Models
Presence is the brief.
We look for faces and walks that hold a room, from a first casting to the last look. Experience is welcome. It is not a gate.
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What we are actually looking at.
Not a measurement sheet. Three things a photograph can already tell us, and one that only a room can.
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The face in still light
A portrait where nothing else is doing the work. We want to see bone, expression, and whether you can be quiet in front of a lens.
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The walk
Speed, posture, and the decision to arrive. Runway experience helps. A clear sense of your own body helps more.
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Range
Print and cloth. Tailoring and ceremony. The house casts across womenswear and menswear.
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The room
Professionalism is part of the look. Call time, fittings, and the ability to wear someone else’s idea without losing your own.
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Iyabo Ojo
The portrait
Still, direct, and finished. The picture you would send a designer who has never met you.
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Femi Adebayo
The tailor
Menswear needs a different temperature. Shoulder, collar, and the confidence to stand still.
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The walk
One length of the runway, taken as if the clothes depend on it. Because they do.
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Lola Alao
Ceremony
Gele, coral, and cloth worn for a day that matters. Carry the occasion without letting it carry you.
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Odunlade Adekola
Stillness
Black on black, beads to the waist. Some looks are held by standing perfectly still.
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The festival
Cloth worn in front of thousands, in daylight, for hours. If a look survives Ojude Oba, it will survive a runway.
Portraits of Iyabo Ojo, Femi Adebayo, Lola Alao, and Odunlade Adekola name the actors. They are not an endorsement of the house. Photograph of Odunlade Adekola by Danielle G. Campbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
If you are cast
You leave with more than a memory of the lights.
Casting, styling, and direction. A walk in front of a live room. Portraits you can use. A public credit next to the clothes you wore.
New faces and working models are read the same way: does the picture hold, and can you be in a fitting without the room having to manage you.
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Models
Show us the face. Tell us the city.
A name, a portrait, and a line about the work you have done — or the work you want.
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