Sunday Lagos · the first ITAN collection · in development

Worn without explanation.

Everyday clothing rooted in African culture, cut to be worn anywhere. We’re sampling the first pieces now — join the waitlist to see them take shape.

Design concept: a man in a relaxed beige T-shirt with a narrow Ankara insert at the sleeve vent and hem.
Design concept · AI-generated

ÌtànYoruba · noun · story; history

To make heritage something worn without explanation.

Told in what we make, and in the stories we keep alive.

That’s the whole brief. Contemporary cuts first. The culture shows up in specific places — a line of Ankara, a real cowrie on the tag — never as a costume.

The story is at the edges.

On an ITAN T-shirt the Ankara never takes over. It sits in the sleeve vent, the hem split, a single line down the back of the neck — always one stroke width, never more than fifteen percent of what you see.

Design concept: black T-shirt, front view, with Ankara inserts at the sleeve vent and hem split.
Design concept · black
Design concept: beige T-shirt from behind, a narrow Ankara line running down from the collar.
Design concept · beige
Close-up of the sleeve vent Ankara insert.
Concept detail

Sleeve vent

A short split at the sleeve, backed in Ankara. You see it when you move, not when you stand still.

Design concept · partial view
In development

The hoodie stays under wraps.

For now, one hint: look inside the hood. Subscribers see it first — the full reveal goes to the waitlist before anywhere else.

The ITAN journal

Follow the making.

Swatches, samples, decisions and second thoughts — dated, in order, as they happen. Nothing posted until it’s real.

No. 001

Coming soon

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Sunday Lagos

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