The lace syndrome

Trendy Laces have come to stay in the fashion world as they take the center stage at events. Laces come in alluring designs and textures. For instance, French lace, Swiss laces, voile laces look great on long skirts and the popular iro and buba trend. Designers now have a field day with exotic styles for these laces and somehow could be made to suit an evening apparel. French lace designed with organza, satin or raw silk automatically beef up the styles, creating an outstanding effect. Check out the appealing look of Laces when made into lovely flowing gowns or bustier tops on long skirts with stylish tails to make a fantastic style. Styles apart, laces can be lifted with the right accessories such as : Coral beads, bogus costume jewelry and gold or silver sets. However, the beauty of these outfits depend on the headgear and the shoe and bag. For the headgear, it’s advisable you get a professional to help you out if you are not gifted to knotting the ‘ gele’. This piece of accessory brings out the facial beauty of the wearer and also gives the person a distinguished outlook.

Celebrating beads

By Kate Halim

Fashion is dynamic and each day women are keeping up with its different trends.Beads have come to stay as a fashion accessory and they come in different shapes and sizes.

Although wearing of beads started a long time ago in Nigeria with our traditional beads,the in-thing now is the various styles and lovely colors like:lilac,gold,skyblue, burgundy, green just to mention that gives you that glamorous look.

The designs varies: spiral,double spiral,the chain design.The flower designs and the knitted wire designs are not left out of the trend as well.The beauty of beads is that they are made of different guage or thickness. The type of design one wants to achieve determines what guage of wire to use.

Look stunning with beads that are made from semi-precious stones like the Chinese Crystals and Coral beads give you the smashing look you deserve. The cat eyes and the broken beads announce your arrival at any occasion.Beads are unique because they are adaptable to different uses,events and can be customised to suit the wearer.

Thrills of aso-oke

By Kate Halim

One fashion item that has pervaded the fashion world is Aso-Oke. Apart from the ancient types of the lovely piece like: Etu, Sonyo and Are, these days the trend can be customized to suit any woman’s creativity in terms of the pattern and color combination.

The availability of this fashion accessory rests on the fact that is locally woven in Nigeria by trendy women unlike the past when old women weave it as a hobby. Today, Aso-Oke provides jobs for people in the country and fashionable ladies crave for them.

The use of this piece can’t be limited. Lovely kente, net and super net designs of Aso-Oke can be used to make shoes and handbags to match one’s attire. The outstanding thing about this fashion piece that women crave for is that it is no longer restricted to Yoruba women alone as women from every tribe in the country embrace it for weddings and ceremonies because it is easier to buy and experiment with.

Over the years, the weavers as it is initially called have creatively designed Aso-Oke or Aso-Ilu-Oke. Check out the latest designs of Aso Oke ‘cotton-net Aso-oke ‘as the rave of the moment.