ABOUT THE BRAND

Based in Nigeria, the idea behind the Rosemary AKwashiki Brand derives from the designer’s strong connection to her African roots and her love for peace and serenity found in water bodies, most especially “lakes”. The choice and significance of predominantly hand-painted or dyed adire fabric serves to credit and highlight the rich cultural history of ‘Adire’.video slots casino These fabrics have been with us since the time of our grandmothers. Each generation interpreted and wore it their own way. From the dye pits in Kano from over 500 years ago to the Ogun state women’s community production of the 20th century, that was the colour it originated with. As an entrepreneurial craft, it was exclusive to women and offered an Avenue for artistic expression and economic opportunities.

While lakes, with their characteristic serenity and soft flow, are always welcoming to both strangers and residents. they embody perfection season in, season out. Each season brings out a side that makes the lake admirable from all views. Although these seasons come with their own colours and feelings, the lakes will almost always have that calming feeling. That inspiration is what Rosemary Akwashiki has decided to take with her to the global fashion stage. Interpreting her simple character and the ambience and beauty of this water body into every soft and comfortable piece she creates. The texture and detail of textile expresses the creativity of the African culture and is subtly expressed and married with other cultures with perfection

The homely and comfortable silhouettes used expresses the elegance and inner strength of lakes. This brand is a blend between the perfection in the layout of lakes and comfort that is much needed in our world of today. Our vision is to create a global brand that inspires simple creativity while connecting the African continent to the world through fashion.

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WHO IS THE ROSEMARY AKWASHIKI WOMAN?

The Rosemary Akwashiki brand might be considered simple in silhouette, but it exudes elegance to the woman who wears them.  The RA woman epitomizes an inward-looking, reflective person who rather than losing her originality, keeps learning, evolving, communing, impacting and stabilizing without fading away. A quiet strength, a cultured nature and a tasteful style, all of which embodies homeliness and comfort.

The RA woman is coming into her own awareness of the changes going on in her life, understanding her personality, noticing her temperament, body flaws changes and not in denial about the process and chooses comfort and luxury as a medium of expressing her becoming while highlighting her strengths. Her sphere of influence is global hence the need to appear in niche creativity to own her space and accentuate her unique voice. She is a planner and that is her secret weapon. Therefore, she will best be expressed as a woman of orderliness and as a woman who people are comfortable around.