Kiki Okewale Hitting for the Sky

Kiki Okewale needs no introduction, especially in the fashion and style business in the country.
Her Lagos-based Hope Fashion is a one-stop store that caters to the needs of top clients from head to toe — whether high-end fabric, aso oke or turban, spiced with chic fascinators, matching shoes, purses and jewellery. She is one of the successful designers who have been able to marry the rich cultural history of aso oke with modern silhouettes. For this, she is getting accolades and hugging all the attention from the rich and famous, fashion trendsetters and jet-setters.

Kiki is one free-spirited designer who is not constrained by convention. She has styled (and still styles) scores of former and incumbent first ladies in Nigeria. In fact, a few days before any high-octane event, Kiki’s outlet always turns into a mecca of sorts with many consulting her to style them from head to toe.

In early August when former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and his delectable wife, Yeye Olufunke — also a fashion aficionado with a rich pedigree in the industry — hosted family and friends to their daughter, Kehinde’s wedding in Lagos, Kiki played a very significant role, as she was tasked with the styling and packaging of three beautiful designs of Aso Ebi for over 1,000 celebrity women who attended the nuptials.

At the colourful wedding held at Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, the Aso Ebis — gold cream and a touch of red colours for both families made of a combo of sequins and tissue lace — had a set for the first ladies and VVIPs, another for celebrity women in general and the third for the bride’s friends.

Kiki, who is married to popular city doctor, Babatunde Okewale, is all about class and quality. Her distinctive collections have carved for her an enviable niche in the hub of high fashion. Her bespoke designs betray her immeasurable depth of creativity, value for details and affinity for the precise.
Besides, her unique selling point is her unparalleled mastery of combining colours and sparkles in a most remarkable way that makes her clients glitter like a million diamonds.