Raffealla Fernando <br> රැෆෙලා ප්රනාන්දු
| Raffealla Fernando රැෆෙලා ප්රනාන්දු | |
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| Born | 3 October 1990 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| 🏫 Education | St Bridget's Convent, Colombo |
| 💼 Occupation |
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| 📆 Years active | 2007–present |
| Label(s) | Raffealla |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Meshan Dilsh |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) |
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| 🌐 Website | http://www.raffealla.com |
Jefni Mary Raffealla Fernando, (born 3 October 1990), popularly as Raffealla Fernando, is a Sri Lankan fashion designer, stylist, and a fashion photographer.[1][2] Apart from fashion designing and photography, she is also a fashion lecturer, celebrity stylist.[3][4] She is the founder of "Raffealla Fernando Celebrity Calendar" (RFCC).[5][6][7]
Personal life
Raffealla Fernando was born on 3 October 1990 in Kandana, Sri Lanka as the eldest of the family. Her father Johnson Fernando is a businessman and a former soccer player. Her mother is a housewife. Raffealla completed her education at St Bridget's Convent, Colombo.[8] During the school period, she was an active member of the Photographic Society.[9]
Career
After completing O/Ls, she started to study fashion designing at the Academy of Design. At the same time, she studied art at Shanthi foundation.[9] At the age of 13, she did a solo art exhibition. Some years later, her paintings won awards at the Japanese national art gallery.[8] Later she excelled in jewelry designing from the Jewel Cad and obtained a higher national diploma in Jewelry designing.[10] She started to work as a fashion journalist at the age of 18 and continued for 5 years. In 2007, she became a professional fashion designer. Three years later in 2011, she became a fashion photographer under the photography brand "Raffealla Fernando Photography".[3] In 2009, she founded her luxury designer brand "RAFFEALLA".[10][11]
In 2012, she was invited to Nolcha New York fashion week. In 2013, she launched the first Raffealla Fernando Celebrity Calendar (RFCC) which is published annually featuring multiple celebrities across Sri Lanka.[12][13] Through this calendar, she introduced dark art, styling, and conceptualized photography to Sri Lanka.[11][14] The ninth RFCC calendar was launched on the 16 February 2021 at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo.[3][15][16]
In 2016, she became a finalist at the New York fashion awards.[10] Raffealla has received 13 fashion awards including the Best fashion photographer of the year at the International Achievers Awards (IAA) London in 2017.[17] She was also awarded the BAFTA best photographer of the year award and reached 8th place in world rankings in the same year.[12] In the meantime, she had the opportunity to design for the 69th in 2016 and 71st Cannes film festival in 2018.[10]
In 2018, she founded the "Raffealla Bridal" company and later in 2019, co-founded the Finc company.[10][11] In 2020, she started the sustainable handmade jewelry brand called "Dandelion". All the jewelry is made out of recycled and up-cycled fabrics. Recently, she made a ready-to-wear line brand called "Mermaidish".[3][8] In 2020, she also launched the first solo photography virtual exhibition , which was released through Raffealla's Facebook and Instagram account on 21 November 2020 from 6 pm.[17][18][19][20] The 2021 calendar was released on 25 January 2022 including the celebrities: Shanudrie Priyasad, Dinakshie Priyasad, Saranga Disasekara, Raveen Kanishka, Shalani Tharaka, Madhavee Wathsala Anthony, Sachini Ayendra, Sangeetha Weeraratne, Sachini Nisansala, Randhir Witana, Niranjani Shanmugaraja.[21] The 2022 calendar was released on 11 January 2022.[22][23] The 11th celebrity calendar was released on 11 January 2023.[24]
Awards
- Sunday Observer designer of the year – 2nd runner up 2010
- Designer of the year – post popular contestant award 2010
- Best evening wear designer award at the Designer of the Year – 2010
- Winner of the Sri Lanka Up-coming Designer of the Year award – 2010 [25]
- Best haute couture evening wear award at the Sri Lanka Up-coming Designer of the Year – 2010
- Best cocktail wear award at the Sri Lanka Up-coming Designer of the Year – 2010
- Best sports wear award at the Sri Lanka Up-coming Designer of the Year – 2010
- Sri Lanka Top Ten Achievers Award – 2011
- Best fashion photographer of the year – International Achievers Award (IAA awards UK) 2017
- BEFTA awards UK – Best photographer of the Year and World Rank 8th place
- New York fashion awards finalist – 2016
- Inspirational fashion leader of the year awards – 2015
- Game changing photographer of the year – 2015
References
- ↑ "Celebrity Calendar Launch" (PDF). Ceylon Today. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "Experts in the field of cosmetics who decorate the cover The story on the cover". Tharunie (in සිංහල). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "All about the fabulous Raffealla Fernando". www.hi.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ Nadeera, Dilshan. "Celebrities galore …this year, too". Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "Raffealla Fernando Launches 7th Celebrity Calendar - Life Online". www.life.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "Raffealla's calendar that changes star shapes". Silumina. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "Raffealla's Celebrity Calendar for the ninth time". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Buzz with Danu - Raffealla Fernando - Life Online". www.life.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Vithana, Vindya. "Raffealla: A Revolution". Xtream Youth. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Nadeera, Dilshan. "Best Fashion Photographer". Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Clicking towards success". Sunday Observer. 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Deep diving into conceptual photography: Raffealla Fernando on her 2021 celebrity calendar". The Morning - Sri Lanka News. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "Raffealla's Celebrity Calendar for the ninth time". Sarasaviya (in සිංහල). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "2018 Star Calendar Launched". Silumina. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ LK, Celebrity (2021-01-09). "Behind the Scenes Of Upcoming 2021 Sri Lankan Celebrity Calendar By Raffealla Fernando". Celebrity LK. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "New work from Raffealla". Sarasaviya (in සිංහල). 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 E!Online. "First Solo Photography Virtual Exhibition in Sri Lanka by Raffealla Fernando". Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "The first online photo exhibition ..." Silumina (in සිංහල). 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "New work from Raffealla". Sarasaviya (in සිංහල). 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "Mawbima.lk: Sri Lanka Latest Sinhala News and Headlines". mawbima.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "තරු හැඩ වෙනස් කරන රැෆෙලාගේ කැලැන්ඩරේ". silumina.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "රැෆෙලාගේ සෙලිබ්රිටි කැලැන්ඩරය නිකුත් වෙයි". madyawediya.lk. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ↑ "බොලිවුඩ් නිළි ජැක්ලීන් ලංකාවේ ඡායාරූප ශිල්පිනියක් එක්ක කරපු රූගත කිරීම". siyathafm.lk. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ↑ "අපේ කලා තරු වෙනස් කරලා කරපු 2023 කැලැන්ඩරය". saaravita.lk. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ↑ Celebrities, Sri Lankan (2015-09-19). "Sri Lankan Stars: Sensational Senali..." Sri Lankan Stars. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
External links
Videos
- රැෆෙලා ප්රනාන්දු - හදවතින් හදවතට/ RAFFEALLA FERNANDO - HEART TO HEART WITH KALUM !
- Nugasewana: Rafaela Fernando; 2024-02-02, Rupavahini
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