This collection takes its cue from the premise of Fela still being alive and retired to his farm in Abeokuta. It imagines a life filled with hordes of admirers taking pilgrimage to his estate in search of advice and guidance as well as younger generations of artists, activists and dilettantes who see him as a link to a period in Nigeria where creatively, anything felt possible. The collection imagines what this man of means, sedentary but still incendiary would wear:

Clothes for slipping on after a day walking the land.

Clothes for evenings spent reluctantly receiving yet more accolades from dignitaries he still disdains.

Clothes that reflect his roles of ideologue, grandfather, patron and mentor.

Clothes that recall his days as a performer, tempered by sobriety and the demands of his age.

These inspirations manifest in a 70’s palette of pastels, all cut for the heat in lightweight cottons and linens. The agrarian are aspects referenced in English countryside staples, grounded in fabrics inspired by Aso-oke, the cloth of his forefathers.

This is a collection for a man who lives his life confidently and with irreverence, accidently collecting acolytes along the way.

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