One would think with how popular the aso ebi styles are, girls would probably look the other way, get busy with other styles, make other clothing materials popular, but NO!, the importance of the aso ebi, ankara, aso oke, buba, iro, chitenge or kitenge styles have gradually fallen among the can’t do without Fashion styles in Africa, most dominant in west africa and also in Europe.
ostly due to the fact that everybody wants to show case their well tailored pieces. This days you can rarely find a piece that is not sewn properly. Patterns, lines and shape are played with, you would most likely come across designs that blend and mix in colors.
Whilst the bride picks her own fashion fabric, the groom also picks his. Families and friends of individual parties wear the same fabric however with different fashion styles known s the asoebi styles.
Asoebi Meaning : For those of you non-Nigerian readers, Asoebi ebi is a compound word from the Yoruba language(South-West of Nigeria). Aso means cloth while ebi means family and together Asoebi means family cloth.