Aderonke Daramola is a Nigerian fashion content creator and entrepreneur, creative director of Rockefella Collections known for her clean, practical approach to street style. She shares outfit ideas that focus on structure, fit, and everyday wearability, often mixing bold pieces with simple basics.

Her style leans toward modern streetwear with structure. You will notice she pays attention to proportions, how pieces sit on the body, and balances oversized pieces with fitted elements. Instead of over-layering or over-styling, she keeps it minimal.

Photo: Adetola Adefalujo

Her outfits combine style with for everday wear.

One look that captures this well is how she styled balloon pants. Balloon pants are already a statement on their own. They sit high on the waist, curve out through the thighs, and taper back in at the ankle. Because of that shape, they can easily look bulky if not styled properly. Aderonke leans into the volume instead of fighting it, and that keeps the outfit looking even.

For the top, she keeps things fitted and simple. A tucked-in white shirt. She avoids oversized tops. The reason is simple. The pants already have volume; a loose top would make the outfit appear bulky. By choosing a fitted top, she keeps the upper half clean and lets the pants sit freely.

Photo: Adetola

Layering is where her street style angle comes in. She adds a cropped leather jacket and neck tie for a streetwear touch. The cropped length matters because it stops right around the waistline of the pants, so you still see the shape of the trousers. A long jacket would hide that and take away from the look.

Footwear is another key part. Instead of going delicate, she balances the volume of the pants with heels.

Accessories are minimal: a mini bag, and simple sunglasses. The idea is to support the look and not distract from it.

If you want to recreate this outfit, start with the pants. Get the right fit first. High waist, roomy hips, tapered ankle. Once you have that, build around it.

Here’s a simple way to put it together:

-Pick a fitted top and tuck it in.
-Add a cropped jacket or short jacket
-Go for chunky sneakers, heels, or boots.
-Keep your colours limited to two or three tones.
-Finish with small, practical accessories.

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In its Mother’s Day campaign, StyleVitae chose Powede Awujo as a muse to celebrate the strength of new mothers. On the brand’s official Instagram, they wrote: “Motherhood is powerful. And sometimes power looks like Powede Awujo.” In the shoots, Powede trades the usual black Monday suit for a blush three-piece look, introducing a softer colour to a workwear style typically seen in darker tones.

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Her tailored blush pantsuit was made by A Modern Africa in Lagos, a brand known for suits, kaftans, and agbada. The three-piece includes a double-breasted blazer paired with high-waisted, wide-leg trousers and a crisp white shirt. The dark brown tie under the collar adds contrast to the blush blazer. The colour of the tie also matches her brown pointed heels.

The trousers sit at the waist and fall into a wide-leg cut. The blazer adds structure through the shoulders, with side pockets, visible along the front seams. A pocket square is seen from the blazer’s breast pocket, with a darker lining placed in it to add a small colour detail to the suit.

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The slim bracelets on her wrist and thin rings on her fingers reflect her caption, “I don’t like too many accessories. I’m not a busy dresser.” Her nails were painted in a soft neutral shade matching the blush tone of the suit. The styling and structured finishing of the suit, shirt and tie was done by Noble Igwe.

Her makeup was done by The Nukkie Company in Lagos, using soft neutral tones with defined eyes and neutral lips. Her hair was styled in long waves over her shoulders.

Powede was captured by Jewel in headshots, close-up portraits and wide shots, against a minimalist background. A video of the shoot was filmed by Nobs, where she spoke about the outfit. “I feel beautiful. I feel soft because the colour is a very beautiful one, which I’d say is like a mix of my favourite shades like pink and then my neutrals. I love them. I love the fact that it’s not such a really bright colour.”

Photo: Instagram

StyleVitae served as the creative director for the shoot, overseeing the presentation of Powede Awujo’s outfit for her Mother’s Day feature. The team presented a fresh take on Monday tailoring, highlighted by the blush three-piece suit.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie appears in the new “Carrying Culture” campaign by Bvlgari. The campaign was photographed by Ethan James Green and styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. In the images, Adichie is presented as one of the five global figures chosen for the project, bringing her voice as a writer into Bvlgari’s cultural campaign.

In the campaign photographs, Adichie appears in a white off‑the‑shoulder gown with clean lines. The dress has a clean, smooth surface. Her hair is styled in long braids pulled back from her face.

Ethan James Green

The campaign’s focus is a sculptural circular gold clutch from Bvlgari’s Icons Minaudière collection, which holds a miniature book representing each Global Icon’s personal connection to culture.

The pendant is not only for decoration. It can be opened to reveal a small round insert with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie written on it. In one of the campaign images, Adichie holds the small disc close to her face after taking it out of the pendant, showing the detail that connects the piece directly to her name.

She complements the look with stacked gold bracelets and slim rings on her fingers.

In a video shared alongside the campaign images, Adichie alternates between bright smiles and calm, thoughtful expressions, occasionally leaning forward in thoughtful poses. She says:

“I write realistic fiction. I write the kind of fiction that I hope will give someone who reads it a hundred years from now an idea of how we live today. I don’t think that novels should be ideologically correct because life is not ideologically correct. Life is messy. But I think novels should strive for emotional truth.”