Are Nigerian Luxury Fashion Brands Classist?
By Praise Vandeh and Chinazam Ikechi-Uko The Nigerian fashion scene, as the kids would say, is “lit”. Over the past decades, many fashion brands have sprouted, and what makes them so unique is how rooted they are in our culture. From Adire and Batik to Tie and Dye and Ankara, Nigerian fashion designers are showing […]
The role of Yaba in Nigerian fashion culture.
By Chinazam Ikechi-Uko. Everything looks prettier at night in the city light; buskers at the entrance of an enormous shopping complex with an underground car park so wide it triggers an undiscovered nyctophobia in passersby; generations of trainees at a mass production square; train tracks in the middle of a busy market; a bus station […]