Agbada...boubou...Ceremonial Robe...usually decorated with intricate embroidery...Designers show unprecedented talents, creating interesting stylish combinations created by Donald Ntamack

Many people are used to the fact that agbada is purely trousers and blouse. However, the styles can be very versatile. Vertical stripes and interesting headdress visually stretch the silhouette. This style provides tremendous freedom of creativity. Now female agbada styles are incredibly relevant and in demand. These outfits look very refined and elegant, suitable for occasions and everyday life. If you wear these clothes, you not only make your image. Agbada is one of the names for a flowing wide sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa, related to the dashiki suit[citation needed]. The name "Agbada" originates from Yoruba language, one of the major languages on the continent. The robe is also known as Agbada in Dagomba language.Agbada styles for female began to gain popularity in 2018. Many people thought they would lose relevance as quickly as they received it, but this was not what happened. It does not look like this trend is going to exhaust itself in the near future. Agbada is known by various names, depending on the ethnic group wearing them:Agbada (Yoruba , Dagomba ), boubou (from the Wolof word mbubb), babban riga (Hausa), mbubb (Wolof), k'sa or gandora (Tuareg), darra'a Maghrebi Arabic, grand boubou (in various Francophone West African countries) and the English term of gown. The Senegalese boubou, a variation on the grand boubou described below, is also known as the Senegalese kaftan. The female version worn in some communities is also known as a m'boubou or kaftan.Women’s fashion is very diverse, as it allows you to be both feminine and classy. Designers show unprecedented talents, creating interesting stylish combinations. Never have their creativity manifested so brightly. Its origin lies with the clothing worn by the Islamic Tukulor, Mandé and Songhai peoples of the 8th-century Takrur and Ghana Empires, and 13th-century Mali and Songhai Empires. (See Bisht and kaftan for information on these.) The use of the grand boubou as clothing became widespread throughout the West African region with the migration of semi-nomadic groups such as the Fulani, and traders such as the Dyula and Hausa. The grand boubou as a full formal attire consists of three pieces of clothing: a pair of tie-up trousers that narrow towards the ankles (known as a sokoto pronounced "shokoto" in Yoruba) and a long-sleeved shirt and a wide, open-stitched sleeveless gown worn over these. They are generally of the same colour, and historically were made from silk, but increased understanding of Islamic restrictions on clothing meant the grand boubou is now mostly made from cotton and synthetic cloths made to resemble silk. The grand boubou's use was historically limited to various Islamised Sahelian and Saharan peoples of West Africa, but through increased trade and the spread of Islam throughout the region, it gained use among Islamised peoples in the savanna and forested regions of West Africa. Through this, the grand boubou was historically worn by Chiefs of the Yoruba of Nigeria, Dagomba of Ghana, the Mandinka of the Gambia, the Susu of Guinea and the Temnes of Sierra Leone.
This robe or gown is a distinctive example of the traditional hand-woven and -embroidered, loose-fitting, wide-sleeved, over-the-head garment worn by elites in Nigeria. These robes are always worn over other clothing and generally fall to the lower leg. In the past, such prestige robes were traded over vast distances and similar or related garments are found throughout much of West Africa. They are called agbada (Yoruba), riga (Hausa) and boubou (corruption of Wolof mbubb). Fine old robes have become family heirlooms passed on from father to son and worn with pride at major celebrations such as weddings and funerals. Even today, the grand boubou is mostly worn by Muslims, although it is gaining popularity as a fashionable form of attire among Christians in West Africa, the African diaspora, and very recently, even among Bantu people in East, Southern and Central Africa. Although usually a form of men's clothing, women's traditional clothing in much of Sahelian West Africa is of similar construction, though usually worn differently. In some places these are called the m'boubou. In other regions of West Africa, the female formal clothing has been a boubou variant, called a kaftan, and in other places it is the wrapper and headscarf.Also, there are more free options that suit women with almost any figure. The free cut hides all the imprefections and creates the effect of airiness, lightness, and tenderness.

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Taken on: February 27, 2018

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