Footballer's wife Awa Cisse has launched her debut fashion collection - and it's already causing a buzz among the sporting elite. Former volleyball champion Awa is married to Senegal international footballer Papiss Cisse, who used to play for Newcastle United.
When he was playing for the Toon, the couple decided to settle here in the north west, building their own home in Wilmslow and have loved being based here ever since. Papiss now plays for Turkish side Çaykur Rizespor and Awa has retired from professional sport so is concentrating on her own business projects.
Awa unveiled her high-end menswear brand Gods Gift at a star-studded fashion show in Cheshire last week. Guests included a host of international footballers who headed to the plush private estate Merrydale Manor in Over Peover to be the first to get a look at the new collection with a catwalk show.
