Fabric choices intimately explore African artisanal couture heritage, incorporating lustrous silks juxtaposed with raw organic fibres. The range consists of a combination of nudes, fused with earthy tones, the unmistakable indigo of adire; and its varying hues, and splashes of carnelian.
Rich features like hand-woven silk aso-oke dating back a hundred years, silk crepelines and silk jersey mixes are used in conjunction with hand-cut and stitched calabash pieces, a silk cotton hand-painted with the Yoruba starch paste 'eko', and a rare adire motif named 'sun-bebe', which was expertly painted by hand onto silk chiffon
Monday, August 02, 2010
Maki Oh
Amaka Osakwe's Maki Oh and its raison d etre:
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