IRAPADA

SUMMER SPRING 2024

"Irapada", means 'Redemption' in Yoruba, the native tongue of Tolu Coker's parents.

Through an intimate and nostalgic reflection of the designer's own familial roots, religion and spiritual makeup, Coker's SS24 collection, 'Irapada', initiates a conversation surrounding the traditions of ancestral Yoruba spirituality and its relationship with a modern, diverse, and transatlantic generation.

Coker proposes migration as synchronously physical and spiritual, examining the preservation of the Yoruba religion spanning eras of missionaries and migration.

Exploring redemption through the lens of spirituality, Coker considers its function with dignity beyond a reclamation of that which has been lost. As heirloom and inheritance, it is conveyed through this trans-seasonal wardrobe as a personal voyage back to one's essence and expressed through notions of displacement and realignment.

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CREATIVE DIRECTION AND COLLECTION DESIGN: TOLU COKER
COLLECTION PHOTOGRAPHY: ADE COKER
ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHY: KAYODE ISHOLA COKER
STYLING: BEVAN AGYEMANG & LADY BARBARA AYOZIE FU SAFIRA
CASTING: CHLOE ROSOLEK AT CDR.CASTING
MEN’S HATS IN COLLABORATION WITH: LUCY BARLOW
WOMENS SHOES: KENDALL MILES
MENS SHOES: DR MARTENS
JEWELLERY: JOHNNY NELSON
EYEWEAR: LE SPECS
STYLING ACCESSORIES PROVIDED BY: PETER @ PEBBLE LONDON, LUCKY LITTLE BLIGHTERS
HAIR: EFI DAVIES & TONI AND GUY TEAM USING LABEL M
MALE HAIR GROOMING: DEXTER JOHNSON
MAKEUP: LAN NGUYEN GREALIS & TEAM USING BYREDO
NAIL ARTIST: FNGRD BY FAITH
MUSIC BY: JULIAN NII AYITEY ADJIN “JULS” NICCO-ANNAN
TALKING DRUMMER: JIDE SAMSON
SAXOPHONIST: JOSEPH OYELADE BROTHER
SHOW PRODUCTION: BLONSTEIN
SHOW PRODUCER: MICHELLE SMITH ASSISTED BY: FLOELLA AGBINOR & MARINA TOWNSHED
SET DESIGN: MAUREEN KARGBO
SHOW PR: PURPLE PR
IN HOUSE- PR: ERNEST BOATENG & LAUREN SAWYERR
RUNWAY PHOTOGRAPHER: JASON LLOYD EVANS
RUNWAY VIDEOGRAPHER: TOM SEAGER
SHOW ARCHIVE FOOTAGE EDITOR: ADE O ADESINA
BTS PHOTOGRAPHY: YOSSY AKINSANYA, MALAURIE ACCROMBESSI & JUNRI KAMIWAKI
BTS VIDEOGRAPHY: ANDRII NEKRASOV & GANNA LAPSHYNA
BTS CONTENT CREATION: AMARACHI FELIX
BTS FILM EDITOR: PYRO