Nigerian-Chinese creative strategist and visual designer Francesca Nwokeocha celebrated her birthday with a style statement and a manifesto for the year ahead.
Posing beneath a Gothic archway in London, she wore a lime slip dress with a plunging halter neckline, side cut-outs, and soft ruching, paired with gilded lace-up stilettos, a sculptural beaded mini-ba,g and stacked bangles. The look reads modern siren against centuries-old stone—part party, part proclamation.
Francesca Nwokeocha
Francesca Nwokeocha
“Thank you God for another year, having Your hand over my life, health, and being badder than ever,” she wrote, reflecting on moving to London “with no support,” navigating “the lowest trials and tribulations,” and still choosing joy. She saluted friends in London and Sydney and added, with a wink, “Grateful for ChatGPT,” before raising a toast to “building a life future me will be proud of.”
Francesca Nwokeocha
Beyond the birthday glow, Nwokeocha’s CV keeps pace with her heels. She is Founder and Creative Director of 614 Magazine and a multidisciplinary strategist whose clients span ASOS, Universal Music/Capitol Records, Michael Lo Sordo and Bondi-Born (both via Net-a-Porter), Side-Note (the independent publication from Australian fashion directors at Harper’s BAZAAR and Vogue), and RUSSH Magazine. Her portfolio ranges from creative strategy and direction to digital marketing, content production, graphic design, social media management, and photography/retouching—work that leans into emotionally driven storytelling and community-minded brand building.
Rooted in a Business background and a degree in Visual Communication, she describes her approach as marrying data with feeling—“intention and impact” over empty aesthetics. Judging by her birthday images—chartreuse silk, gold hardware, easy confidence—Francesca is designing more than clothes or campaigns; she’s designing momentum.
