Fikirte Addis

{{short description|Ethiopian fashion designer}}{{Missing information|Early life and education, Career and Personal life|date=April 2025}}{{Infobox person

| name = Fikirte Addis

| image = Fikirte Addis, winner of design contest (5634764627).jpg

| caption = Fikirte at the Origin Africa Fiber to Fashion Awards, 2011

| birth_name = Fikirte Addis

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|8|3}}

| birth_place = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

| occupation = {{Flatlist |

• Designer

}}

| years_active = 2009–present

| website = {{URL|http://yefikirdesign.com|yefikirdesign.com}}

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Fikirte Addis (born August 3, 1981) is an Ethiopian fashion designer.{{citation|author=Catherine Chambers|title=African Culture|date=1 July 2012|publisher=Heinemann Library|isbn=978-1-4329-6776-5|page=27}} In 2009, Addis formed her own label–Yefiker Design–which creates clothes that are modern interpretations of traditional Ethiopian dress.{{citation|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-26627406 |title=Ethiopia's clothes firms aim to fashion global sales |work=BBC News |date=March 19, 2014 |author=James Jeffrey }} Her work rose to prominence by 2011, when she was a featured designer in the second annual Africa Fashion Week in New York City.{{citation |url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/144887-african-fashion-week/ |title=Africa Fashion Week Kicks off on Monday |author=Luna Lin |date=July 10, 2011 |work=WNYC }}