Bornstar

11 of Bornstar's 27 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Nigeria (inferred from the fashion week it shows at).

• Boubou / grand boubou · West African (unspecified) · West Africa6 looks

  Own region

  “Floor-length wide flowing robe with broad wing-like sleeves and deep V neckline, the classic boubou/agbada-type silhouette, reworked in pink linen-like cloth with raffia tufts.”

• Adire · Yoruba · West Africa3 looks

  Home tradition

  “Hand resist-dyed red cloth with repeated white tied/stitched-resist circles and stripes in grid rows, characteristic of adire eleko/oniko tie-dye, reworked on open-weave fringed trousers.”

• Cowrie shells · West African (unspecified) · West Africa3 looks

  Own region

  “Row of white cowrie shells set around the rim of a cobalt glass-bead bucket bag with a long blue tassel.”

• Basotho blanket · Basotho · Central & Southern Africa2 looks

  Nigeria → Basotho*

  “Heavy brushed wool blanket cloth with fringed edges and bold large-scale geometric triangles and stripes in black/grey and orange, recalling Basotho blanket patterning.”

• Agbada / boubou neck embroidery · West African (unspecified) · West AfricaLook 20

  Own region

  “Red appliqué panel framing the neck opening and running down the chest with geometric chequer and pendant forms, echoing the embroidered chest panel on agbada/boubou robes.”

• Hausa agbada neck embroidery · Hausa · West AfricaLook 24

  Home tradition

  “Contrasting red appliqué panel at the neckline and chest, with a pointed descending motif and checkerboard squares, echoing the embroidered chest panels of Hausa/Nupe agbada and babban riga.”

• Boubou neckline embroidery · West African (unspecified) · West AfricaLook 4

  Own region

  “Red geometric appliqué/embroidered panel at the chest with a descending cross-and-diamond motif, recalling the chest embroidery on boubou and agbada robes.”