Adenike ogunlesi biography of martin

Adenike Ogunlesi is the Founder and Chief Responsibility Officer of Ruff 'n' Tumble, a leading designer and retailer of children's clothing based in Lagos, Nigeria. Established in , Ruff 'n' Tumble today has stores across Nigeria and is known as an indigenous premium brand with designs inspired by African print fabrics.

Ogunlesi starts the interview by reflecting on her upbringing in Ijebu-Ode, a town outside of Lagos.

Born to a Nigerian father and Scottish mother, she grew up close to nature and discusses her early exposure to fashion as her mother made men and women’s clothing from a local fabric called adire. She relates some challenges during her childhood connected to her father’s polygamy, which meant that she was raised in a large family with siblings of varying ages.

Additionally, she emphasizes principles that she learned from her mother which included a dedication to remaining “true to oneself.”

This principle, as Ogunlesi describes, affected her during her first years i