{"id":8444,"date":"2023-02-07T16:10:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/?page_id=8444"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:25:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:25:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/en_us\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8444\" class=\"elementor elementor-8444\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3573622 e-con-full wd-section-stretch e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3573622\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e712f e-con-full e-flex wd-section-disabled e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e712f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf948a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf948a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(1926-2017)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e570e44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e570e44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ESTHER OLAWOYIN<br> TAYLOR<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02bf50e e-con-full e-flex wd-section-disabled e-con e-child\" data-id=\"02bf50e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb54b1 e-con-full wd-section-stretch e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5fb54b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de2baf6 e-con-full e-flex wd-section-disabled e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de2baf6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d76507d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d76507d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A LEGACY BEGINS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ae4fa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47ae4fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Each Woyin Taylor piece celebrates this legacy and the beauty of life and family.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7defe9f e-con-full e-flex wd-section-disabled e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7defe9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39eb6fe elementor-widget__width-initial color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39eb6fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sF7BEQ LvJyfQ DWOR5A\"><span class=\"WdYUQQ\">For over six decades, Esther Olawoyin Taylor, a textile merchant with a peculiar taste for leather goods, bought and collected purses, bags and footwear. She would then gift the women in her life from her vast collection periodically.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"sF7BEQ LvJyfQ DWOR5A\"><span class=\"WdYUQQ\">One of these gifts quickly became her granddaughter&#8217;s favourite accessory, earning the granddaughter compliments wherever she went, and inspiring her to start a line of leather handbags that would cater to women who were looking for something practical, special and affordable.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"sF7BEQ LvJyfQ DWOR5A\"><span class=\"WdYUQQ\">She spent months researching and sourcing the best materials and working with skilled artisans to bring her vision to life.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19a1c40 e-con-full e-flex wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19a1c40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a7291 e-con-full e-flex wd-section-disabled e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07a7291\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb0edfc e-con-full e-flex wd-section-disabled e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fb0edfc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-104b266 e-con-full wd-section-stretch e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"104b266\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d77f330 e-con-full e-flex wd-section-disabled e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d77f330\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a3e19c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a3e19c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1075\" src=\"https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-768x1075.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10456\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-768x1075.png 768w, https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-571x800.png 571w, https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-1097x1536.png 1097w, https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-1463x2048.png 1463w, https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-860x1204.png 860w, https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-430x602.png 430w, https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-700x980.png 700w, https:\/\/woyintaylor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Woyin-Taylor-Sketch-1-150x210.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9203b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9203b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sketch First<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af692d1 elementor-widget__width-initial color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af692d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"WdYUQQ\">It all starts with a sketch. 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