Highlights from Africa Fashion Week Nigeria 2024: A Celebration of Style and Culture

As we join the 10th anniversary of Africa Fashion Week Nigeria, we proudly showcase 10 of our designs on the runway, honoring our heritage and the vibrant future of African fashion. The admiration and fascination of the audience was not only palpable, but a sense of pride rent the air, particularly as a result of our flagship piece, which came with rich trappings of historical symbolism.

Celebrating the beauty of our culture with the above stunning models adorning the 3 piece Luxury Agbada attire along with other models. He wearing our exquisite indigenous fabrics known as SANYAN fabrics, one of true representative of aso Oke fabrics🌿✨

This luxury wear, rooted in southwestern part of Nigeria 🇳🇬 is traditionally reserved for ceremonial purposes, but its elegance has made it a beloved choice for weddings and special occasions across various states in Nigeria and all other Africa countries.

 We masterfully employed the use of intricately woven embroidery patterns to depict the story of Ori Olokun as seen in our second design, a Yoruba historical colossus, whose historical symbolism bestride courage, pride and royal power dynamics. This fashion piece celebrates the Yoruba historical heritage, and models the profound impact of culture on fashion.

 We thus demonstrated our artistic ingenuity by transforming a heritage textile into a canvas for retelling history and merging art and fashion.

During our interview with Guardian Nigeria We belongs to a crop of contemporary African fashion designers, who are redefining African fashion pieces through a cultural innovation that fuses traditional heritages, contemporary visual resonance, and an appeal to Western influences.

https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/fashion/at-fashion-week-gbaluwe-showcases-african-heritage/

For instance, our meticulously crafted agbada designs, adorned with sophisticated embroidery and sparkling stones, pleasantly accentuate the luxurious feel of indigenous fabrics.

 Our bold statements through an impressive range of Ankara suits and stunning blazers are a blend of contemporary Western-styled elegance steeped in African cultural roots. This latter part of masterful conceptual designs, have the potential to broaden the appeal of African textiles to new audiences within contemporary global fashion norms.