I’m Rofiat Showunmi, a multidisciplinary creative working across fashion design, visual storytelling, community-based projects, and reflective writing. Esar Studios is the space where these practices meet.

I approach creativity as both practice and inquiry. Fashion is often my entry point, but my work extends beyond garments into storytelling, collaboration, and community engagement. I’m interested in how design, ideas, and people intersect - and how creative work can hold meaning beyond aesthetics or trends.

Whether I’m designing a piece, planning a shoot, or developing a community project, I work with intention, research, and care. Process matters to me as much as outcome.

How I Work

Community is central to how I think about creative work. I’m drawn to projects that invite participation, shared ownership, and dialogue - especially those that use fashion and storytelling as tools for connection, empowerment, and reflection.

Collaboration, for me, is not just working together but listening deeply and allowing space for multiple perspectives to shape the work.

Community & Collaboration

Alongside my visual and design work, I write to think. My writing explores creativity, identity, culture, and the questions that sit beneath the work I make. These reflections live primarily on my Substack, where I share philosophical musings and ongoing thoughts on art, life, and process.

Writing helps me slow down, notice patterns, and remain grounded in why I create.

Writing & Reflection

My background spans fashion design, education, and international business, shaping how I approach creative work with both imagination and structure. I’ve worked across teaching, projects coordination, and creative practice - experiences that continue to inform my interest in systems, people, and purposeful design.

Background

Why Esar Studios

Esar Studios exists as a personal and evolving practice - a place to explore fashion, ideas, and community with intention. It’s not fixed or singular; it grows as my questions grow. Through this studio, I aim to create work that is thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in meaning.

I see Esar Studios as a living practice - shaped by curiosity, care, and the people I work with along the way.