. The designer is a graduate of Centre D’etudes Secondaires, a school based in Haiti.

Maelle David designed the outfits for Haiti'a Olympics team at Rio 2016 Brazil.

3. She previously dressed former beauty queen Anedie Azael for the Miss Haiti Universe pageant. David designed a traditional costume for the one-time-Miss-turned-entrepreneur.

Maelle David

4. David initially launched her company Maelle David Creations in the late 1990s, and celebrated her 17th year in the fashion design business this past February.

Maelle David designs

5. She designed a line of clothes for curvy women that she exhibited at Runway Haiti, Haiti Fashion Week, and Islands of the World Fashion Week.

We’re sure that having a spotlight on her for such a global event will bring this designer even more business and notoriety.
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