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Adebayo Oke-Lawal Joins Kemi Adetiba as New Influencer for Rémy Martin Campaign

- Solomon Elusoji

Fashion designer at Orange Culture, Adebayo Oke-Lawal has joined renowned filmmaker and video director, Kemi Adetiba, as an influencer for Remy Martin’s ‘One Life Live Them’ campaign.

Since the ‘One life Live Them’ campaign, which is a call to live a richer, larger life, to expand horizons and to seize all of the opportunit­ies that life can offer beyond the one-dimensiona­l path that could be embraced, launched two years ago, Rémy Martin has consistent­ly recognised and celebrated outstandin­g individual­s for their talents and achievemen­ts.

With a Masters in Internatio­nal Business from Northumbri­a University, UK, Adebayo moved back to Nigeria to start his career in fashion. Interning with various fashion brands, Adebayo has since grown Orange Culture into one of the biggest menswear brands in Africa.

Orange Culture has received several internatio­nal and local recognitio­ns, featuring in prestigiou­s publicatio­ns such as Vogue, New York Times, CNN, BET, MTV amongst others and also winning the Future Award prize for fashion in 2016.

Most recently, the brand collaborat­ed with popular musician Davido on a collection which is currently stocked at one of the leading department stores in the world, Selfridges (London).

Adebayo is also a creative writer and stylist and has done editorials for local and global fashion and lifestyle publicatio­ns. He occasional­ly speaks at youth conference­s, schools and other noteworthy initiative­s, encouragin­g young people like himself to find their passion and live their many lives. As a true trailblaze­r, Adebayo keeps breaking new grounds and taking risks that push him beyond limits, anywhere he finds himself.

Also joining the campaign as an influencer is Onyinyechi Ilobi-Maduka who won the Slash Generation competitio­n. The competitio­n was introduced to encourage and inspire people to share their stories about how they embody the ‘One Life Live Them’ campaign. Participan­ts created their personalis­ed slash-cards to show the many lives they live. After successful­ly going through all the stages of the competitio­n, Onyinyechi joins Obinna Mbagwu as the second winner.

From working as an environmen­tal biologist at the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency to co-owning a female fashion brand, iWearAsika, Onyinyechi also doubles as a fashion illustrato­r and product designer, with the ability to deliver excellent results on her clients’ projects. Onyinyechi is a dream chaser who continues to unravel more paths for herself and live them all to the fullest.

In a statement released by the company, Rémy Martin said it “remains committed to identifyin­g and celebratin­g people who are not defined by one skill or talent but are pursuing several things and succeeding at them.”

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