# Orange Culture

> Orange Culture is a menswear label based in Lagos, Nigeria, started in 2011. Behind the label: Adebayo Oke-Lawal. Known for gender-fluid menswear that uses colour, skirts and softness to question narrow ideas of masculinity.

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- Country guide: https://thecastindex.com/houses/nigerian-designers
- Facts checked: 2026-10-22
- Author: Kaiser Khan (Founder & Editor)

## Quick facts

- 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: https://orangeculture.com.ng
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orangecultureng/

## 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

- 2011: Adebayo Oke-Lawal founds Orange Culture in Lagos. (source: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1616482/)
- 2014: Named a semi-finalist for the LVMH Prize. (source: https://www.lvmhprize.com/en/orange-culture)
- 2021: The V&A acquires ensembles from S.E.N.S.E.S (AW16) and Flower Boy (AW20). (source: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1616484/)
- 2 November 2025: Shows off-site, by invitation, at Lagos Fashion Week. (source: https://lagosfashionweek.ng/event-schedule/fashion-week-2025)
- 2026: Returns to Berlin Fashion Week, held from 30 January to 2 February 2026. (source: https://www.berlin.de/sen/web/presse/pressemitteilungen/2026/pressemitteilung.1640251.php)
- 3 July 2026: Shows on the runway at Berlin Fashion Week for SS27, as a Berlin Contemporary winner. (source: https://fashionweek.berlin/official-schedule.html)

## Sources

- [V&A — Orange Culture S.E.N.S.E.S ensemble, Autumn/Winter 2016, T.2345-2021](https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1616482/) — checked 2026-10-22
- [V&A — Orange Culture Flower Boy ensemble, Autumn/Winter 2020, T.2347-2021](https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1616484/) — checked 2026-10-22
- [LVMH Prize — Orange Culture, 2014 semi-finalist](https://www.lvmhprize.com/en/orange-culture) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Lagos Fashion Week — Orange Culture designer profile](https://lagosfashionweek.ng/designers/orange-culture) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Lagos Fashion Week — 2024 event guide (23–27 October 2024)](https://lagosfashionweek.ng/event-schedule/fashion-week-2024) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Lagos Fashion Week — 2025 event guide (29 October–2 November 2025)](https://lagosfashionweek.ng/event-schedule/fashion-week-2025) — checked 2026-10-22
- [FashionUnited — Between Lagos and Berlin: Orange Culture in motion (June 2026)](https://fashionunited.uk/news/fashion/between-lagos-and-berlin-orange-culture-in-motion/2026060288370) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Berlin Senate — Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2026 review (3 February 2026)](https://www.berlin.de/sen/web/presse/pressemitteilungen/2026/pressemitteilung.1640251.php) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Berlin Fashion Week — official schedule, SS27 (2–5 July 2026)](https://fashionweek.berlin/official-schedule.html) — checked 2026-10-22