Documenting changing fashion in Africa post-1960
This outfit consisting of a matching waistcoat and trousers was created by the London based brand SOBOYE, founded by the designer and sylist Samson Soboye. He originally made this outfit for himself and wore it to a fashion trade show in Florence in 2012, where he was spotted and photographed for Italian Vogue. This encounter, Read More …
This women’s Buba made of adire fabric in a water design is by Nigerian designer and textile artist Nike Davies-Okundaye. Adire is a type of textile where fabric is dyed with indigo, with patterns being created using different techniques to resist the dye. This is an example of tie and dyed adire called adire oniko. Read More …
Women’s Buba with adire cowrie shell design by Nigerian designer and textile artist Nike Davies-Okundaye. Adire is a type of textile where fabric is dyed with indigo, with patterns being created using different techniques to resist the dye. This is an example of tie dyed adire called Oniko. The process is time consuming and requires Read More …
This women’s long shirt was created by Nigerian designer and textile artist Nike Davies-Okundaye. The cloth was hand-woven in 1910 by Mrs Ibitola, Nike’s great grandmother. Mrs Ibitola lived in Ede, Osun State and was the head weaver in the village before her death at the age of 86. The patches sewn onto the garment Read More …
This man’s shirt is made from cotton ‘Jóola’ fabric, a traditional fabric produced in the small community of Jóola/Diola, in the Casamance area of southwestern Senegal. The name of the design is Ehondor elep yaa gakkil or ‘neck of elep with a line’ and this style of shirt is popular in Senegal. The garment was Read More …
This coat by Nigerian designer and textile artist Nike Davies-Okundaye is made from adire, a cloth dyed with indigo using resist dye techniques to create patterns . This design was created using a mixture of stitch resist (adire alabare) and starch resist (adire eleko) dying techniques on white imported sheeting fabric with pre-existing pink printed Read More …
This dashiki, called kitenge in Kenya, belonged to Collecting Panel member Tony Kalume. Read More …
This dashiki tunic from the 1980s belonged to Judith Birya who used it for everyday wear. Dashiki, called kitenge in Kenya, is a distinctive colourful textile which is popular in East and West Africa and the African diaspora. Collected by Tony Kalume as part of the Fashioning Africa project. Place: Kaloleni, Kilifi County, Kenya, East Read More …
This dashiki tunic from the 1980s belonged to Beryl Adhiambo who used it for everyday wear. Dashiki, called kitenge in Kenya, is a distinctive colourful textile which is popular in East and West Africa and the African diaspora. Collected by Tony Kalume as part of the Fashioning Africa project. Place: Kisumu County, Kenya, East Africa, Read More …
This dashiki tunic was worn by the owner, Tracyter Mutala, to a wedding in Bungoma County, Kenya where she coordinated her look with other female members of the groom’s family. Tracyter customised the tunic with a red lace trim. Collected by Tony Kalume as part of the Fashioning Africa project. Place: Bungoma County, Kenya, East Read More …