Adaeze Wrap Dress
₦52,000Ankara-print maxi wrap with a self-fabric belt and a deep, sit-down-safe overlap.
Lagos · Small batch · Est. 2019
Cut closeto the body,made closeto home.
Contemporary African womenswear in runs of forty or fewer. Cotton, linen and hand-selected print, cut in our Victoria Island atelier.
Why small batch
We cut forty pieces of a print and then we stop. Not as a marketing device — because forty is what six seamstresses can finish properly in a month without cutting corners on a seam.
Everything is drafted on a Lagos body. Higher waist, room through the hip, sleeves that survive a working day in the heat. Fabric is chosen by hand in Balogun market two mornings a month, and 94% of it is sourced inside Nigeria.
40
pieces, then closed
6–20
sizes, true to fit
Wrap dresses◆
Two-piece sets◆
Pre-tied gele◆
Seasonal drops◆
Made in Victoria Island◆
Forty per run◆
Wrap dresses◆
Two-piece sets◆
Pre-tied gele◆
Seasonal drops◆
Made in Victoria Island◆
Forty per run◆
The collection
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Dresses
Wrap dresses, slips and column silhouettes in print, linen and washed cotton.
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Two-piece sets
Co-ord sets that read as one outfit or two — blouse and trouser, top and wrap skirt.
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Headwraps & accessories
Pre-shaped gele, long wrap lengths, belts and beaded earrings from Lagos makers.
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Limited seasonal drops
Four drops a year, announced by list, sold until the run is gone.
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On the rail now
In stock, in your size, until it isn't.
Salt Linen Wrap
₦48,000Washed Nigerian linen in warm sand. Cuts the heat, creases honestly.
Kaduna Co-ord Set
₦62,000Cropped boxy top with a high-waisted wide trouser. Sold as a pair, wears as two.
Market Day Set
₦56,000Print blouse and straight trouser with real pockets. The everyday one.
Inside the atelier
The rail sits behind a shopfront on Musa Yar'Adua Street. Six seamstresses work the floor; patterns are drafted, fitted and re-cut on women who actually live in this climate before a single production piece is sewn.
French seams, self-fabric belts, pockets in the trousers. No hardware that will look dated in a year. Offcuts become the headwraps, which is why the accessory shelf is genuinely limited by what the dresses leave behind.
How a run happens
01
Print selection
Two mornings a month in Balogun market choosing bolts by hand. If we can't get forty pieces out of a bolt, we don't buy it.
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Drafting on a Lagos body
Patterns are cut and fitted on women who live here — higher waist, room through the hip, sleeves that work in the heat.
03
Small-batch sewing
Six seamstresses on the Victoria Island floor. French seams, self-fabric belts, no hardware that will date in a year.
04
Forty and closed
The run finishes, the rail empties, the pattern goes in the drawer. We'd rather sell out than repeat ourselves.
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Pieces per run, maximum
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Seamstresses on the floor
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Year the first rail went up
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Fabric sourced in Nigeria
“Forty pieces means I have never walked into a room and seen my own dress.”
Halima Sanusi · Abuja
Worn in Lagos
What women tell us after a year.
I bought the Adaeze for a wedding and now it's what I wear to every client pitch. It's the only dress I own that survived being cut for a Lagos body.
Ifeoma Anozie
Architect, Ikoyi
The Kaduna set does the work of four pieces. I've worn the trousers to court and the top to a christening and nobody joined the dots.
Tomiwa Bello
Barrister, Lekki
Forty pieces means I've never once walked into a room and seen my own dress. That's worth the price on its own.
Halima Sanusi
Brand consultant, Abuja
Next drop closes when the rail does
Join the list and you'll hear about a drop forty-eight hours before it opens. No restocks, no second chances, no daily email.