Sartorial Stories: Ade Hassan founder of Nubian Skin

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Ade Hassan MBE, the founder and director of Nubian Skin, the first underwear brand to offer designs in ‘nude’ shades for women of colour. The object Ade chose to talk to us about played a major role in the inspiration for, and the graft behind, launching and steering her brand.