In my observation, Nigerians fashion designers/ tailors seem to be under pressure to produce style looking like the westerns design, why? ladies don't want to be seen in the traditional IRO and BUBA neither to guys feel very comfortable in agbada although we all still love to rock our African print but we rather its sewn as boom short, mono strap etc and the guys will go for fitted jackets, high collar shirts etc. am not saying its bad but is it because we has Nigerians are loosing our cultural identity, or is it a case of been culturally diverse or an insecurity of not been civilized, or are we just exploring or feel the need to change our style of dressing to look and feel western?
it so bad lately that Nigerian ladies now walk the street almost naked just in the name of fashion, why are we doing this to ourselves, is it right or wrong. what are the effect of this change in our society, is it good or bad??

Clothes evolve, and cultures borrow from each other. If you look close enough, you will also notice that Western designers have borrowed or tailored some of their clothes/designs to African ones.
The influence is vice versa. I don’t think it’s anything to do with being ashamed but perhaps contemporary or experimental.
There was a designer that fused African and Indian clothes together – the result was beautiful.

;DI agree wit u, but if I may ask y is it now that dey realise african print is beautiful, african print as been in existance for centuries n as not been given so much acknowledgement, are the western fashion designer just using the in pretence to be truely culturally diverse or because it seems to be one of the top selling print l8ely And pls for my research purpose I will apprec8 a link n name of the western designer dat used african n indian print

Fragile thaywo:

;DI agree wit u, but if I may ask y is it now that dey realise african print is beautiful, african print as been in existance for centuries n as not been given so much acknowledgement, are the western fashion designer just using the in pretence to be truely culturally diverse or because it seems to be one of the top selling print l8ely

Actually I wasn’t necessarily talking about African print – more like designs inspired from African attire or even culture. But sure, western designers use a lot of African print too. You are actually right, African print has soared in popularity and maybe they do want to be seen as being culturally diverse even though I doubt that’s the main objective because fashion is international anyway. And that’s why many African designers (and other designers alike) cater to a diverse audience by playing with and marrying different styles.

And pls for my research purpose I will apprec8 a link n name of the western designer dat used african n indian print

Sorry I remember that collection from a long time ago, so I didn’t make a mental note of the designer at the time – I’ve been searching for the designer for ages myself (he wasn't a western designer by the way).
Do you study fashion by any chance?

No I don't, but a fashion designer and I study Art Management

Who says you must wear iro and buba to look African?

The fashion designers simply need to step up their game . . .some already are doing so.They make lovely designs(tops,gowns etc) with our prints.The crowd i roll with are doing wonders with our African prints.

Ok?

Check out this great article:
http://www.leitmotif.io/2014/08/07/nigerian-fashion-is-fashion-without-teeth/

"So, can we call Nigerian fashion, "fashion"? Or are people just making highly interchangeable clothing? Has our fashion output inspired anybody to get into fashion design because of the strength of our collective visions? Or are people merely jumping on the bandwagon, hoping for fame, connections to the powerful in society and a way to make money?"

PREACH!!!

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Lagosian247:
Check out this great article:
http://www.leitmotif.io/2014/08/07/nigerian-fashion-is-fashion-without-teeth/

"So, can we call Nigerian fashion, "fashion"? Or are people just making highly interchangeable clothing? Has our fashion output inspired anybody to get into fashion design because of the strength of our collective visions? Or are people merely jumping on the bandwagon, hoping for fame, connections to the powerful in society and a way to make money?"

PREACH!!!

Also there's this new project on Twitter - @NsibidiInst

I enjoyed that article. Indeed,colonialism and Western civilisation played a fast one on Nigeria.