Igbo

Igbo

Igbo

Hausa or Fulani



[img]http://fotosa.ru/stock_photo/ImageSource/p_1806731.jpg[/img]





[img]http://abagond.files./2010/10/hausa.jpg[/img]

[img]http://abagond.files./2010/10/fulani.jpg?w=262&h=400[/img]

Hausa or Fulani


(Sexy Hausa man)
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The lady in yellow is possibly Yoruba



[img]http://www.liceoberchet.it/ricerche/geo4d_03/Africa2/hausa.jpg[/img]

Yoruba

[img]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSX35Gl0qdCXx8JdwqIJP4MtmQu4tjLe1jthT6qccfFVKyIxrWt&t=1[/img]


Too much airbrush jor







I love their color combination.

[img]http://lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/nalrc/yoruba/graphics/girl_hi.jpg[/img]

Igbo

Igbo

Igbo

[img]http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/files.php?file=Mike_Ezuruonye5_621678287.jpg[/img]

Igbo

Yoruba





BINI

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[img]http://mosaicafrica/Edo%20mother%20and%20child.jpg[/img]

We Igbos are truly blessed

[img]http://3.bp..com/_GtuAjoRYkSA/S_svwE6hNwI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/QarzdXjBeyM/s1600/mike+ezunroye+3.jpg[/img]

[img]http://1.bp..com/_GtuAjoRYkSA/S_svwuaJ20I/AAAAAAAAAZ8/zDcz6hg6JLE/s320/mike+ezunroye+2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://4.bp..com/_GtuAjoRYkSA/S_svwk2ch2I/AAAAAAAAAaE/iXN5A176RaI/s320/mike+ezunroye.jpg[/img]

Yoruba with Indian influences

Kanuri

[img]http://2.bp..com/_BZEcSeQkWus/TKj3uLr4aJI/AAAAAAAAAPA/LM4IGoUqz3c/s1600/ngas.jpg[/img]

[img]http://moffling.files./2010/04/sani_abacha_nigeria.jpg[/img]

Hausa-Fulani

Yoruba






Too much swag! lol

Deltans

[img]http://2.bp..com/_Y_S8TJQbZOI/TS7FshocOpI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/GsqMRT0HrQs/s1600/bella1.jpg[/img]

[img]http://2.bp..com/_Y_S8TJQbZOI/TS7FwJjYHlI/AAAAAAAAA7U/Jonx4V-NR3M/s400/bella3.jpg[/img]

[img]http://2.bp..com/_Y_S8TJQbZOI/TS7F5IpluvI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/Km3dvgBzsks/s400/bella.jpg[/img]

Igbos

[img]http://2.bp..com/_yIJHcXRApHY/S8usXSSfGVI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/zgjJDac8PFg/s400/Outfit32.jpg[/img]

Yoruba

Hausa or Fulani

Yoruba



[img]http://www.utexas.edu/opa/photo/slideshows/2009/fulbright/600_450/durham__be_ia5560.jpg[/img]


Hausa or Fula





[img]http://1.bp..com/_YF0UQQPB-y0/TB0SHIQlVGI/AAAAAAAAACk/h938wItBrkI/s400/2Effect.jpg[/img]







Niger Deltan





ITSEKIRI

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Kalabari (resembles the Binis)




Efik







Hausa




Bini

What makes these “modern” attires peculiar to a specific tribe? Is it the designer who designed the clothes or the person wearing the clothes? Or maybe it is the fabric used? Because they all look the same to me especially those of the women, apart from maybe the more “traditional” ones and the headgears that are easily identifiable. Just curious though.

Meyan:

What makes these “modern” attires peculiar to a specific tribe? Is it the designer who designed the clothes or the person wearing the clothes? Or maybe it is the fabric used? Because they all look the same to me especially those of the women, apart from maybe the more “traditional” ones and the headgears that are easily identifiable. Just curious though.

same thing i thought. how is Omotola's dress even anything Yoruba or traditional for that matter? 

Meyan:

What makes these “modern” attires peculiar to a specific tribe? Is it the designer who designed the clothes or the person wearing the clothes? Or maybe it is the fabric used? Because they all look the same to me especially those of the women, apart from maybe the more “traditional” ones and the headgears that are easily identifiable. Just curious though.

99% of the attires I posted where designed by Yoruba people and worn by Yoruba people, but not worn exclusively by the Yorubas.
Modernization includes the type of fabric used, the design of the attire, and the accessories that comes with it. More than 50 years ago, the Yoruba attires were not as fashionable.

Compare this Yoruba woman in the 1950s to the ones posted on this thread Our head ties were not as sophisticated, our cloth not as colorful and beautiful etc

[img]http://images.library.yale.edu/madid_size1/22593/005197.jpg[/img]


Nobody can argue that the headtie began with the Yorubas and we'll continue to modernize it lol.

I am not so much of a fashion buff but these "modern" designs are what I see across Nigeria and West African countries. But since you have stated that they are not exclusive to Yoruba, I can understand, and I guess modernization affected the African dress sense in general.

Nobody can argue that the headtie began with the Yorubas

The jury is still out on that one.

Meyan:

I am not so much of a fashion buff but these "modern" designs are what I see across Nigeria and West African countries. But since you have stated that they are not exclusive to Yoruba, I can understand, and I guess modernization affected the African dress sense in general.

The jury is still out on that one.

Don't confuse Yoruba attires with West Africans. Even if they're similar, Yorubas are very distinct. Thanks to Segun Gele, yoruba hearties and costumes have not only spread across west Africa, but other westernized regions as well.
Without any opposing evidence, the jury is useless, no?

In the meantime, post the picture you have.

I am not confusing Yoruba traditional attires with others. It is only the “modern” ones that are confusing to me. I don’t know how to post pictures, but I have this Canoe Magazine of 2009 which featured two Cameroonian designers from the US, and their “modern” designs are not so far from what I see on this thread. Their names are Maryanne Mokoko and Stephanie Mouapi, so you might want to look them up.

And some of the “modern” Igbo dresses posted here are not so distinct from the Yoruba ones either. They look the same to me. So I dunno, maybe it is because I am not a fashion buff, who knows?

Meyan:

I am not confusing Yoruba traditional attires with others. It is only the “modern” ones that are confusing to me. I don’t know how to post pictures, but I have this Canoe Magazine of 2009 which featured two Cameroonian designers from the US, and their “modern” designs are not so far from what I see on this thread. Their names are Maryanne Mokoko and Stephanie Mouapi, so you might want to look them up.

And some of the “modern” Igbo dresses posted here are not so distinct from the Yoruba ones either. They look the same to me. So I dunno, maybe it is because I am not a fashion buff, who knows?

I'd love to do a lil research of periodical changes to help you a bit, but I just got done with 2 this semester, so not really interested. Thing is, Yorubas' fashion change, and they change rapidly. The Yoruba attires I posted where designed by innovative Yoruba tailors.

To put it lightly, you can say Nigeria's head gear fashion was influenced by the Yoruba designs. Apart from our headgear and some of our clothing styles, Igbo dresses are no wear close to Yorubas. Look at their modernized clothing; short arm lengths, the wrapper is way different from the Yorubas. While Yoruba 's buba and iro colors are uniformed, Igbos' are different.

Yea, maybe it's because you're not fashion buff. I'm definitely a fashionista and I observe closesly.

At the risk of not derailing this thread, I'd have to stop replying you tho. You can make a thread and I'll def be show up