Cute Saint

26 of Cute Saint's 30 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Nigeria.

• Adire · Yoruba · West Africa21 looks

  Home tradition

  “Deep indigo-navy cotton with pale tan tied-resist lines, concentric circular rings and banded stitch-resist patterning typical of adire eleso/oniko tie-dye, on a Lagos runway.”

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

  Own region

  “Rows of small white cowrie shells stitched along the cropped jacket hem and both sleeve cuffs as trim.”

• Aso oke · Yoruba · West Africa3 looks

  Home tradition

  “Dense handwoven-looking cloth in teal with regular white warp stripes, resembling strip-woven aso oke; recut into zip jacket and wide trousers.”

• Egungun masquerade costume · Yoruba · West AfricaLook 29

  Home tradition

  “Fully concealing ensemble with hood over head, many hanging lappet panels of mixed fabrics with zigzag trims, flaring outward as the wearer spins, as in Egungun masquerade.”

• Egungun lappet panel layering · Yoruba · West AfricaLook 29

  Home tradition

  “Stacked rectangular cloth panels in contrasting brocade, metallic and printed fabrics, edged with serrated and braided trims and tassels, hanging in tiers.”

• Agbada · Nigeria · West AfricaLook 7

  Home tradition

  “Voluminous wide-sleeved, ankle-length flowing robe worn over a long inner garment, agbada-like layered silhouette; reworked in navy satin with cut-out circles and topstitching.”

• Buba and sokoto · Yoruba · West AfricaLook 19

  Home tradition

  “Matching loose long-sleeved collarless V-neck tunic over wide straight trousers in same cloth, echoing the buba and sokoto men's two-piece.”

• Indigo resist cloth · West African (unspecified) · West AfricaLook 5

  Own region

  “Hand-dyed dark indigo ground with uneven resist marks across the cape and dress, recalling West African indigo dyeing traditions.”