Walé Oyéjidé

Walé Oyéjidé is an American designer and lawyer of Nigerian descent. His work threads the needle between the cultural and the contemporary, and seeks to reflect the authentic experiences of persons that are commonly overlooked in commercial media. At the core of his work is the notion that elegance is not owned by any particular culture, or by any corner of the world. With his clothing label Ikiré Jones, he uses design as a vehicle for social commentary by marrying African-inspired prints with European tailoring and Renaissance era art.