Some years ago, when there was no social media, the challenge of discovering Nigerian fashion brands was never an easy feat. In fact, for anyone across the pond, you have to tell a friend to tell a friend to help get you a piece of clothing from Nigeria.
Getting a Nigerian fashion brand was daunting and infuriating, to say the least. But as the era of digitalization offers more and new opportunities, it’s now time to focus on the future and get acquainted with all the fashion brands (whether old or emerging) that need to be known.
People around the world are always, relentlessly searching for what to wear or which brand to support, whether it’s a brand that offers chic off-duty and workwear staples, cult accessories, bridal pieces, or labels that are just challenging the way we see African designers. It’s not that some of these names are not globally recognized, but consider this list your ultimate guide to discovering Nigerian fashion brands that are shaping the industry. Get to know and follow them, and remember where you read them first, because there has never been such a compilation.
PS: If we’ve missed your brand and you feel it’s worthy to be on the list, kindly reach out to us as we’ll continue to update the list.
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Bridget Awosika:
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At the age of ten, the creative director of the eponymous brand started to show great attraction to sketching, collecting fabrics, hand-sewing, and several other things in the arts. With knowledge in business management from Howard University and Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design, Bridget Awosika is one of the prestigious Nigerian fashion brands that have built a clothing brand of impeccable standard.
Her design aesthetics are built to suit the young African woman with a consciousness of being a global citizen. Her internships at Giorgio Armani and Donna Karen clearly show her attention to detail and ability to pull off an overall look of class and astonishing beauty for her clientele.
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Andrea Iyamah:
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The Nigerian fashion brand behind the unambiguously contemporary and retro swimwear as well as dreamy bridal confections, Andrea Iyamah is very much inspired by vibrant colors and ethnic cultures. Dumebi Iyamah started the label at the age of 17 because of her flair for fashion and arts and has since become a go-to brand for summer getaways and bridal bliss.
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Ituen Basi:
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Ituen Basi has contributed immensely to the re-birth of African print fabric (a.k.a Ankara prints). The Nigerian fashion brand creates enigmatic pieces that celebrate the uniqueness and style of the African woman as well as the diversity of the Nigerian culture and people. Though Ituen Basi is more diversified when it comes to the use of fabrics, she focuses more on her “Ankara and beads” line.
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Orange Culture:
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Founded by Adebayo Oke-Lawal in 2011, Orange Culture is a Nigerian fashion brand that challenges the norm in terms of design aesthetics, color, and fabric manipulation. He’s worked with many high-profile names and his gender-neutral, party, and streetwear collection has been featured in countless publications.
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Emmy Kasbit:
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Your go-to Nigerian fashion brand when you are feeling unconventional, the brand employs the use of clean architectural cuts to deliberately bring traditional staples to the new age. They basically, clothe the new-age African man while preserving his cultural heritage in pieces that transcend all times. Creative director Okoro Emmanuel anchors the sustainability of these always-African designs on providing a livelihood for female local artisans who weave the textiles used. Their experience and understanding of the true culture of the African figure bring African values and talents to the world’s stage.
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Atafo:
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For about 10 years, Atafo strives to build a truly African yet global fashion brand. The Nigerian fashion brand focuses on creating dresses for women and bespoke tailored suits for men. The high-end clothier is recognizable by its clean cuts, fits, and attention to detail. They also have an extension called “Weddings by Mai” that brings their fascination to luxury and lavish designs to give you all the clothing dreams for a dream wedding. The founder Ohimai Atafo describes the brand as being on a journey, and it is sure that it will be a drive-through opulence and impeccable services, so why not hop on this ride?
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Maxivive:
Eyes at the streams, eyes on the streets, eyes in the burning paths, eyes everywhere that draw attention and connect with the heart of man, that is how Papa Oyeyemi brings designs that set the pace for others. Maxivive is one of Papa’s Nigerian fashion brands that is set on a course to change the narrative of Africa on the global stage of fashion design.
In his own words, “I create collections for the dry season, the wet season, and for Harmattan, which is the cold chilly season”. Their collections go beyond the current trends giving you styles for any weather and though his experimental approach to designs can often evoke frowns and raised eyebrows from time to time, those with a liking for new and groundbreaking fashion readily receive them. For originality and boundary-pushing collections, here is the place.
