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Look for OLIVIANCIO on
Instagram, Twitter and
Facebook, at Oliviancio.
com and on her Olivia Rita
YouTube page.

TOP: Handmade bracelets. ABOVE: Hand beading on lace shorts. BOTTOM: Handmade bow ties.

Venus Williams has continued to
show interest in Oram to this day.
“She follows me on Twitter and
Instagram, keeps up with my design
videos on my YouTube page and
watches my stories on Instagram,”
the designer says.
In 2011, Olivia was chosen a
runner-up finalist in a Go Sleeveless
Fashion Challenge s sponsored by
Dove. As a result, she was rewarded
with tons of Dove products and was
also featured on a billboard in Times
Square that included a photo of her
wearing that winning design.
Four years later, in 2015, the pro-
lific designer launched OLIVIANCIO,
her own clothing line of custom-
made as well as pre-made pieces
including shawls, infinity scarves,
skirts, tops, shorts, dresses, wraps,
pants, headbands and jewelry.
Recent additions to the line
include men’s accessories such as
sports caps and handmade bow
ties as well as unisex baseball caps,
tennis visors and beanies. Each hat
features the distinctive OLIVIANICO
logo that she also designed.
Oram says she creates her designs
while working from a sewing desk at
the Bloomfield Hills home she still

shares with her parents. “I spend
about 25-plus hours a week on
OLIVIANCIO-related stuff,” she says.
“And, at fashion show time, I spend
more than 40 hours a week work-
ing on pieces and getting the shows
together.”
Oram is currently busy designing
clothes and jewelry for the eight to
10 models who will be working the
January 2019 Detroit Auto Show. “I
have showcased my designs in the
last four Detroit Fashion Week fash-
ion shows,” she says, “three of which
were staged on the opening night of
the auto show for Main Event20.”
Oram has also been involved with
charity fashion shows. One was for
SPANCO, a charity devoted to help-
ing people in Ghana. The other was
for Hands on Haiti, a charity that
raises funds for people and projects
in Haiti. She’s currently working on
another fashion show for them that
will occur this fall.
Olivia’s creations have been fea-
tured in several publications, includ-
ing USA Today, the Los Angeles Times,
the New York Times, Neighborhood
SEEN magazine and more.
The designer says her greatest
success so far has been launching
her own clothes line. “A lot of peo-
ple talk about their dreams and
aspirations as a child but find
th
themselves on different
paths in later life,” she says.
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“I am so glad I focused on
m
my dream and went for it. I
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have achieved in fashion.” •

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