Designer Korto Momolu Featured on Tales from the South
Designer Korto Momolu Featured on Tales from the South November 01, 2011
North Little Rock, AR. October 25, 2011—Internationally-renowned fashion designer Korto Momolu will be the featured storyteller for a very special Tales from the South Tin Roof Project on Tuesday evening, November 01, 2011. The live taping of the radio series will be at Starving Artist Café in the Argenta Arts District, Downtown North Little Rock. Live music by Audrey Kelley. Doors open at 5pm, dinner is served 5pm-6:30pm and the show starts at 7pm.
Designer Korto Momolu was born in Monrovia, Liberia. After graduation from L’Academies des Couturiers Design Institute in Ottawa, Ontario, she moved Arkansas with her husband to live and raise their daughter and began producing chic women’s wear and accessories influenced by her African roots and inspired by rich fabrics. After working as an independent fashion designer and continuing her education at the renowned Parsons School of Design, Korto won a place on the 5th season of Bravo TV’s hit show Project Runway, where she ended the season as first runner up and was awarded the fan favorite prize. Korto presented her spring 2009 collection at Bryant Park during New York Fashion Week. She then appeared on Project Runway All-Stars. After Project Runway, November 13th was named Korto Momolu Day in Little Rock, Arkansas. Branching into fine jewelry and keeping things eco friendly, she also launched a line of fine jewelry called “Green Love” during her spring 2011 show at New York Fashion Week.
Highlighted as top 5 designer to watch by New York Magazine for fall 2010 collections at New York Fashion Week, Korto has been featured in Southern Living magazine, People magazine, Essence magazine, Kouture magazine, LA Times, Ladybrille.com, InStyle.com, and Washingtonian magazine. Momolu has had editorials in Southwest Airlines Spirit magazine, Kouture magazine, Iconography magazine as well as appeared on the cover of Celebrate magazine, Celebrity Parents magazine and Little Rock Family magazine along with her daughter. TV and radio appearances include the Monique show, Regis and Kelly, The Wendy Williams show , My Black is beautiful, The Tom Joyner morning Show and most recently on CNN International’s African Voices.
Tickets are $5 for the show, plus the cost of dinner. Seating is very limited. Tickets can be purchased online at www.talesfromthesouth.com
"Tales from the South" is recorded on Tuesdays during “Dinner and a Show” at Starving Artist Café. The show airs locally on KUAR Thursdays at 7pm and is syndicated by World Radio Network, a satellite radio distribution service, available to more than 130 million listeners worldwide. Shows are also distributed nationwide to multiple public radio stations by PRX (Public Radio Exchange). Podcasts are available on ITunes, the NPR website, the KUAR website, the PRX website, and the “Tales from the South” website.
“Tales from the South” is presented by the Argenta Arts Foundation, with AY Magazine as the official media sponsor, publishing a story each month in the magazine. Additional support provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, the North Little Rock Visitor’s Bureau, and The Oxford American Magazine. This show is sponsored by William F. Laman Public Library.
