Funke Adepoju

Funke Adepoju

Olufunke Adepoju is the creative director of Nigerian Eponymous brand, Funke Adepoju. (With her diffusion line known as Phunk Afrique)

Her love for designing began a few years ago when she was in the University and started re-inventing old t-shirts and skirts for her classmates, giving them a more edgy, sophisticated appeal through beading and embellishments. Thereon after graduating, her passion to create wonderful designs never died and the requests for these pieces still kept trouping in from both friends and family. A friend offered her a slot at her networking event, the response was huge. At this point, there was no turning back. The rest is history.

The brand Funke Adepoju was birthed in 2008 and delivered its first lookbook in the following year. The first collection titled “With love from Lagos” consisted of bespoke pieces for women, but soon after, due to subsequent demands, the brand extended its arms into Ready-To-Wear and childrens line. Evidently, it wasn’t long until people started taking note of this brand and in 2009, it went ahead to win the City People Best Designer of the Year.

The brand has proudly showcased its pieces at the MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2011, Heineken Lagos Fashion and design week 2015, ARISE fashion week 2012 and 2018, Studio 53extra, and also on the editorial pages of ThisDay Style, City People, TW magazine ,Genevieve magazine etc. The brand also boasts of a wide range of clientele, including a host of Nigerian celebrities, entertainers and dignitaries who have occasionally been spotted in Funke Adepoju pieces. The brand also has been with a few stockist, 41 Luxe and currently At Temple Muse, Lagos. Her academic qualifications include a bachelors degree in Economics from Igbinedion University.  She is married with 2 kids.