Garbe

14 of Garbe's 29 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).

• Adire · Yoruba · West Africa6 looks

  Home tradition

  “Repeating stylised human figures in pale tone on deep red ground with mottled, uneven edges typical of hand-applied resist dyeing (adire eleko/batik-style), reworked off indigo into red.”

• Ankara / wax print · West African (unspecified) · West Africa3 looks

  Own region

  “Bold saturated mustard-yellow and gold human-figure motifs on dark brown ground, characteristic wax-print scale, colouring and graphic layout; cut into a ruched Western halter mini dress.”

• Cowrie shells · West African (unspecified) · West Africa2 looks

  Own region

  “Three large cowrie-shell forms with characteristic slit underside used as connecting hardware between twisted bands of the brown cut-out top.”

• Bolga basket · Ghana · West AfricaLook 10

  Nigeria → Ghana*

  “Tightly coiled-woven elephant-grass style fan/half-moon bag with natural straw ground and bands of green, red-orange and dark dyed fibre, typical of Bolgatanga basketry and hand fans.”

• Yoruba text motif · Yoruba · West AfricaLook 23

  Home tradition

  “Large reserved-white Yoruba words 'OWÓ' (money) and 'OLÁ' (wealth/honour) with tonal diacritics form the main graphic.”

• Yoruba language text print · Yoruba · West AfricaLook 14

  Home tradition

  “Allover repeat of Yoruba words with tonal diacritics, e.g. 'ìfẹ́' (love), printed white on black. A contemporary text print rather than a traditional textile.”

• Hand-stamped resist dyeing (adire / batik-style) · West African (unspecified) · West AfricaLook 8

  Own region

  “Pale stick-figure motifs with soft, irregular, crackled edges on red ground, typical of hand-stamped wax/starch resist dyeing; could be Yoruba adire eleko or Ghanaian batik.”