Ade Bakare held his annual fashion show for his UK clients recently at the Rembrandt hotel, Knightsbridge. it was a well attended couture show, to present his designs for summer 2022, lots of his clients always look forward to his show which is held annually at the prestigious Rembrandt hotel .the collection shown was Titled “The Splendour of African textiles “ Ade Bakare used different fabrics from around the African continent.
Exquisite textiles such as the kanga and leso from Mombasa in Kenya, the Payne Boulay from Ivory Coast, Asò oke, adire and Akwete from Nigeria ,the Kente and Kente oke from Ghana ,including fabrics from Mozambique and ankara textiles
Ade said the collection brought back memories of his constant travels across the African continent ,especially on his visits for fashion shows he has been invited to such as Morocco ,Ghana, South Africa, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Ivory Coast ,Gabon, Togo, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
“It’s always an honour to be invited to these beautiful countries especially to represent Nigeria in fashion “ he said. I always make sure I visit the local markets and enquire about the local woven cloths ,their names and origins, I studied history at the university of Lagos before I went back to the UK to study fashion ,so I still see my self as a historian whose job is to research and document historical details which in my case is “fashion”
In attendance at the show was the curator of the African department of the Victoria and Albert museum in London Christine Checinska ,who recently curated the African fashion exhibition ,which is on at the moment ,was in attendance and loved the fashion show.
Beautiful skirts with the arewa motif embroidered by hand by weavers from the northern part of Nigeria, coats made from Ghanaian crack adire, vintage Asò oke capes( very sustainable) jackets and palazzo trousers made from Ade Bakare’s signature adire patterns such as Ila (lines Ilaari (comb) coaoa and Ododo (flowers ) where all on display.
Due to the success of the show ,the BBC invited Ade Bakare to an interview at the west end headquarters in London ,where he was interviewed and the TV presenters modelled his collection to be shown on the BBC channels across the world.
Before the show commenced guests were serenade by drinks and live beautiful music after the show clients bought lots of the designs on display with the house perfume
“ Ade Bakare signature “which is now available in the new 50ml size which is more compact for travelling and his exquisite bags in vivid contrast colours such as pinks and blues, purples and greens totally fabulous
A beautiful show from a talented designer.
