Yety Akinola Costume Designer

England-born, Yety is a stylist, costume designer and creative consultant with West African roots. Starting her decade-long career in New York City after an introduction to luxury menswear at British GQ and Mr Porter in London; she began her career in the U.S. at Cosmopolitan magazine. Yety’s short Rest Stop continues its success on the festival circuit after premiering at TIFF, screening at SXSW and winning the Jury Award for U.S. Fiction at the Sundance Film Festival 2023. While her upcoming feature One Night Stay, premieres on BET this Autumn.
Yety is based between Los Angeles, New York City and London, England.

Commercial Representation | UTA | pegi.murray@unitedtalent.com
Film & TV Representation | UTA | amy.grgich@unitedtalent.com
Print Representation | ATELIER | tamara@ateliermanagement.com
Everything Else | yetyakinola@gmail.com

Select Clients:
Adidas | Amazon Fashion | American Eagle | Aveeno | BET | Bobbi Brown | Bon Appétit | Cosmopolitan | Clinique | DFS & T GALLERIA | Dark & Lovely | Disney | Dr Pepper | ELLE | Eloquii | Esquire | EXPRESS | Fabletics | FLAUNT | Fairmont Hotels & Resorts | GAP inc | GLAMOUR | Golf Digest | GQ | Harper’s Bazaar | HBO Max | HYATT HOTELS | i-D | IKEA | MAC | Meta | MR PORTER | NET-A-PORTER GROUP | Netflix | Nexxus | NBC Universal | NIKE | Olaplex | Paramount | Pepsi | PUMA | Refinery 29 | Saks Fifth Avenue | Sephora | Shea Moisture | Shopify | SOREL | Target | theory | Universal Music Group | UPS | VICE | VOGUE | Zappos

Select Photographers & Directors:
Eric Madigen Heck | Gilles Bensimon | Benjamin Dickinson | Bill Gentle | Jac Fitzgerald | Kajal | Lelanie Foster | Crystal Kayiza | Francois Dischinger | Peter Ash Lee | David Urbanke | Najeeb Tarazi | Catherine Orchard | Kyle Sauer | Misha Calvert | Diwang Valdez | Zach Wolfe | Ward + Kweskin | Jacapo Maria Ciniti | Daniel Clavero | Sandra Winther | Trent McGinn | Ed Maximus | Maddalena Arcelloni | Benjo Arwas | Austin Hargrave | Spencer Wells | Ashley

Credits

MemberId	Show Title	Job Title	Studio	Directors	Producers	Notes	Awards
14628'	Power Book III: Raising Kanan	Assistant Costume Designer	Lionsgate	Rob Hardy + Various	David Price, Nils Widboom	Costume Designer S1: Tsigie White & Frank Fleming Costume Designer S2 & S3: Tsigie White
15160'	One Night Stay	Costume Designer	B.E.T	Rick Mordecon	Zori Davidkova
15161'	Rest Stop	Costume Designer		Crystal Kayiza	Brit Fryer, Jalena Keane-Lee		Sundance | 2023 Winner Short Film Jury Award U.S. Fiction

Industry Specializations

Recorded Media

Commercials

Motion Pictures

Music Video

Television

Job Specializations

Assistant Designer (CD)

Associate Designer (CD)

Stylist (CD)

Skills

Basic

Aging / Distressing (CD)

Modern Dress (CD)

Period Costume (CD)

Shopping (CD)