87% matchGerrit Jacob
Airbrushed psychedelic graphics, same CSM lineage
What changes: More Berlin club-kid tailoring than sex-forward leather
Brand profile
Mowalola
Mowalola is designer Mowalola Ogunlesi's London label, pairing Nigerian influences with sex-forward leather, denim and Y2K-tinged tailoring.
LondonOrigin
UnisexFocus
StreetwearStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about Mowalola
Leather and low-rise do the talking
The core is body-conscious and sex-forward: leather jackets and trousers, low-rise denim, cropped tailoring and graphic knits in saturated colour.
Nigerian rock, not London minimalism
Mowalola Ogunlesi's 2017 Central Saint Martins graduate collection drew on 1970s and 80s Nigerian rock, and that psychedelic colour sense still drives the label.
The pedigree explains the price
Ogunlesi came up through Fashion East, worked at Wales Bonner and Celine, and was design director of Kanye West's YZY Gap before showing seasonally in London.
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84% matchPoster Girl
Y2K cut-outs and corsetry, same body-con London energy
What changes: Womenswear party dressing only, less leather and no menswear
80% matchMISBHV
Rave-era leather and low-rise, Eastern European accent
What changes: More monochrome logo streetwear, less saturated colour
77% matchBrand facts
Mowalola is the label of Nigerian-born, London-based designer Mowalola Ogunlesi, launched after her 2017 Central Saint Martins graduate collection "Psychedelic", inspired by 1970s and 80s Nigerian rock. Collections centre on sex-forward, body-conscious pieces: leather jackets and trousers, low-rise denim, cropped tailoring, graphic knits and Y2K-leaning accessories in saturated colour. Ogunlesi developed through Fashion East and worked at Wales Bonner and Celine before becoming design director of Kanye West's YZY Gap. She shows seasonally in London and was named to Drapers' 30 Under 30 in 2025.
- Founded
- 2017
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Made in
- Europe
- Price
- $$$$
- Focus
- Unisex
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Streetwear, Y2K, Punk / Grunge / Goth