Hello everyone! How are y'all doing and how was your week? It's been a really busy week for me, I'm sure yours was lovely and HAPPY NEW MONTH!!. Am so excited and grateful for this new month, not just because we are in the last quarter of the year but because it's my birthday month too. Anyways am a proud Libran[sept28] so the gifts can start rolling in.
I've always wanted to post something about...(wait for it) but laziness didn't let me...It's no secret that I was once an Ankara freak [I still love them though] and I love bold colours too. I was so in love with Ankara back then that I could wear it all week...then I fell in love with this particular fabric I made: A Shirt, Shorts, a Blazer and a Backpack (this was way before people started making Ankara Backpacks in Nigeria i think so...I guess I started it).
So...this post is about Ankara blazers, It's no news that most men shy away from bright/loud colours. Some believe bright colours are for the ladies alone...some even "genderlize" some colours like yellow, pink, orange and lots more. I believe this is wrong and anybody can wear any colour, any texture or any design of fabric that they love.
Ankara blazers is obviously a blazer made with an Ankara. The Ankara blazers had been in the females closet for some time now but came to lime light for the first time in mens wardrobe three years ago. It was brought to trend by the South Africans (which are still my most fashion-oriented country in Africa) and I think this was precipitated on their total freedom of expression of themselves and their art and culture through what they wear contrary to Nigeria where people have to wear "what they wear" because of what they think their society [neighbours, parents, pastors etc] think about them so they dress to look like someone else [one story for another day].
I can still remember three years ago when I took my fabric to my tailor...I wanted to make a blazer with it. The first thing he said was: "won ki n fi ankara ru n suit" meaning "THEY DON'T SEW SUITS WITH ANKARA", and I said: "That's what I want"...and he [out of unconcern attitude]"tweeked" my designs and made an oversize blazer that took me two years to fit well in it.
Ankara blazers are naturally garich cloths and it always leaves a long lasting impression on peoples mind when they see it. Ankara blazers could be considered what i call double trouble when mixed/matched with colourful cloths -This is where cloth matching comes in and that's why you have to know your
colour wheel and its rules, and your hues and saturations, I think I have to make a separate post on this. I think the simplest way which you can't go wrong in styling the Ankara blazers is by styling with neutral colours like black or white. Though am a risk taker, i had decided to style the Ankara blazers on this post in a very simple - yet dapper way.
DETAILED SHOOTS
I styled the ankara blazer on this post in a very simple classic way.
Combining a black double pleated trouser and a
black waist coat with gold/black buttons to blend-in the bright yellow
blazers on a white wingtip-collar shirt and i topped it with a black
fedora hat.
I also accessorialise it with a gold Michael Kors wrist watch and a silver bracelet and rings to dial it down a bit.
Not forgeting my black oxford shoes with a 'pop' socks to avoid a "black out" down there and to balance the boldness of the blazer.
PHOTOGRAPHY :Smilefotografi
OUTFIT &SHOE : My wardrobe
WRIST WATCH : Michael Kors [from mayor]
I hope you find this post interesting as i have and please share your thought below with the comment boxes and never forget to always stay INSPIRED.
AFROCENTRIC [Street-style] coming soon... wait for it.
AFROCENTRIC [Street-style] coming soon... wait for it.
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