INSPIRATIONAL GELE STYLES

A headgear is one of the fashion accessories that women indulge in. For the African woman, gele is an integral part of her outfit. Every Nigerian Traditional Occasion requires one type of gele or other. This completes the style of a typical Nigerian woman. As the final adornment of a traditional outfit, the gele is a Nigerian woman’s glittering crown – bright, bold, big and utterly beautiful, with its elaborate shape and striking colours providing the ultimate fashion statement. Speaking volumes about the wearer’s personality without a word being uttered, the gele transforms every wearer into a queen.

Gele is a Yoruba word for a female head wrap. The Yoruba people live in Southern Nigeria and are the largest ethnic group south of the Sahara. Yoruba women are known for wearing the impossibly intricate Gele head dresses, and although head dressing can be found in almost every African culture, the Gele is more than just head covering, it is an art form.

The process of tying that gele is a real work out for the arms! Standing in front of the mirror, battling with the stiff and crispy Switzerland fabric, Damask, or “Aso oke,” is an African woman’s moment of creativity. Tying the gele and arcing the cloth is a true art form that requires great skill, drawing gasps of awe from admiring onlookers.

There are some occasions where that gele is the ideal way of answering present and that’s why we got these gel collections for you to mark your attendance at those occasions…