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Kenneth Ize:
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The namesake Nigerian fashion brand of the Nigerian designer who grew up in Austria where he studied fashion and design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, promises you luxury in textile and fashion in the most original ways possible. They combine new design aesthetics and local handcrafts using the longstanding traditions of local artisanship. The Lagos-based designer and his team are on a mission to revive and reinterpret artisan techniques that give life to the West African identity.
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Tokyo James:
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The menswear designer Iniye Tokyo James must be using some of the ideas from his mathematic background to make such precise designs as what this Nigerian fashion brand brings out of Nigeria’s megacity (Lagos) after temporarily relocating from London. The British-Nigerian brand blends traditional European tailoring and the young trends of London streets with the peculiarities of Lagos to create unique menswear that immediately engages your imagination. He puts emphasis on the use of bold fabrics, texture, and traditional techniques to create outfits for the confident modern man with an edge of culture.
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Yomi Casual:
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The truly African designer, Olorunyomi Omoniyi Makun simply puts you on the pedestal of the African culture with the simple yet elegant and refined native attire. The Ondo creative, who is also brother to the comedian Ayo Makun, is very well known to attract celebrity models including Dj jimmy Jatt, Iyanya, Sammy Okposo, and a couple of socialites, politicians, and business people across west and south Africa. His comfortable and polished collections were featured at Native vogue international Fashion Week and have been recognized at several exhibitions in Nigeria and in the United Kingdom.
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Lagos Space Programme
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“I want to challenge the obsolete norms around blackness, African design, Mental health, Masculinity, and beauty”, says 29-year-old Adeju Thompson. This creative has built a gender-neutral fashion label that has come to gain recognition through its dynamic use of African and Japanese typologies in what is one of the best artisanship known in the Nigerian fashion landscape. This Nigerian fashion brand seeks to give durable collections that present archival textiles and cultures in a rather futuristic way.
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Ugo Monye:
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Since the popularity that came with their skillfully-produced kimono-looking-agbada worn by Ebuka Uchendu to Bankole Wellington’s wedding, the Ugo Monye fashion house has stayed on the cutting edge of Afro-urban designs for both African men and women who desire conventional dressing with much more convenience and swagger. The Nigerian fashion brand is known for delivering classy designs with particular attention to each client’s interests.
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TZAR Studios
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Nigerian fashion brand, Ian Audifferen, chose artistic fashion over science as the self-taught designer dropped a career in microbiology to make ready-to-wear menswear on the platform of his trending brand, Tzar Studios. The Lagos-based designer believes that fabric is the most important element of design and he plays with texture, pattern, and color in a relaxed sort of tailoring to bring some calm and fun. In his autumn-winter 2019 collection; he uses contrasting Ankara fabrics to make half-half shirts, and plays around the Iro and Buba in his reinterpretation of traditional Yoruba dressing and culture.
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T.I Nathan
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T.I Nathan prides itself on making clothes to fit the makings of a perfect gentleman. The Nigerian fashion brand has both ready-to-wear collections and custom-made wedding collections for men of diverse backgrounds and distinct personalities.
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Josh Amor
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Begin from their 2014 debut collection of tailored jackets, floral pants, shirts, and shorts with much emphasis on pattern and texture to their 2017 museum-worthy representation of beauty, wit, and power, the Nigerian fashion brand, Josh Amor, continues to intrigue the world of fashion with unique and clean-cut designs in everything menswear. The design and fashion house believe that fashion is an art of you and everyone must be allowed to express their inner art from the conference room to the lounge.
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Kola Kuddus
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Your one-stop label for men’s clothing and accessories, a minimalist and afro-centric Nigerian fashion brand prides itself on providing tunics, kaftans, shoes, belts, and everything in male fashion. Since 2014 when Kola Kuddus was founded, the label has continued to evolve in the themes and dexterity of its pieces. Today, Mr. Kolawole Yusuf, the man behind the Premium tailoring brand describes it as “one of the top menswear fashion brands in Africa.”
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Rick Dusi
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The Nigerian fashion brand founded by former fashion writer and editor of Accelerate TV, Eromosele Patrick Edusi, once clothed the 2-time American Grammy Awards nominee/winner Tim Kubart. The contemporary men’s suit and the ready-to-wear label have worked with several actors, musicians, and fashion production for different fashion weeks which include GTB Fashion weekend, Style by Zenith Fashion weekend, Lagos Fashion Week, and many others. Their SS19 printed turtle neck and recently made bespoke suits worn by Seyi and Omasola of Big brother Naija in the Reunion show is an example of the quality and elegance that this brand has to offer.
