Founder

Hey, I’m Nikeya, also known as Princesskeyyya.

I’ve been a creator for as long as I can remember. Art, music, fashion, drawing… imagination was my first language. But it wasn’t until a few years ago that I finally gave myself permission to step fully into the vision I once carried quietly.

In choosing my art, I found myself. I found confidence. Identity. Purpose. I built a world where I could exist unapologetically, safely, creatively, loudly in my softness and boldly in my truth. And now I’m at a place where I want to share that world with others who are ready to step into theirs.

We grow up being shaped, softened, resized, redirected. Told to fit in. Tone down. Shrink into something more familiar. But here, we do the opposite. We become more ourselves. We explore deeper. We expand louder. My brand is for the ones choosing to reclaim their creativity, their confidence, and their individuality. The ones who are unlearning smallness and remembering they are art.

Every piece you see here—fashion, paintings, music, stories—carries my heart, my evolution, my world. I don’t create because it’s easy. I create because it is necessary. Because our authenticity deserves witnesses. Our creativity deserves freedom. Our voices deserve space. And no one is ever “too much” for being themselves. You are art simply by existing. The world just needs more people brave enough to wear it openly.

So whenever you’re ready, the Kouture world will be here. A space crafted for originality. A mirror for your becoming. A place where creativity is currency and self-expression is home.

The Kouture Way or The Highway…
— Nikeya Pickering