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2 months ago

presenting my 2025 creative wrapped!
(forgive the lengthy video, it’s fun I promise!)
cheers to more in 2026🥂

#wrapped #explorepage taken in Lagos, Nigeria by @dean_dayo

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10 months ago

Fashion has long been shaped by women, sustained by women, and consumed largely by women. Yet when the conversation shifts toward authorship, leadership, and creative control, men continue to occupy most of the visible positions at the top.

The contradiction becomes even harder to ignore on red carpets like the AMVCA, where many of the women commanding attention are dressed, styled, and visually interpreted by men.

This piece is not asking whether women belong in fashion. That answer has always been obvious.

It is asking why an industry so heavily built around women still struggles to reflect them in positions of creative authority.

✍🏿@dean_dayo by @dean_dayo

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5 months ago

an ode to Africa, and Africans.
To the past that shaped us, and the future that holds our legacy.

-as directed and styled by me.
-photography by @madeby_pixels
-stills by @thisizrare_
-styled with pieces from @dustofthearth @korede.james @bornstarng
-models: @iyinflair @iam_olumay @est.her3139 @tiwaslimshedy

In collaboration with Winston Leather.

#legacycollection #postcardsfromlagos #winstonleather by @dean_dayo

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25 days ago

Mid month dump?
In the big September ’26!!!

#wearesooooobackkkkkk by @dean_dayo

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a month ago

stuns in new photos
by @slovel_arts by @dean_dayo

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3 months ago

The first thing that caught our attention wasn't the music, it was her honesty.

There was no attempt to reinvent Yoruba culture or dress it up for the algorithm. The music, the styling, the language, and the references all felt like they belonged to the same person.

That's what stayed with us after speaking with Solana.

Not just the idea of YoruPop, but the clarity with which she seems to understand who she is and the world she's trying to build around it.

Full story link in bio.

Produced and written by @dean_dayo
Photography by @dadabiodun_
Styled by @omolotsss
MUA @loludoesmake.up
Assist @true_davidjackson
Editorial design @mayapalette
Managing Editor @dank_of_africa
Editor-in-chief @taiwo.thagreat by @dean_dayo

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4 months ago

proof of existence.

#dump #getyourpvcpleaseeeeeee by @dean_dayo

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4 months ago

This piece is written in the context of a reality we often avoid confronting.

In spaces where appearance is treated as a measure of identity, deviation can carry consequences far beyond judgment. What begins as perception can become enforcement, and in extreme cases, something much more serious.

This is not just about style or expression. It is about the conditions that make certain forms of existence unsafe.

✍🏿@dean_dayo
Art by @taiwo.thagreat by @dean_dayo

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6 months ago

turned 21, attended a wedding, resumed school for my finals, struggled to stay consistent at the gym, caught a cold, had a brief crush, registered for my pvc, fought with my landlord…..all in all a fair month!

#dump by @dean_dayo

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6 months ago

There’s a version of Nigerian weddings we all recognize; loud, beautiful, excessive, and deeply cultural. But there’s another version unfolding alongside it, one shaped by visibility, performance, and the quiet pressure to be seen.

This piece doesn’t dismiss the spectacle. It looks at what it has become, and what it now demands from the people inside it.

✍🏿 @dean_dayo

All images are for editorial use only. Credits remain with the original owners. by @dean_dayo

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6 months ago

hibernation core.

#dump by @dean_dayo

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8 months ago