The cloth takes its name from the town of Okene, which historically acted as the central trading hub of the cloth. Okene cloth is typically woven by women in a domestic setting and produced on a vertical, single-heddle loom. It is known locally as ita-inochi. Okene cloth has a centuries-long history in the region, and […]
The Idoma people are a tribe with a unique culture which they cherish and treasure. One of this is the Atu their cultural identity. This Idoma emblem which is their dress code is a special fabric made up of two colours red and black with gold colour lining in between. This emblem or attire can […]
The Akwete fabric is an Igbo textile art from the Akwete clan of the Ndoki subgroup of the South Eastern part of Igbo land, straddling between Ukwa area of Abia State, Oyigbo area of Rivers State, and pockets of the Western limits of Akwa-Ibom State in Nigeria. The first record of the production of Akwete […]
The Igala is one of the five main ethnic groups in Kogi State, North central Nigeria and also spread across different states in Nigeria. The Igala people share history with some tribes in Southwestern Nigeria whereby they received their name ‘Igala’ from the Yoruba tribe, which means Antelope. In recent times, Igala people are mostly […]
Akwa Ocha, a popular hand-woven cloth, is peculiar to the people of Anioma (Delta North senatorial district) of Delta State, which has three sub-constituencies; Aniocha/Oshimili, Ika and Ndokwa. These areas are the Igbo-speaking part of the state.Akwa-Ocha, which literally means white cloth, is designed and woven for all-purposes but can also be customized to suit […]
Kente Cloth is probably the most universally recognised of all African Fabrics.Kente Cloth first gained exposure on the international scene with the rise of Kwame Nkrumah and the Independence of Ghana in 1957. The fact that the handwoven Kente was expensive, difficult to obtain, often uncomfortably warm & heavy, and hard to tailor led to […]
Atiku is a cotton fabric for men manufactured in Switzerland, Hong Kong, Korea, Turkey, China that has become culturally accepted in Nigeria and used to depict the clothing tradition of Nigerians and Africans. The Atiku fabric comes with structured weaving and fine stripes. It is named after Vice-President of Nigeria, Abubakar Atiku (1999 – 2007) […]
Damask is a reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving. Damasks are woven with one warp yarn and one weft yarn, usually with the pattern in warp-faced satin weave and the ground in weft-faced or satin weave. Damask is usually used for mid-to-high-quality garments, meaning […]
I have been a fabric collector since I have known and when I decide to make a fashion piece, I look for how to create the best even from the least. In 2006, I was part of a group, Eden in University of Lagos, Nigeria and the head of our team had just announced his […]
The Senator fabric remains in the trend of men’s African traditional attire, though it is sometimes referred to as Cashmere or Wool in Nigerian parlance but even though it looks like it, it is not cashmere fabric, neither is it wool. More men are gradually getting into the world of senator fabrics. It is simple, […]