Tuesday 5 January 2016

Agbada for the Modern Men

Growing up, the traditional attire known as agbada was mostly worn by "big men". At occassions in those days, you see men arriving the venue, flinging the garment over their shoulders and walking majestically. It was almost always certain that these men would be "spraying" a lot of naira notes in that occasion. Yes, that was the impression that an agbada wearing man gave off.
Agbada was very rarely worn by young men in the past. I seriously doubt any young man, ten years ago, would have willingly worn agbada just for the sake of being stylish....correct me if i'm wrong.

Fast forward to the present, agbada is no longer just for the big daddies, we now see young men (and even women) rocking the agbada in a modernized fashion; where the old school agbada is worn over long sleeved buba (tunic), these days, they are worn over short sleeved buba. Where the old school agbada is long, extremely broad and wing-like, these days they come in shorter lengths and widths and are definitely not as heavy as the old school type.






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