Monday, July 31, 2006

ADEBAYO JONES

Adebayo Jones is a London-Based Nigerian designer, his focus is primarily occasion/formal wear and wedding dresses. I like to think of Adebayo as a bespoke dressmaker. His designs are all about clean lines, expert tailoring and precision finishing. I luv his work and admire his resilience as he was one of the pioneering African designers in Europe. This fashion spread is from my fav magazine, True Love West Africa. ENJOY.

Clothes - Adebayo Jones
Model – Felicia Ogunkoya
Hair – Bobby @ Bobby’s Signature
Make-up – Bayo Haastrup @ Ijade Egbin
Photography – Ben Ingoldby @ Exposure Studios
Stylist – Omoyemi Akerele @ Executive Styling & Image Consultants
Location - My mechanic, Oga Basir's workshop....LOL...Just Kidding!

Luv the red dress! I have to say that Yemi Akerele is a fantastic stylist....the location adds an unexpected element to the spread....I also luv the rusty, earthy tones and lights that the photgrapher used.......U know I luv to hear ur opinions! so what do u guys think?

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those red shoes are 78,000 NAIRA?!?.......LoL, WHOA!!!

Anyhooo, How come it took a SOUTH AFRICAN Magazine to showcase all this beautiful Nigerian talent?.....Where were they all this whileeeeee?!?...........

Anonymous said...

WOW.the shoes r expensive ooo.when they r not laboutins or manolos. location is great, concept nice, model is pretty. clothes r alright.

Onada - Fashion and Photography said...

lol i know..the shoes are hella expensive....i like the model and the clothes are ok.

Icy PR said...

Totally diggin this spread.. nice work..! Looks very hot! Thanks babz!

Anonymous said...

there's nothing remarkable about the clothes. might as well buy gucci.

Anonymous said...

Abeg no toasting on the site MR kooldigest..lol

Aramide said...

LOL @ no toasting, it seems Adebayo Jones is the best so far ooo....I think you have inspired me to do a post on fashion, never knew much abt naija fashion until bella naija and true love and thisday style/city people fashion/encomium style came into my life

Anonymous said...

Mmmhmmm "colabo" Yeah right!! LOL

psst..Bella!!! We don't want to share you O...LOL

Anonymous said...

keep up the good work bella check out my blog I have updated it!

Anonymous said...

"Naijagirl"......What's with the discrimination on ur blog? So if we r not bloggers we cannot comment?!?.........LoL

Anonymous said...

really? I did not know that? what discrimination??:) let me know so i can fix it

Anonymous said...

sorry I have fixed it please post your comments!;)

Adaure Achumba said...

o am digging the out fits-- not sure that the model 'sold' it--seems like the clothes are wearing her-- her features are very hard, rugged and defined that ther hair is just out of place. A bald look or a jagajaga hair style would have done more for the composition. Anyways that's just my litte aside critique, the spread and whole get up is still dope sha.....does anyone know Mr. JOnes? please tell him to holla at me for a collabo

Anonymous said...

Dear Bella

Many thanks for the effort and the kindness invested n commnenting
on my work regarding shoot with True Love West Africa.
It has taken years of dedication, passion and resilience to get here.There have been good times and tough times, and the Lord has been truly good to me,for this I am eternally thankful.
May God bless you and keep up the fabulous work.

Regards

ADEBAYO JONES

KI

Anonymous said...

love those clothes only heard of bella in uk which one be bella naija na wa o! anyway keep it up.......shows there are still talents in nigeria.

nihin1uk said...

love your designs bella, but would have loved if you used another name cos bella already existed here in the uk..........any way keep up the work,it's good if people like u could come up with such ideas..B#E#L#L#A