Founder and creative director, Cute Saint
Muftau Femi Ajose
Muftau Femi Ajose is a Lagos fashion editor and celebrity stylist who conceived the label Cute-Saint. Coverage describes it as a brand dating from around 2020. Cute-Saint has presented its collections at Lagos Fashion Week, the city's main platform for Nigerian and African designers, where it appears among the brands on the event's runway schedule.
Houses
Founder and creative director
Cute Saint
Their runway, measured
30 looks in 1 showNext to every runway we track, Muftau Femi Ajose's looks are lighter, more saturated, less neutral and less tonal.
Colours
- Navy · 3.1× the average13%
- Charcoal10%
- Mustard / ochre · 25.5× the average9%
- Burgundy / oxblood · 2.8× the average8%
- Red · 3.5× the average7%
- Orange · 23.0× the average7%
- Denim blue · 1.9× the average5%
- Forest green · 6.6× the average4%
Share of garment area across their looks; × is against every runway.
Colour and surface
- Lightness44/100lighter · all runways 39/100
- Colour saturation31.6more saturated · all runways 12.6
- Neutrals21%less neutral · all runways 60%
- Warm hues63%about average · all runways 70%
- Tonal looks10%less tonal · all runways 33%
- Colour-blockingΔE 54more colour-blocked · all runways ΔE 35
- Surface texture10.65more textured · all runways 5.06
- Sheen0.121shinier · all runways 0.065
What sets them apart
Shapes, fabrics and details they use far more often than other designers, with a glimpse of the looks: one from each collection that wore it most.
- Batik108.7×Pattern
- Tie-dye79.0×Pattern
- Heritage / traditional dress19.3×Style
- Strappy heeled sandals6.6×Footwear
- Craft / artisanal5.7×Style
- Perforated / laser-cut5.7×Surface
- Cut-outs4.7×Detail
- Cape back / train3.8×Detail
Silhouettes
- Asymmetric 30%1.9×
- High-rise 27%1.5×
- Draped 23%1.9×
- Inverted triangle / strong shoulder 23%
- Oversized 23%
Materials
- Cotton / poplin 83%2.6×
- Knit 10%49% less
- Silk / satin 10%58% less
- Jersey 10%34% less
- Linen 10%2.1×
Details
- Gathering 30%2.1×
- Lacing / ties 23%1.4×
- Ruffles 23%3.2×
- Cut-outs 20%4.7×
- Cape back / train 20%3.8×
Patterns
- Tie-dye 53%79.0×
- Batik 23%108.7×
- Abstract print 13%2.8×
- Stripes 13%1.9×
- Abstract stripe / brushstroke 7%3.8×
Mood
- Playful 53%3.0×
- Powerful 50%3.3×
- Dramatic 40%3.0×
- Elegant 27%37% less
- Relaxed 23%31% less
Era references
- 1980s 10%1.8×
- 1970s 10%
- 1990s 3%55% less
From the AI tags on 30 of their looks. A designer is credited with a house's shows while they lead it; ×: how much more often than across all 25,892 measured looks.
