Ayaan and idyl mohallim biography

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Mataano

Mataano ("Twins" in the Somali language) is a women's fashion line.

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  • The designers behind the two-year-old brand Mataano, Somali-born twin sisters Idyl and Ayaan Mohallim, are hopeful that their Spring 2011 collection will.
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    • Founded in , it is owned by Somali-American twin fashion designers Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim.

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    Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim were born in Alabama to Somali parents.[1] They moved to Somalia at an early age, and spent their first nine years there.

    When the Somali Civil War broke out in the early s, they returned to the United States.[2]

    Settling in northern Virginia, just outside Washington D.C., the sisters developed an interest in fashion after their mother bought them fashion magazines.

    Their family put an emphasis on education, envisioning the girls' studying at top schools in preparation for professional careers. Upon graduation from college, the twins moved to New York City to pursue their goal of becoming fashion designers.

    Idyl quickly secured an internship with Betsey Johnson,[1] where she acquired skills in design technique and color.[2] Ayaan obtai