About Us
About Us
The Ade Bakare Couture label was set up in 1991 in London, England, through a loan from the Prince of Wales’s Youth Business Trust (PYBT).
The Ade Bakare Couture label is a luxury brand of elegant and classic clothes with a modern twist. The label consists of day and evening wear with a bridal range using exquisite couture fabrics such as chiffon, duchess satin, zibeline, lace, and Ade’s favourite fabric, gazar. Some of his signature designs that have become successful over the years are his silk gazar sweep coats, puff-sleeved blouses, high-neck jackets, beaded kaftans, and the frilled African boubou. His collection now embraces his African heritage, and his beautiful designs can be seen interpreted in the silk adire he has now made famous.
Ade Bakare Couture sells to private clients and shops in England. In Nigeria, he has a boutique that sells both the couture and ready-to-wear lines. He has two fragrances to his name: Breeze, which is a blue floral fragrancev and his signature scent, Ade Bakare, a spicy floral perfume. In England, his clients include celebrities and the English aristocracy. Ade Bakare produces 2 collections every year, summer and winter. He sells his collections to a boutique in mells, from.
He currently operates an atelier in Lagos, Nigeria. He manufactures most of his collections, which are sold in the UK. He designed his own textile fabrics, which have his signature style and are copyrighted.
He has shown his collections in many countries such as Vienna, New York, Paris, Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Lagos, Mozambique, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroon, Toronto, and Morocco. He’s currently been invited to Trinidad to show his collection in May 2026
His unique wedding dresses using fabrics such as organza, shantung, gazar, and dupion come in intricate designs with rich embellishment. He won numerous awards as a student at Salford University College, where he studied fashion design. He also studied history at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He has recently established the Ade Bakare Fashion Design Academy in Lagos. He set up the Young Designers’ Creative Competition (YDCC) in 2006 to identify and encourage fashion design talent – this is a yearly competition. Other plans include setting up Ade Bakare Couture shops and Design Academies across Nigeria and Africa.
He lectures on fashion across the world and gives fashion workshops. He has been mentioned in a few films where he has worked as a costume designer, such as A Place In The Stars directed by Steve Gukas, Lekki Wives directed by Blessing Egbe, and One Room. He is also one of the costume designers for the series on DSTV’s Battleground. Ayinla, which is on Netflix, and Cordelia, a film about the military coup in the 60s in Nigeria. He was commissioned by the 1st lady of Lagos State, Nigeria, to write a book on “ Aso oke, “ an indigenous fabric, which was written in 2022. He is currently working on a film called “v “ about the Nigerian fashion industry. He is a member of the Victoria and Albert Museum
