Styles can be distinctive and always become a wonted trend in the way a person dresses. The stormy invasion of Ankara fabrics has now become a global wear which keeps reverberating into every ones ears with the tag ‘Aso ebi’. The tag, ‘Aso ebi’ directly emanated from two Yoruba phrase which translate as, ‘family’s cloth’. The beauty of each fabric still remains at its peak with its varying design patterns and that which has left everyone in awe.
The fashion industry today is a derivation some old school style, grafted into the new age style with more fashion trends and more custom-made attire. Although fashion was made by hand for individuals then, with less concentration on industrialization, having more home production order from those who are tailors or dressmakers. The production of mass-produced fashion crafts of standard sizes and fixed prices is on the rise here in the 20th century as new technologies are in vogue to ease the production.
Also, the development of the factory system and global capitalism has influenced the mass-production of fashion crafts. Although the fashion industry in Nigeria is still developing as the days unfold, but yet it is an international and highly globalized industry as at 2014, with various designs and manufacturer, and products sold all round the world as our fashion crafts are unique to our heritage, ranging from our cultural background to the modern culture and comprising of several tweaks and reforms of ideology and taste of people.
Just as Ankara fabric already took the centre stage in various traditional outings in Nigeria, Africa and some other parts of the world, so do we have Ankara craft of various sort made to suit various purpose so as each customer would demand. Some independent stakeholders in the fabric industry today had taken up this opportunity in exploring this profit laden market. Over the years, especially in early 2012 Ankara fabrics were made into several crafts order than the typical idea of sewing to be worn on human body. Amongst so many craft Ankara fabric has been made into are; Shoes, Bags, tablecloths, bangles, ear-rings, bow-ties pouch for phones, decoration on gift items etc.
The Ankara fabric so much interest the Nigerian populace and also some westerners that, event decorators today had seized this same opportunity hereby coming up with Ankara backdrop with a patterned Ankara-made bowtie to fit firmly on it. Table centrepiece today has now transformed from just flower-filled vase to an Ankara crafted vase or bottle of different sort wrapped. The hospitality world has also not been exempted in this great deal in that, most hotels today now craft out design patterns and some artistry intelligence from Ankara fabrics. Various decoration fabrics today has also worn a new look with various combinations of the best Ankara fabrics to suit each client’s colour preference.
This stylistic development has therefore caused a change in the general perception of the Ankara designs in Nigeria, Africa and generally around the globe. It will bewilder you to note today that even in Hollywood, Ankara had been included as props for some certain scene shoots. A traditional wedding engagement which is one key event prior to the white wedding I Nigeria now wears a distinct style with the emergence of Ankara fabric. You will all agree today that Ankara fabric has become a visa to most outing with the trending Yoruba humorous slang; (o wo Ankara o je Semo. Meaning without wearing Ankara fabric you are not entitled to eat Semovita).
The Ankara fabric is the new face of traditional event decoration. Traditional event hardly get the real feel of being traditional without a patch of Ankara craft in view.
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