I fell in love with Christie Brown when they showcased a 5-look capsule collection at the Arise L’Afrique-À- Porter exhibition in Paris. It was designer Aisha Obuobi’s clean cuts, her simple but sophisticated silhouettes that launched Cupid’s arrow straight to my heart and this collection brings me back to what initially got me love-struck!
Like we’ve seen with previous designer collections at Africa Fashion Week, its colour! colour! colour! and she goes for soft feminine hues; rose pink , yellow, teal and one of my summer favourites- crisp white.
She gives us flow, fit and fashion forward! The button details she uses to accent pockets, necklines, shoulders and sleeves are just absolutely gorgeous, from their alignment and placement to the varying sizes add depth to the pieces.
She does colour block in this collection sensationally well, and the shred details just fit right in. I really like the way she works with the African print in this collection; from the buttons to how she infuses them with other fabrics, colours and uses it to create texture to her designs and accessories; the statement necklaces would be a nice addition to any woman’s wardrobe.
While I’m excited about the pieces in this collection- the jackets for example are lust wordy, however, I would have loved to see a little editing in the presentation of the collection. The collection consisted of a lot of hits, but there were a few pieces that weren’t as strong.
I’m glad Christie Brown still has my heart racing; looking forward to when the exaggerated pockets and sleeves hit the red carpet and hopefully I won’t be left out!
View collection below:
Credit : Simon Deiner/SDR Photo
I love it but a few pieces have that Ituen Basi feel….
Fabulous!
Wow amazing! Very creative, well done Aisha 🙂
I saw this and I thought it was Ituen Basi. cute though
@ladi, was goin
2 say d same thin 2. Lovely collection though
beautifulllllllllllll love the ituen basi nc.b mix wicked . well done aisha
Very lovely but SO Ituen Basi.
well tailored..rly nice
WOW!!!! The designs are just mmuuaahh. Very colourful, modern and 100% sexy.
j’adore this collection! nice job.
awesome!!
i love the collection . well done miss
I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!
the whole collection reminds me of candy, yum!
A little Ituen Basi….dont you think? but nice.
omyyy i need the entire collectn in my life..the one with all yellow buttons was my best!!
And I sew almst all d buttons i c
ud find in my junk plastic on my denim jacket just last month, heehee feel lke a smartee nw..yay me.. 🙂
i like it alot. but like people have already mentioned, some of the detailing looks like something ituen bast would do. i hope the designer avoids the ituen basi-isms for her next collection just so that it does not distract from her obvious talent. p.s. it’s cool that ituen basi has an easily recognisable signature.
Is it me or some of the clothes look amateur (white dress w/ bow).
I like 3,5,6 & a few others though, hot!
LOL .. some clothes were just over the top .. some got me asking .. “are u for real? a designer for real???” .. some were good as well (wearable) but with same old thing .. nothing with the wow effect .. deola sageo kills me .. that womans creativeness gives me goose bumps .. that’s one designer right there …
I love some of the colours on this, lovely!
so are we now saying that any designer that attempts to shred ankara and piece them together is copying Ituen Basi?? I love the coat on the former mnet face of Africa girl btw. I feel like getting it for fall
J’adore, I love, I want, I need. Simply beautiful. I think I should go watch the show. Don’t know why I am taking sooo long to decide
i concur wt D.O.T.M.H.pple tink cuz its ankara,she is copyin ituen buh d truth is ituen does more of frills wt her ankara.luv d collections tho
simply beautiful… keep up the good work!
Nice, Were do we get her clothes in the US?
That said, there are a lot of pieces that looked like Ituen signature clothes.
Nice work though
i love her shredded pieces. i love the button montages,
i love the way she avoided earth tone palettes most african designers lean to.
candy colors are yummy and summery
Fantastic work
@DOTMH: Ituen does not have a monopoly on shredding ankara but if I were a designer trying to carve out my own niche, i would avoid anything that would be reminiscent of another african designer.
i absolutely think this is far better than ituen basi. love all the designs and am looking forward to copying the first one.simply chic!!
Totally love it!! AND SO MUCH BETTER THAN ITUEN BASI!SO SUMMERY AND FRESH
Her line is refreshing! and oh so colorful! beautiful pieces aisha.thumbs up! we need more african designers like these
I agree with D.O.T.M & yaya, not everyone using ankara is Ituen wanna be. Aisha has her on style. lovely pieces aisha!!
the 9th dress is very Tiffany Amber – lol
the 10th
I really love the colours and the solid bold cuts tempered with the shreded prints
Very nicely done. I don’t like the dress with the bow nor the huge pockets and
huge jackets (the blue one). It shuda been either one not both.
All in all, great job Aisha.
Plus Ituen Basi is more shreds and less structure.
There are similarities but they are still distinctly different
Loooooooooooooove!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how can one buy your design? i love everything i have seen”””””