.When it storms, it pours in Lagos. However heavy electrical storms weren’t sufficient to maintain the fashion crowd coming from the Emmy Kasbit program, which was actually the standout of day three at Lagos Fashion Week.It’s been 10 years because Emmanuel Okoro founded the company, as well as this collection, titled Recollection, was actually an ode to his evolution. “I failed to wish to produce something brand-new I desired to review the journey thus far as well as what I have achieved,” he mentioned backstage.
That indicated attracting creativity coming from the repository. A yellow midi outfit featuring a palm theme that became part of Okoro’s initial Lagos Fashion Week collection in 2017 was actually restored as an electronic print. “We decided to redesign what our team’ve always done,” he mentioned, including that the objective was actually to make these prints extra obtainable to today’s audience by reproducing them in new silhouettes and also colorways.
Take Look 26, where he combined Awkete (a conventional hand-woven textile of Igbo sources) along with cotton to develop a combination trouser.Elsewhere, Okoro presented brand new digital prints, which were actually made through a tiny neighborhood of artisans in India. Standout appears included a white sports jacket along with a navy-blue block print outfit layered ahead, and also a males’s hand-dyed indigo tee shirt and also shorts prepared. Various other opportunities he experimented with various weaving and also dyeing strategies, making distinct parts that will speak to the style fans in Nigeria and also abroad.