.When it rains, it gathers Lagos. However hefty thunderstorms weren’t enough to maintain the fashion crowd coming from the Emmy Kasbit show, which was actually the standout of day three at Lagos Fashion Week.It’s been actually one decade since Emmanuel Okoro founded the brand name, as well as this compilation, titled Memoir, was actually a lyric to his development. “I didn’t wish to produce one thing brand-new I would like to reassess the adventure so far and also what I have accomplished,” he stated backstage.
That indicated drawing ideas from the repository. A yellow midi gown including a hand concept that became part of Okoro’s very first Lagos Manner Week collection in 2017 was actually brought back as a digital printing. “Our company chose to revamp what we have actually regularly carried out,” he stated, incorporating that the goal was to create these prints even more available to today’s target market through reproducing them in brand-new silhouettes as well as colorways.
Take Appear 26, where he blended Awkete (a traditional hand-woven textile of Igbo origins) along with cotton to create a combination trouser.Elsewhere, Okoro launched new electronic prints, which were actually created by a small neighborhood of artisans in India. Standout looks consisted of a white sports jacket along with a navy-blue block print dress layered ahead, and also a guys’s hand-dyed indigo t shirt and pants established. Various other opportunities he played around with various weaving as well as coloring methods, developing unique pieces that will talk to the style fans in Nigeria as well as abroad.