Arise Africa Fashion Week: Ituen Basi
Posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 2:02 pmBy Ijeoma Ndekwu
Nigerian designer, Ituen Basi fuses (what seems to be this season’s hottest trend) bright colours with African fabrics in her collection. The collaboration resulted to contemporary ethnic pieces which electrified the runway!
Her designs are feminine, playful and have a sassy flair to them! Which were articulated with shreds and tiers which also sought to give the pieces some texture. She is able to balance the bright colour mixes with simple flattering cuts; and so, the pieces don’t come off as overwhelmingly busy. The pieces in her collection are bold and engaging; they were certainly tailored to make a lady stand-out in them!
Photo Credit: iFashion
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i am 6ft tall and i love fashion
They look like Masquerades who went to see obioma
Hands down, the BEST!
GamGam, you are BushBush. lolll
She is the freshest and most authentic talent to come out of the Nigerian fashion scene in years. Her work is undeniably fantastic, the attention to detail and execution is flawless. She is not trying to be anyone but herself, her design are so unique and well thought out. I am tired of seeing so called fashion designers copy cat-ing English designs and rebranding them as some aerie faerie nonsense! Ituen Basi is the best Nigerian designer bar none!
I like 1,2 and 9.
6, 8 and 15 r hot hot hot!!!!
fashion is not for the ignorant..hence the reference to masquerade! lol!
it doesnt have to be about silk, cashmere and dare i say…polyester all d time!
ankara rocks!
errrr…everyone is entitled to thier opinions…so are you. you didn’t need to point out that he/she is ignorant. make ur own comment and move on…
clorfulllll……………….. and magnifique, two thumbs up…………..
greats ideas, wrong choice of fabrics…sigh
piece # 7 with shredded fabric from top to bottom & the thigh-high slit is DIVINE!
These models featured in AAFW are the ISH o!!! My goodness!
They command just as much attention to themselves as the clothes do but without stealing the show. Chai! Such beaurrrrriful women!
ha ha….I def agree wit naijadude on this one- they all look like ‘ojuju’ to me…lol
lol, ojuju ke?