Maki Oh
Nigerian womenswear rooted in Yoruba textile tradition and experimental luxury
Amaka Osakwe’s Lagos-born label Maki Oh has built an international reputation for womenswear that treats adire — the Yoruba resist-dyeing tradition — as both material and meaning. Since its 2010 founding, the brand has dressed Michelle Obama and shown at New York Fashion Week, proving that heritage craft and global luxury are not in tension but in conversation.
Maki Oh centres Yoruba textile knowledge as a living craft rather than a decorative reference, working directly with adire artisans in Nigeria to keep traditional techniques in the supply chain.
Osakwe demonstrated that a Lagos-rooted label could enter the highest tiers of international fashion without erasing its origins — a defining proof of concept for African luxury.
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