YAKU Spring 2026 reimagines Yaku Stapleton’s family as archetypes from a fantasy world, based in nostalgia from the world of RPGs, and seen through the lens of Afrofuturism.
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Collection
- Brand: YAKU
- Season: Spring 2026
- By: Yaku Stapleton
- Type: Co-ed
- Event: London Fashion Week
- Date: September 20, 2025
Team
- Performance Director: Dermot Daly
- Score: Jordan Fox
- Makeup Artist: Michelle Dacillo
- Hair Stylist: Richard Phillipart
- Production: Brian Jones & Blonstein Productions
- Set Sculpture Design: Sookyung Kim
- Set Sculpture Production: Jo Buchan of @snuglife_ldn
- Cast: Havier Mendoza, Ness Star, Kijuan Whitton, MISFYA, Richie Lucas, Ciara Ford, Ophelia Nunes-Wickham, Muyi Otshudi, Sohaila Ferrier, Kundai Munashe Nyabadza, Tyyuki, Jahmari McCalla, Karl Koulate, Ange-Marcel Kassi, Bella Chieza
Media
- Photo Credit: Morgan Williams | Courtesy of YAKU
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YAKU Spring 2026 Collection
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