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Aṣọ Lànkí, Kí Ató Ki Ènìyàn / ‘We greet dress before we greet its wearer'
LAGOS SPACE PROGRAMME
WHEN: LAGOS SPACE PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM PROJECT 5 Aṣọ Lànkí, Kí Ató Ki Ènìyàn / ‘We greet dress before we greet its wearer’ launched at Milan Fashion Week on Friday, January 15, 2021
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Adeju Thompson FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY: Kadara Enyeasi MODELS: Seun Akinyosoye, Damien Eze
Aṣọ Lànkí, Kí Ató Ki Ènìyàn / ‘We greet dress before we greet its wearer’
LAGOS SPACE PROGRAMME Project 5 collection titled Aṣọ Lànkí, Kí Ató Ki Ènìyàn
/ ‘We greet dress before we greet its wearer’ deconstructs myths around gender
roles and identity by highlighting the masquerade ceremonies of the Gélédé who
celebrate the matriarchy and its role in Yoruba society embodied by only men, by
collaborating with the London-based artist David Gardner, to design the Gélédé
mask. Lagos Space Programme not only contemporaries but highlights an early
example of gender-bending within Yoruba society.
Look 12: Post-Adire Orufanran Tank Top (LSP P5-00001TOP), Double-sided Yoruba skirt (LSP P5-00006SKIRT)
Look 13: Yoruba Plain White Shirt (LSP P5-00018SHIRT), Divination Venture Vest (LSP P5-00019VEST), Yoruba Wide Trousers (LSP P5-00008TROUSERS)
Look 14: Plain Venture vest (LSP P5-00020VEST), Yoruba Plain White Shirt (LSP P5-00018SHIRT), Yoruba Wide Trousers (LSP P5-00008TROUSERS)
Look 15: Lagos Utility Vest (LSP P5-00021VEST), Yoruba Plain White Shirt (LSP P5-00018SHIRT), Yoruba Wide Trousers (LSP P5-000011TROUSERS)
Look 16: Cap (LSP P5-00030CAP)
Look 16a: Cap (LSP P5-00030CAP)
Look 16b: Cap (LSP P5-00030CAP)
Look 17: LH: Ring square (LSP P5-00034RING), Ring with small square (LSP P5-00031RING), Ring round (LSP P5-00032RING), RH: Ring round (LSP P5-00032RING), Ring quadrangle (LSP P5-00033RING)
Look 22: Solar Plexus Long (LSP P5-00043LONG), LH: Bangles (LSP P5-00039BANGLE), Ring Vine I (LSP P5-00043RING), Ring Vine II (LSP P5-00044RING), Ring with small square (LSP P5-00031RING), RH: Bangles (LSP P5-00039BANGLE)