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Modeling @winstonleather ✨

Note: “There’s a new sheriff in town 🥶💯”

#fashionstatement #uniquestyle #classymenstyle

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Modeling @winstonleather ✨

#fashionstatement #uniquestyle #classymenstyle

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I’m a Lagos babe. I really just wanted to create something that reflected my true depth.

@solana_tii for StylePro Magazine.

Photographed: Dada Abiodun
Interviewed: Jay Jackson
Styled: Omoloto Opeifa
Makeup: Lolu Pinheiro
Photo Assist: Oladimeji Fisayomi
Produced & written: Adedayo Joshua
Editor-in-chief: Taiwo Adesokan

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Behold.

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We took a minute to curate a few recent editorial shoots that have been living in our heads rent-free. Heavy on the visual storytelling, so let's give these teams their credit.

Which one are you feeling the most?

Cover image 📸: @lasalvy
Slide 2 Shot by: @jassieuo
Slide 3 Shot by: @artistrypixels
Slide 4 Shot by: @magical_dammy
Slide 5 Shot by: @_michaelbassey
Slide 6 Shot by: @ayo.makinwa
Slide 7 Shot by: @_davehunter
Slide 8 Shot by: @rebecca_iiv
Slide 9 Shot by: @lapicophotography
Slide 10 Shot by: @stilespictures_01
Slide 11 Shot by: @etimshooterx
Slide 12 Shot by: @thefolajimy
Slide 13 Shot by: @lasalvy
Slide 14 Shot by: @fernando.dumas
Slide 15 Shot by: @fola_adeleke
Slide 16 Shot by: @memoriesby_22
Slide 17 Shot by: @bigemmzphotography
Slide 18 Shot by: @kumi_obuobisa
Slide 19 Shot by: @roastedkweku

#grixmagazine #culture #editorialphotography #creativecommunity

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“friendships are one of life’s greatest romances” - quote from somewhere, paraphrased👀

But honestly, this is the real gift OAU has given me❤️

#friends❤️ #love #fyb #graduatingclass

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Corporate Day in Pictures ✨
Very very grateful for the gift of men❤️

#fybweek #lastdaysinuni

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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

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Effortlessly composed, styled for the icons, undeniably iconic 🌹

Photographed 📸 by @isijola_adedapomola (me)
Creative director : @dean_dayo
Stylist : @victoriaoluwaseunayofunmi , @dean_dayo
Muse 👑 : @_temii.ayo

#afroellemag #afromediagroup #nigerianphotographershub #afropolitainmagazine

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Not just another piece of ART 🖼 ✨

Photographed 📸 by @isijola_adedapomola (me)
Creative director : @dean_dayo
Stylist : @victoriaoluwaseunayofunmi , @dean_dayo
Muse 👑 : @_temii.ayo

#afroellemag #afromediagroup #nigerianphotographershub #afropolitainmagazine

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🔥 𝗙𝗬𝗕 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬 🔥

Today, we celebrate 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗮𝘆𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝗢𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗼 😌✨
Aka 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝗼 😎🔥
Dayo is one of the calm persons in class. Easy going, cool, calm vibe, clean aura, and 𝘁𝗼𝗽-𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲.
Everyone knows Dayo's best friend, if you don't know just forget about it. 😂💃
One thing you cannot miss about Dayo?
𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗢𝗡. 😮‍🔥✨
Before he even talks,
𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 😭👏
From head to toe,
𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹.

Clean, stylish, and 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 without doing too much 😌🔥
You’ll always notice him.
Not because he’s making noise,
but because 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲. 🤍✨
𝗡𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗻𝗼 𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 😭🔥

Today, FYB celebrates 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Congratulations, 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝗼 😎🔥✨

#fyb
#fybpersonalityoftheday
#obafemiawolowouniversity

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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

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