Fashion History: The African Fashion Lite

"Engrossed in your ancestral supplements, dipped in your cloaking wonder tho through time round me yonder"

Civilization in it's sense rubbed true African Fashion of it's beauty and it's  diversified cultures portrayed as primitive even amongst it's cultural beauty.

Early Dress

Due to Africa's warmth climate, loin cloths and aprons were sufficient for men while women wore wrappers tied around their waist or breast with the rest of their body partially or fully adorned with colourful pigments and jewelries adding even to the beauty and uniqueness of each culture.

Garments communicated status or marked a ritual or passage of time as people moved from one state to another. According to some traditions, young women wore just skirts, and when they got married, they would wear full body wraps and cloaks.  

Soon, Africans began using raffia to sew separate pieces of bark cloth together. In time, grass skirts were the rage. Likewise, they used accessories to adorn the uncovered parts of the body. This consisted of more intricate jewellery and headgear fashioned from seashells, bones, ostrich eggshell pieces and feathers. Fur, skins, bone, animal tails and hair, raffia, wood, grass, bells and pressed metal all contributed to a rich and embellished costume, used especially for ceremonial purposes. 

Over time, the change in fashion trend played it's role and influence on the African culture....

Colonialism brought about significant changes in the daily attire of Africans. Even post-independence, traditional clothing wasn't widely accepted in corporate settings, leading to the adoption or influence of Western dress codes.

 Although, traditional robes persisted in rural areas while gradually gaining acceptance in urban centers, particularly for non-formal occasions like casual Fridays, where men might choose kaftans as work attire.

Nevertheless, African Fashion is a sense of culture infused with Africa's nature and way of life