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a blue tunic dyed with indigo being held up to the camera

R6147/3 Adire Buba by Nike Davies-Okundaye

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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 …

CategoriesExplore Fashion CollectionsTagsadire, garments, Indigo, Nigeria, Nike

a blue tunic dyed with indigo being held up to the camera

R6147/2 Adire Buba by Nike Davies-Okundaye

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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 …

CategoriesExplore Fashion CollectionsTagsadire, garments, Nigeria, Nike

a long cotton shirt dress made of indigo adire and aso-oke fabric

R6147/1 Shirt by Nike Davies-Okundaye

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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 …

CategoriesExplore Fashion CollectionsTagsadire, aso-oke, garments, Nigeria, Nike

an indigo adire coat

R6139/5 Adire Coat by Nike Davies-Okundaye

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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 …

CategoriesExplore Fashion CollectionsTagsadire, garments, Nigeria, Nike

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