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Sisiano
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Grace, elegance, and fluidity are what you see when Sisiano collections hit the runway. The Nigerian fashion brand is directed by stage performer and textile designer Sisiano Paolo who started his career as a designer with the Lagos Fashion and Design week in 2013. The label has two lines including Ms. Green, a line of feminine pieces created for fashionistas, and Sandru, a set of collections designed for the man who would dare to stand out. Paolo’s works find a representation of the energy and easy flow of dance and drama, he uses vibrant colors and stylish silhouettes to create eventfulness in his designs.
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Abiola Olusola
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The conservative yet stylish nature of fashion in Paris where the owner of the brand; Abiola Olusola studied fashion design appears in the minimalist and functional women’s ready-to-wear that her brand produces. Though conservative, the Nigerian fashion brand finds a way for definite expressions inspired by the experiences, moods, and travels of the contemporary designer. Fashion Finest Africa and works with Vlisco nominated her in 2019 as a designer of the year.
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Lanre Da Silva
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As one of the household Nigerian fashion brands in the Nigerian celebrity circle, Lanre Da Silva needs no more introduction. The namesake label has been worn by the biggest names in the industry, who often turn to the brand for their red-carpet appearances and other swanky events.
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CLAN
CLAN is a Lagos-based ready-to-wear Nigerian fashion brand that creates both formal and laidback wardrobe staples. They are stocked at CLAN Marshmellow store Victoria Island, Lagos, and select stores in London and New York.
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Deola Sagoe
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The House of Deola Sagoe is one of the topmost creators of haute couture fashion with an African perspective to it. Since having to help her mother with her eponymous fashion label, Deola has continued to bring traditional designs into a contemporary state for the ever-evolving fashion marketplace.
She loves the dynamism of creating modern fashion out of something steeped in history and that gives her collection a cultural tone. Just October last year, Dr. Nneka Abulokwe wore her Iro and Buba design to receive the covetable OBE award from HM Queen Elizabeth II in London. The Nigerian fashian brand has also had the opportunity of working with a slew of international clientele including the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, and others.
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Tiffany Amber
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The African high-end clothing brand that just clocked 21 years of fabulous fashion designing is the creation of Folake Coker. They bring onboard ready-to-wear collections with an essence of glamour and all-time chic. The Nigerian fashion brand now has two extensions; TAN by Tiffany Amber and TA living (a luxury home-ware-focused line that captures the African culture and fine living). The brand follows the vision to empower local artisans from all of Africa and so puts together talents, cultures, and history from all over the continent in their designs.
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Shakara Couture
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Based in Lagos, Shakara Couture is another Nigerian fashion brand that focuses on women’s fashion with a showroom at the Fashion Porta, Ikoyi. The brand is distinct in its use of indigenous fabrics to produce clothes that showcase the individual style and feminity of the African woman.
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WUMAN
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This is a contemporary African fashion brand founded by Ekwerike Chukuma in 2013. The brand, recently selected for the ethical fashion initiative in January 2020 has both menswear and womenswear collections made up of garments that aim to unify culture, heritage, and African arts. This Nigerian fashion brand believes that its garments are storytellers used to engage both the wearer and the audience with the hope to make positive changes.
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MEENA
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The womenswear label founded by Uju Offiah in 2011, is a minimalist Nigerian fashion brand named after the founder’s mother makes designs marked with modern female and architectural undercurrents. With Origami-inspired details and elegant cuts, the brand has won the heart of the fashion world to the point that it was tagged as the highlight of the Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2018 among the top 6 standout collections in an article for American Vogue. The brand has also featured in several fashion exhibitions across Africa, the UK, and the US.
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BLOKE:
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This knitwear-focused brand is one of the few in Nigeria. Inspired by the Nigerian city life, attitude, environment, and architecture, the creative director and head designer, Faith Oluwajimi began the brand in Abeokuta in 2013 but moved to Lagos where the brand is now based. Bloke brought an alternative perspective to knitwear by creating designs that purposefully blur the lines of gender. Once rated 34th out of 200 emerging Nigerian fashion brands changing fashion globally as listed by Vogue Talents on Vogue Italia and they have continued to break ground in the world of fashion.
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DZYN
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DZYN is all about affordable laidback and occasion-ready designs and has taken over the North central part of Nigeria. The Abuja-based Nigerian fashion label under the creative direction of Ogwa Iweze creates chic ready-to-wear and made-to-measure pieces for the contemporary everyday woman within and beyond its territory.
