When my friend, Cynthia, told me she’d wear a dinner gown made with ankara to a red carpet, I wasn’t surprised. I knew that that was just one of the many ankara gown styles. And if you’re like my friend,…
As a lady who loves to look good, variety and versatility should make up your wardrobe. That is, you should have both native wears and ready-made clothes. So, when you get bored of wearing ready-made skirts, for instance, the latest…
Anytime you wear ankara, you deserve to look beautiful and flawless in them. You deserve to stand out with your style and make it to the catalogues of social media and fashion blogs. One way to achieve this is by…
Sometimes dressing up can be stressful. If you don’t want to wear a dress, you have to battle with the right bottoms and tops. They don’t just have to fit. They have to complement each other too. This happened to…
Recently, a friend sent me a conversation he had with his friend. She had read one of our posts and went to his DM to argue with him that a picture she saw on the site was a fashion blunder.…
If you want your ankara outfits to look better, combine it with something. It could be ankara and net, ankara and jeans or perhaps, ankara and lace combination. The versatility of this fabric is no longer news. And if we…
From time immemorial, fashion has always been a means of expression. It was what Adam and Eve used to tell God that they now had knowledge of good and evil. It’s one of the reasons the Ghanaian government thought it…
Fashion is never complete if you don’t incorporate style. And style is never complete if you don’t explore. One good way to explore is by trying options until you find the one you’re comfortable with then settle for it. You…
The third time I decided to wear a particular ankara dress I have, I realised it was faded. And you know the funny thing? It was when I arrived at my destination that my friend whispered to me so others…
What’s the number one fabric Nigerians love to wear to church? You guessed right. It’s ankara. And ladies most especially are guilty of making this fabric their Sunday best. Everyone seems to wear it. So how do you stand out…
Imagine going to a Valentine’s party dressed in Ankara. Unusual, right? That’s because almost every lady will be clad in glittery red attire that isn’t made with any African fabric. But you don’t have to be “almost every lady”. You…
Remember what we say about the Ankara fabric? That it’s one versatile textile you can rock to virtually anywhere. Asides using it as an additional piece to your wardrobe, it can also be used as a uniform for social occasions.…
If Cinderella were a 21st century African lady, what do you think she’d have worn to the prince’s ball? Perhaps, one of the types of dresses for women or some beautiful pair of pants made with any African fabric. She’d…
If you think we’re done with Ankara, you’re in for a big surprise. This fabric is so versatile that even when it feels like we’ve sewn or written all there is about it, more and more innovations come up. This…
