Four lovely ladies wear mix prints in complementary colors.
Wait … aren’t the ideas of substituting skirts for ìró AND separate wax prints for the bùbá – top – for these outfits outrageously beautiful and chic!
W-o-w!!
“ó le kú”, indeed!!!
[Go to the end of this essay to learn more about these modern takes on women’s wear in Yorubaland]
And below is a picture showing a bride and groom at Yoruba’s traditional wedding wearing coordinated – by colors – the popular Yoruba Engagement Aṣọ Òkè; the bride’s friends – probably those who will serve as bridesmaids during the follow-up Western wedding – are also dressed in colors coordinated with the bride and groom.
The bride’s outfit – minus the top, the groom’s fìlà – cap – and the friends’ iro (wrappers) – are all sewn from Yoruba’s popular Aṣọ Òkè.
You can check out more through the link below.
http://emotanafricana.com/2012/10/29/yoruba-engagement-aso-oke-etcetera/
Check out the source, Fashion in Nigeria- Traditional vs Western Clothing; there are other photos of fashions from other parts of Nigeria –
[Thanks to a regular supporter of this blog, Uncle Lai, for sending the link to the source of this essay to me. Tola.]
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MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018. 2:17 P.M. [GMT]
May 21, 2018 at 3:33 pm
thank God that our youths are now proud of our traditional make up as against the copy cat of oyinbos. What a great turn around.
Lati opawoye
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May 23, 2018 at 10:44 am
Dear Doctor,
I know, and what a real “turn around”! Nothing stops them from going Western – or even Eastern – but you must never throw away who you are just to blend in.
My regards,
TOLA.
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