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IDMA-NOF
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This Nigerian fashion brand focuses on designing womenswear from the skills of its head designer Mfon Ogbonna, the former pharmacist who went ahead to study fashion in three different yet equally reputable institutions across Europe and America. They produce contemporary wears that boldly present the African heritage with a colorful blend of art, fashion, and partisanship.
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Onalaja
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Known for its experimental approach to design, this Nigerian fashion brand founded by Oyinkansola Onalaja prides itself on making womenswear that expresses traditional art. Oyinkansola’s love for color and textiles has blossomed into a number of outstanding collections starting from the one that got her the award of the best student of the year in 2014 and the best collection of the academic year 2013-2014 at Istituto Marangoni in London.
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ÀSSIÀN
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ÀSSIÀN is a menswear label dedicated to unthinkable designs with vast functionality that forms the cornerstone of the modern wardrobe. The Nigerian fashion brand also plays with unexpected detailing that challenges the gender norm. You can get your mitts on the pieces at ‘The Republic’ in Lekki.
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Sunny Rose
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Ankara, satin, lace, energetic colors, whatever is trendy with a touch of conservative and confidence, that is what describes this Abuja-based womenswear Nigerian fashion brand that has consistently styled the Nigerian singer, Dija. The multicultural and chic label can be patronized via its social media outlets.
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La Rue
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Popular for its Pallazo style, this Nigerian fashion brand is the embodiment of street fashion. The name La Rue actually, means “the street” in English and that tells us where all the inspiration for every project comes from. Co-founders Chukwuemeka Nnodum and Marius Abiola Isikalu in their designs cut across ethnicity and various human preferences to give you truly unique fashion styles.
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Cynthia Abila
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Cynthia Achama Otiyo-Abila whose initial inclination was in the sciences but went on to study garment making at the University of Arts, London, owns the feminine Nigerian fashion brand. They make contemporary designs laced with African culture and diversity to quench the thirst for quality-yearning customers. As the Nigerian fashion brand clearly puts it, it’s all about history, ethnicity, and elegance.
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NKWO
At the forefront of promoting sustainable fashion in Africa, NKWO creates free-spirited and nomadic clothes that reflect the manner of life of people of the African deserts and the Great Plains. The artisanal Nigerian fashion brand works closely with artisans and local makers with a devotion to unique interpretations of the rich history, culture, and traditions of Africa. The brand which debuted in the UK in 2007 when it won the Phoenix Award at the prestigious Kulture2Couture has evolved to the point of inventing a new African fabric called “DAKALA CLOTH” and is now based in Lagos.
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Odio Mimonet
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Since its inception about 20 years ago, Odio Mimonet has been churning out custom-fitted haute couture designs in its studio. Led by creative director Odio Oseni, the Nigerian fashion brand utilizes carefully-selected fabric and materials to create designs that dress the female figure with beauty.
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Fruché
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With a trademark of saturated satins and experimental tailoring techniques, this label has won the hearts of fashion enthusiasts. Founded by Frank Aghuno, the Nigerian fashion brand uses a fusion of contemporary designs and Nigerian culture to create unconventional collections. The brand debuted in 2016 at the Lagos Fashion and Design week and has since been creating pieces that break through the walls of the norms of traditional fashion.
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Gozel Green
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The Nigerian fashion womenswear label co-founded by twin sisters Sylvia Enekwe-Ojei and Olivia Enekwe-Okoji in 2010 uses their collections to tell stories, poetry, art, confidence, and dashing style. The label came under the spotlight in 2014 after they were announced as one of the ‘Fashion Focus top 15 Finalists’ and since then has continued to create fashion with a mix of contemporary, alternative, timeless, and classic designs to tell original African stories in very unique and truly artistic ways.
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JZO
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The duo, Joseph O. Ike, and Ola Akindeinde started the menswear label with the idea to push the boundaries and create more than what is obtainable for Nigerian men who have been limited by what is permissible within the expectations of Nigerian cultures and their idea of masculinity. They have spent quite some time making traditional menswear into more contemporary designs in simple yet stylish ways. They have also started a female clothing line called ZIISTUDIOS which caters to the needs of the millennial woman. The Nigerian fashion brand prides itself on creating affordable and sustainable pieces that meet the need of modern Africans.
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Style Temple
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The 12-year-old diffusion ready-to-wear line founded by Og Okonkwo thrives on a design aesthetic that combines classic and modern fashion with the perspective of creating a balance between sophistication, feminine figure, and true strength.
