Olumide Emmanuel Faleti, shoemaking

Olumide Emmanuel Faleti, from Renfrewshire, is the founder and creative director of footwear brand Minuel Designs and leads the OEF Initiative, an educational craft project. In 2026, Olumide was awarded a training bursary to help fund his place on the Complete Shoemaking and Footwear course at the London College of Fashion, mastering core pattern cutting, closing, lasting and construction processes. Olumide’s bursary was funded by the Capri Holdings Corporate Foundation.