Fashion Nerds

Nigeria

Adeju Thompson

  • Genderless design
  • Yoruba craft traditions
  • Experimental reconstruction

Adeju Thompson founded Lagos Space Programme in 2018 as a practice spanning fashion and art. Rooted in Yoruba traditions, its genderless clothing reworks inherited forms through experimentation, African craftsmanship and ideas of possible futures.

Portrait of Adeju Thompson
LVMH Prize; photographer not specified · Copyrighted; see source terms.

Five looks to know

Textured black cape, alongside a cream ensemble — Adeju Thompson, Fall/Winter 2024

Collection selection

Textured black cape, alongside a cream ensemble

Lagos Space Programme Autumn/Winter 2024

The textured cape illustrates the label’s exploration of sculptural volume and tactile surfaces.

Lagos Space Programme
Blue patterned top and wide dark trousers — Adeju Thompson, Date not stated

Collection selection

Blue patterned top and wide dark trousers

Date not stated · Official label collection gallery; season not individually identified

A fitted patterned top meets broad trousers with ornamental turned-up hems.

Lagos Space Programme; photographer not individually stated
Open white shirt and patterned blue skirt — Adeju Thompson, Date not stated

Collection selection

Open white shirt and patterned blue skirt

Date not stated · Official label collection gallery; season not individually identified

A softly open shirt and straight patterned skirt reconsider familiar formal garments.

Lagos Space Programme; photographer not individually stated
Dark waistcoat and wide patterned trousers — Adeju Thompson, Date not stated

Collection selection

Dark waistcoat and wide patterned trousers

Date not stated · Official label collection gallery; season not individually identified

A buttoned waistcoat and full trousers combine layered tailoring with surface pattern.

Lagos Space Programme; photographer not individually stated
Patterned dark jacket and blue cropped trousers — Adeju Thompson, Date not stated

Collection selection

Patterned dark jacket and blue cropped trousers

Date not stated · Official label collection gallery; season not individually identified

Contrasting blue patterns link a tailored jacket with wide, cropped trousers.

Lagos Space Programme; photographer not individually stated

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Lagos Space Programme Autumn/Winter 2024

1 piece

About Adeju Thompson

Thompson’s work received the International Woolmark Prize in 2023 and has appeared in museum exhibitions in London and New York.