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Ejiro Amos Tafiri
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The originator of the popular Nigerian style “Oleku” stands out from the crowd in its ability to put together inspiration from the industrious, confident, yet selfless, and passionate African woman into designs that speak loud traditional glamour. The Nigerian fashion brand works well with print fabrics and maneuvers them into multi-texture fusions with elegance and fluidity. In fact, when it comes to Nigerian fashion labels, there’s nothing to say without the mention of Ejiro Amos Tafiri.
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House of Kaya
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For your easy-going, grown-up wear, slouchy dresses, and shirt dresses that speak style, this Nigerian fashion brand that’s based in Abuja ticks all the right boxes.
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Maki Oh
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Having dressed big names like Michelle Obama, Lupita Nyong’o, and many others, Maki Oh is not just a cult-favorite label but globally acknowledged. The Nigerian fashion brand was founded by Amaka Osakwe with the purpose to create designs celebrated for reflecting Nigeria’s heterogeneous creativity.
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AM.ISIGO
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Wearable and handcrafted gender-neutral label, I.AM.ISIGO creates unexpected designs. The Nigerian fashion brand has been featured in countless editorials and numerous fashion weeks both local and International. The brand was started in 2009 by designer Bubu Ogisi but then re-branded in 2013 and has been churning out unimaginable designs.
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VIO Couture
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If you love high-fashion dressmaking without breaking the bank, VIO Couture is the perfect place. The Port Harcourt-based Nigerian fashion brand is known for creating whimsical pieces for women and trendy African styles for men.
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Brown Inspired
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The Nigerian fashion brand is a luxury outlet that creates trendsetting fashion using the finest fabrics specially selected for their durability and appeal. They pride themselves in the use of traditional hand-tailoring and the latest technology to make top-quality attires with ostentatious details.
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Kiki Kamanu
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The eponymous label, birthed when Kiki began to put new life into her twin sister’s clothes at the age of eleven has now gained devoted followership in the United States, the Persian Gulf, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria. The Nigeria fashion label has been featured in major American, European, Turkish, and African media and has dressed a couple of well-known personalities including Hollywood star Toks Olagundoye.
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MILÉMÒSÚN
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Oluwaponmile Olawoye started the brand in 2011. She studied Fashion Design and Technology at the London Centre for Fashion Studies after which she worked as Assistant Womenswear Designer for Nigerian Fashion label Tiffany Amber. All these experience has produced the kind of sophistication and allure that MILEMOSUN brings to view in its designs. Her works show a great balance of maturity and sensuality, making clothes from exceptional fabrics and with great skill draping them to enunciate meaningful details.
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Pepper Row
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The luxury ready-to-wear Nigerian fashion brand created by Omafume Niemogha is celebrated for its creativity in combining exciting prints and fabrics to produce mind-captivating pieces. Since collaborating with Vlicso, the creative has continued to stay at the cutting edge of high fashion and has very recently joined the advocacy for sustainability in fashion as is exemplified by pieces designed to ensure zero scrap waste, which she made at the Fayrouz Presents: Green Access Showcase in 2019.
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Turfah
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Turfah — meaning ‘good things, blessings, luxuries,’ is the Arabic name of Tola Adegbite, the creative director of the TURFAH brand who happens to be the younger sister of Reni Folawiyo, the CEO of the Alara concept store. Since its launch in 2017, this Nigerian fashion brand produces African attires in a very opulent and truly luxurious manner just as the Arabic name implies. They engage rich colors and top-notch finishing in their styling for elegance.
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TORLOWEI
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TORLOWEI is the creator of the first-ever piece of couture to be accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute of the National Museum of African art. The creative director Patience Torlowei of the Nigerian fashion brand uses her work as poetic and prose-like representations of the experiences of Africa as a continent. She would often create her pieces using the most original, richest, and unique combination of textiles and accessories possible. Her favorites include hand-dyed batiks from Nigeria and silk dupioni from India.
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Yutee Rone Atelier
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Yutee Rone Atelier is known for its experimental use of fabrics and detailed artisanship. The eponymous Nigerian fashion label was launched in 2007 by Yutee Rone, the wife of Billionaire businessman Julius Rone. The high-end womenswear designer focuses on making structural pieces from the best quality fabrics available.
