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Orange Culture
Adebayo Oke-Lawal
Orange Culture is a menswear label based in Lagos, Nigeria, started in 2011. Behind the label: Adebayo Oke-Lawal. It is known for gender-fluid menswear that uses colour, skirts and softness to question narrow ideas of masculinity. Latest milestone on record (3 July 2026): Shows on the runway at Berlin Fashion Week for SS27, as a Berlin Contemporary winner.
Quick facts
Orange Culture at a glance
- Behind the label
- Adebayo Oke-Lawal
- Based
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Since
- 2011
- Focus
- Menswear
- Makes
- Menswear and womenswear, ready-to-wear and made to order, designed and produced in Lagos
- Trained
- Self-taught
- Official site
- orangeculture.com.ng ↗
- @orangecultureng ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind Orange Culture?
Adebayo Oke-Lawal, a self-taught designer, founded Orange Culture in Lagos in 2011 as a menswear label meant to challenge narrow ideas of masculinity; the V&A describes how it has grown more gender-fluid, with skirts as a staple and colours often coded as feminine. The museum holds ensembles from S.E.N.S.E.S (Autumn/Winter 2016) and Flower Boy (Autumn/Winter 2020), a title that reclaims an insult he heard as a boy. Everything is designed and produced in Lagos, FashionUnited reported in 2026. The label was an LVMH Prize semi-finalist in 2014 and showed at Lagos Fashion Week in 2024 and 2025. It returned to Berlin Fashion Week in early 2026 and showed there again on 3 July 2026 as one of the season’s Berlin Contemporary winners.
Timeline
Orange Culture, dated
- 2011Adebayo Oke-Lawal founds Orange Culture in Lagos. Source ↗
- 2014Named a semi-finalist for the LVMH Prize. Source ↗
- 2021The V&A acquires ensembles from S.E.N.S.E.S (AW16) and Flower Boy (AW20). Source ↗
- 2 November 2025Shows off-site, by invitation, at Lagos Fashion Week. Source ↗
- 2026Returns to Berlin Fashion Week, held from 30 January to 2 February 2026. Source ↗
- 3 July 2026Shows on the runway at Berlin Fashion Week for SS27, as a Berlin Contemporary winner. Source ↗
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Quick answers
Orange Culture, answered
Who is behind Orange Culture?
- Adebayo Oke-Lawal. Orange Culture is a menswear label based in Lagos.
When was Orange Culture founded?
- 2011, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does Orange Culture make?
- Menswear and womenswear, ready-to-wear and made to order, designed and produced in Lagos. It is known for gender-fluid menswear that uses colour, skirts and softness to question narrow ideas of masculinity.
Where did the designer of Orange Culture train?
- Self-taught.