Leading actresses Funke Akindele, Chioma Akpotha, Bisola Aiyeola, and Waje pose together in structured traditional attire for The Four: No One Fights Alone.
Grab a chair real quick because we need to talk about Adire. Not the everyday fabric you throw on for a casual outing, but the kind that gives full wearable art—structured, striking, and built like it belongs in a museum exhibition. You already know this indigenous textile never goes out of style, but Nollywood filmmaker Funke Akindele just completely elevated the game for the cast announcement of her upcoming movie, The Four: No One Fights Alone.
Funke Akindele wears a custom puff-sleeve Adire mini dress by Aso Nigeria paired with statement platform heels for the cast reveal of her film The Four: No One Fights Alone.
Scheduled for global cinema release on 11 December 2026, the film follows Esosa and three fiercely loyal women who risk everything to protect a young man’s future across the Odu community and the bustling city. To reveal an extraordinary cast featuring Funke Akindele herself alongside Bisola Aiyeola, Chioma Akpotha, Waje, Richard Mofe–Damijo (RMD), Timini Egbuson, Lateef Adedimeji, Ali Nuhu, Uzor Arukwe, and Wunmi Toriola, the production team turned to high-fashion Nigerian textiles.
The cast of Funke Akindele’s film The Four: No One Fights Alone pose in structured Adire outfits styled by ZackStyling Luxury.
Adire—the traditional hand-dyed resist fabric of the Yoruba people—takes center stage here, fully elevated into true wearable art. Wearable art turns fashion into an architectural canvas, where garments serve as living sculptures rather than standard clothing. Having structure in an outfit means building deliberate shape, sharp angles, and volume into the cloth so it holds its own form independently. Designed by Aso Nigeria for the women and Ola Reay for the men, under the direction of ZackStyling Luxury, these looks redefine how to wear colourful adire by leaning heavily into structural tailoring.
Richard Mofe-Damijo and Timini Egbuson in two distinct approaches to men’s adire fashion in custom Ola Reay ensembles styled by Zackstyling Luxury for Funke Akindele’s new movie The Four.
The women showcase avant-garde tailoring through exaggerated puffed butterfly sleeves, sharp off-the-shoulder upturned collars, corseted bodices, and gathered ruching. Funke Akindele poses in a custom puff-sleeve creation paired with a high braided hairstyle, while Bisola Aiyeola steps out in a Fleur poof skirt that showcases how volume transforms dyed cotton into structured art.
The visual narrative extends to sculptural hair threading shaped into looped top-knots, towering crests, and circular halo headpieces made from wrapped threaded spheres. Completed with cowrie-embellished caps, a brown cowboy hat, heavy gold link necklaces, stacked rings, and statement earrings, this visual reveal merges cultural heritage with editorial drama ahead of its December cinema release.
See more looks below
Bisola Aiyeola posing in an off-shoulder traditional silhouette with gold cuffs for the announcement shoot of Funke Akindele’s The Four.
Nollywood and Kannywood veteran Ali Nuhu dressed in a striped longline jacket and patterned trousers for The Four: No One Fights Alone.
Waje wearing custom yellow Adire-inspired traditional attire and statement gold accessories for The Four announcement photoshoot.
Musician Shoday featured in a red splash-print jacket and red trousers for his acting role in Funke Akindele’s The Four.
Actress Wumi Toriola wearing a structured puff-sleeve top and floor-length patterned skirt for Funke Akindele’s The Four announcement shoot.
Funke Akindele posing in a custom puff-sleeve ensemble and high braided hairstyle for her film The Four: No One Fights Alone.
Timini Egbuson, Bisola Aiyeola, and Richard Mofe-Damijo model structured Adire outfits for Funke Akindele’s film The Four: No One Fights Alone.
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Photo Credits: Zackstyling Luxury, Ola Reay and Aso Nigeria/Instagram
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