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OKUNOREN
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The menswear Nigerian fashion brand founded by the Okunoren twin brothers in 2002 majors on making bespoke suits with clean-cut designs. Their perfectionist constructs made of tweed and wool incorporate the minimalist, slim-fit tailoring of London’s Savile Row. For 18 years, their advocacy for the Afro-development movement has remained unflinching as the brand continues to boast of a cultural blend in which African textile is entangled with European fits.
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MOOFA
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MOOFA is a Lagos-based womenswear brand that offers western and traditional native designs. The Nigerian fashion brand also renders bespoke tailoring services for a range of customers. Led by Yinka Arolambo, the label also has a fashion school in Lagos that’s committed to empowering Nigerian women not only with fashion skills but with dazzling looks. Their watchword is ‘African luxury’ as they strive to remain at the cutting edge of providing ready-to-wear collections that celebrate the individuality and confidence of the Nigerian woman.
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Iconic Invanity
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After observing the devoid of luxury print clothes with perfect details and fine craftsmanship, Nancy Nwadire founded this eponymous label in 2009. The Nigerian fashion brand carries on its shoulders a burden to declare the vast African cultures and its love for luxury fashion and style in pieces that are made with an artistic sense of glamour for the African woman. Her ideal woman is one with sophistication and a high taste for exotic fabrics. They make perfectly fitting clothes finished with embellishments that pull off a unique and timeless look.
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Trish O. Couture
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The Nigerian fashion brand creates beautiful dresses for grown-ups and working women who don’t mind a bold touch of sex appeal in their wardrobes. For the brides-to-be, the Lagos-based brand also makes bridal dresses.
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Lady Biba
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Created by women (since 80% of their staff are women) and for women, this label offers customized pieces for women of class and glamour. Led by Bisola Adeniyi, the Nigerian fashion label is known for futuristic and out-of-the-box designs that end up in vibrant prints with distinct details and pleasing silhouettes. Since 2013, this brand has garnered much followership as well as awards.
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Ama Ariol
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This androgynous Nigerian fashion brand is spearheaded by Ayeola Adebayo Michael, the former head of design at Kola Kuddus Couture. The brand makes wearable art through its constant pursuit of the boundaries of androgynous dresses using the tools of volume and texture. Based in Lagos, Ama Ariol is known for its playful quirk on its pieces, with the use of colors, contrasting fabric patches, and cutting techniques to create just the perfect space for expression.
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Rogue
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In classic high fashion, the Nigerian fashion brand creates designs and clothing for the focused, hardworking African man. The best part, there’s no creation at Rogue without the touches of luxury motifs.
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FIA (Formerly FIA Factory).
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Eccentricity and modernity describe the pieces you meet in this atelier. Founded by three sisters from entirely different families; Funke, Abi, and Ijeoma, the Nigerian fashion brand is known for manipulating fabrics and playing with prints to create fun and eclectic gender-neutral pieces.
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Samual Noon
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As a dressmaker and fashion illustrator, Ntukokwu Obinna Samuel leverages his knowledge to create figure-flattering pieces with unexpected designs. He has dressed a couple of happy brides in stunning bridal gowns and let’s not even talk about his otherworldly but edgy denim capsule collection.
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Weiz Dhurm Franklyn
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Weiz Dhurm Franklyn is your brand when it comes to decidedly sophisticated creations. It has been a cult-favorite label for women and a bunch of Nigerian celebrities have all worn its designs. Franklyn even outdid himself recently when he debuted his menswear collection for Autumn/Winter 20/21, releasing over-the-top jackets and pantsuits.
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SGTC Clothing
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Created by Adetoke Oluwo, we’ve watched this Nigerian fashion brand grow since its tender age and today SGTC Clothing has cemented its status as a major player in the Nigerian fashion industry, dressing millennial women with chic, affordable, and trendy African print pieces. In 2017, Adetoke told FPN that she expects her brand to go global in 5 years and there’s no doubt SGTC label is already up there hovering at the global realm.
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Kimono Kollection
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For well-crafted suits, Agbada, tunics, Kaftans, and even traditionally-inspired male accouterments, Kimono Kollection is your best spot. With clean-cut designs and a focus on bespoke dressing, the luxury menswear Nigerian fashion brand is no doubt the label that grooms and groomsmen turn to for the big day.
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Your number #1 fashion obsessed guy. Ubong Richmond is a fashion editor with Fashion Police NG - one who derive joy monitoring and spotting new trends. You will also find me stalking celebrity wardrobes and fashion brands that are about to blow-up.
