Thursday, 25 July 2013

Your signature colour says alot about you




I guess the pink is all i can think about when it comes to colour of clothing to wear.

Pink is the lighter shade of Red....am not a fan of colour red.......
This is an entry submitted for IFB project 105# Signature color

Friday, 12 July 2013

Rock Vivimade velvet wrapper collections -Iro Buba


What do most African women have in common at occasions. They all want to rock velvet wrappers with lovely designs and stand out.

Vivimade can bring out the style in you.

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Wine Velvet wrapper (Iro)
Grey Velvet wrapper (Iro)
Purple Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Turquoise Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Emerald greenVelvet wrapper (Iro)

Navy Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Fushia pink Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Royal Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Navy Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Red Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Cream Velvet wrapper (Iro)


Green Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Wine Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Brown Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Cream Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Purple Velvet wrapper (Iro)

Black Velvet wrapper (Iro)


















Description: Wrap around velvet iro (wrapper). Comes in long length (60in). It can be use for As oebi in a African weddings

Size: (custom fit)


Ondo Town Traditional Clothing: History, Styles & Meaning


Ondo is a town in the Ondo state of Nigeria. It's one of the Yoruba speaking towns in Nigeria. The traditional clothing is worn by Ondo people during occasion ara Alaari, Sanyan and Etu.

 

The picture below shows a different colour variation of alaari worn at occasions such as funerals.



Weddings






This is the sanyan asoke that is the white and tan colour also worn at burial or occasion based on the custom.




This is an Etu Aso oke worn at a burial ceremony in ondo town. Igbakun round necklace is also worn as part of the children or grandchildren  of the deceased





This is how the aso oke is made locally with various threads to give the effect of alaari colour of purple, blue and turquoise

This method below is the cleaning of the Ondo aso oke by hitting it with a wooden hammer in order to give it the iron effect


Monday, 8 July 2013

Vintage pink Velvet Tunic Dress

Happy Sunday all,  i wore a vintage Tunic velvet from the early 1970s recreated.
I thought rather than wear the usaul dull colour of  black kaftan which are popular back then.


The Tunic was made with velvet floral fabric. this design is similar to simplicity 7170


Dress : Vivimade

This is an entry submitted for IFB project  103# :Vintage Vixens

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