Walé Adeyemi

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is a

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fashion design Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by culture and different trends, and has varied over time and place. "A fashion designer creates ...

er. He has worked as head designer at B-side, former creative director at New Era, an entrepreneur, industry

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, ambassador for

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and stylist to numerous celebrities. His designs have been worn b
BeyoncéRihanna
Ellie Goulding,

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, Usher, Missy Elliott,

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, Estelle,

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, David Beckham,

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Just Jazz and

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to name but a few. British style markets have also used Walé for their brands; Adidas,

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, Martell,

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, Superdrug,

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and New Era have all been clients of Walé. Walé attended

Thurrock and Basildon College Thurrock and Basildon College was a further education college in Grays, Essex, England (Woodview Campus) and Basildon, Essex, England (Nethermayne Campus). It was formed by the merger of Thurrock Technical College and Basildon College. The colle ...

and studied Fashion Design. At the age of 18, Adeyemi began an internship with British Designer Joe Casely-Hayford. Adeyemi studied for a BTEC National Diploma in Design (Fashion) at South Essex College between 1990 and 1992, and an HND in Fashion Design at

Kent Institute of Art and Design The Kent Institute of Art & Design (KIAD, often ) was an art school based across three campuses in the county of Kent, in the United Kingdom. It was formed by the amalgamation of three independent colleges: Canterbury College of Art, Maidstone Col ...

(now

University for the Creative Arts The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in the south of England. It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Ins ...

) between 1992 and 1994. The Walé Adeyemi collection debuted in 1998 as a menswear collection "somewhere between the kerb and the boutique". The brand now covers both menswear and womenswear. He was presented with the Fashion and Design Award at th
Carlton Multi-Cultural Awards
in 2001. 2004 saw Adeyemi nominated for th
AoC Gold Award
which he won. In 2005, Walé was noted for his iconic Graffiti Collection at the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, featuring him in the Moments in Black British Style exhibition. Walé received the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for his contribution to British Fashion. The Wale Collection debuted and sold initially in Japan and London. In 2012, Walé opened his B-side by Wale store in Hanbury Street, East London. B-sidebywale is currently stocked i
Harvey Nichols
an
Urban Outfitters

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* www.b-sidebywale.com Alumni of the University for the Creative Arts English fashion designers English people of Nigerian descent English people of Yoruba descent Yoruba fashion designers Members of the Order of the British Empire Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{fashion-bio-stub