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The continental house

Africa’s Next Top Designers & Models

Born in Africa. Made for the World.

A house for the designers cutting cloth with a point of view, and the models who can carry it into a room — on the continent, and far past it.

For designers For models
A chief at Ojude Oba in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, in gold and green cloth, coral and green beads, and a beaded cap, holding a horsetail whisk.
Ojude Oba — Nigeria

Africa’s talents, our global pride

Work that already knows where it is going.

We look for designers who cut with a point of view, and models who can hold that point of view in light. The cloth may be wax print, satin, wool, or something that does not have a name yet.

What matters is that it is made here, and made to travel. The line on our crest is the brief: born in Africa, made for the world.

Read the house
A Ghanaian queen mother in kente and gold jewellery, seated in state beneath a red umbrella.
Kente, in state — Ghana
A woman in a kente top and white trousers, standing before a wall of woven kente in Ghana. 01 — The atelier

Designers

Couture, ready-to-wear, bridal, menswear, textile, and adornment. Bring the collection.

 Iyabo Ojo in a gold and brown corset dress with a long train, standing on a gold floor. Iyabo Ojo 02 — The face

Models

Presence is the brief. A walk, a portrait, and the nerve to be looked at.

From the call to the last walk.

Four movements. No theatre for its own sake — a clear path from a portfolio to a room full of people.

  1. 01

    The call

    Designers send the work. Models send a portrait and a note on the walk. We read every one.

  2. 02

    The room

    Selected talents are invited into critique, styling, and preparation. The cloth gets honest eyes.

  3. 03

    The runway

    A presentation where face, cloth, and light meet an audience. Photographs are made of the work.

  4. 04

    The world

    The name leaves with the pictures. A public showing, and a way for the right people to find you.

Festival dress

Seen on the continent.

From Ojude Oba to Maralal, Kumasi to Ngorongoro, the continent already dresses for an audience. This is the standard the house is building toward.

A young man at Ojude Oba in red and gold aso-oke with a matching embroidered cap.
Nigeria — Ojude Oba
Samburu women at the Maralal cultural festival in Kenya, wearing layered bead collars and beaded headdresses.
Kenya — Samburu
Two Akan dancers from Ghana in kente wraps and beaded headbands.
Ghana — Akan
Two Zulu women in South Africa in red beaded capes, black pleated skirts, and wide ceremonial hats.
South Africa — Zulu
Maasai women in Ngorongoro, Tanzania, in royal blue and purple shúkà with white beaded headdresses.
Tanzania — Maasai
Enter the runway
Women at Ojude Oba in matching red lace, coral beads, and gele, with chiefs in gold and green beside them.
Ojude Oba, Ijebu-Ode — cloth worn in chorus

The call is open

If the work is ready, the house is listening.

Send the collection, or the portrait. Or call. The door is the same either way.

Begin an application
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