FABRICS FOR MEN ATTIRE : WEDDING GUESTS

So, you like the Nigerian men’s traditional fashion styles above, and are wondering what types of fabrics they are made from. They Include:
  • Agbada / Baba-Riga: Fabrics for men’s Agbada include lace, guinea brocade, atiku material, aso-oke, ankara wax.  Guinea brocade,  — usually sold by Hausa men, in any Nigerian market.   With the atiku styles, the detail is in the embroidery design , as usually they are all cut and styled in a similar way (apart from the colour, only the embroidery differentiates each).
  • Senator native wear:  Generally, people call the fabrics for this style ‘trouser material’ or ‘senator fabric’ – they’re commonly available in Nigerian markets and easy to find at fabric stores, with those names.  Other types of fabrics that tailors and fashion designers use for this men’s native styles, include linen, atiku material/ fabric, trouser material/ fabric, English cotton, these types of trouser materials (cashmere/ Casmir 180, casmir 220, Italian wool).

  • Kaftan (Caftan):  Guinea brocade, linen, atiku fabric, lace, ankara , wax print (Dutch wax or any, wooding, daviva, hitarget etc.)


  • Igbo Mazi-Style:  Isi-agu (a special, velvet fabric with lion-head printed as a design) and any trouser fabric (certainly not denim).


  • Dashiki (Danshiki):  Guinea brocade, atiku material




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