Model in a saffron and cobalt organza gown with a coral embroidered bodice. The train is caught mid-motion on a studio floor washed in magenta and gold light.

Lagos · Milan · Est. 2016

Color is the cut.

Couture and small capsules in which pigment does the structural work. Saffron as a column. Indigo as a shoulder. Coral as volume.

View the looks The house

Saffron
Cobalt
Coral
Magenta

SS26 — Saffron Hour

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Imani Adeyemi in an ivory silk blouse with a saffron collar, beside bolts of coral, indigo, and chartreuse fabric. — Imani Adeyemi, founder

The house

Pigment first. Then the pattern.

Imani Adeyemi opened Maison Adeyemi in 2016 between a cutting table in Lagos and a fitting room in Milan. Color is chosen before the sketch is finished. The cloth has to be able to hold it.

Embroidery is still done by hand: coral thread, gold zari, indigo beads. Clients come for couture, bridal color, and capsules small enough to stay precise.

Imani Adeyemi

Collections: 14
Ateliers: 2
Commissions: 80+

Saffron
Indigo
Coral
Magenta
Chartreuse
Ivory

Rooms

Three collections on the rail.

Saffron silk column gown with a gold belt, worn in a stone courtyard.

01 — SS26

Saffron Hour

Columns, pleats, and light you can wear.

Oversized indigo coat over a chartreuse slip dress and cobalt shoes.

02 — AW25

Indigo Veil

Coats with a shoulder. Color hiding underneath.

Sculptural coral jacket, cream trousers, and a long saffron scarf.

03 — SS25

Coral Archive

Volume, scarves, and colors we refuse to quiet.

Lookbook

Six looks from the current rooms.

Macro of hand embroidery on coral silk: gold thread, chartreuse leaves, and indigo seed beads.

The hand

Stitched, never printed.

Every motif is drawn at full scale on the cloth, then stitched in the Lagos workroom. The Milan fitting only happens once the thread is already in the silk.

Coral silk thread
Gold zari
Indigo seed beads
Chartreuse leaf stitch

Atelier

Two cities. One cutting table.

The color edit

Swatches are pinned before a line is drawn. If the dye cannot hold the light, the sketch does not proceed.
The toile

Muslin first, then the real silk. Volume is tested on the body, not on the page.
The hand

Embroidery travels between Lagos and Milan. Beads are counted. Nothing is rushed to a deadline that would flatten it.
The fitting

Two sessions. The hem is the last decision, made in the room where the garment will be worn.

Notes

“Adeyemi uses color the way other houses use a seam — to hold the garment up.”

Studio Gazette

“The cape arrives like a garden that decided to walk into the room.”

The Color Desk

“Daywear with the nerve of evening, and evening that can still move.”

Runway Notes

Still life of saffron, cobalt, and magenta silk with tailor shears, gold earrings, marigolds, and a gown sketch.

Appointments

Book a fitting.

Couture commissions, bridal color, and capsule orders. Milan sees clients on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Lagos runs by appointment.

Via Solferino 14, Milan Admiralty Way, Lekki, Lagos hello@maisonadeyemi.com