fashion: iamisigo spring/summer 2015 collection, ‘taboo’

Check out the Spring/Summer 2015 COLLECTION lookbook from Nigerian womenswear label, iamISIGO. The collection, titled ‘Taboo’, was shown last year at GTBank Lagos Fashion & Design Week and now it has been captured by photographer Lakin Ogunbanwo in this stunning lookbook. Of the collection – owned by Bubu Ogisi – the fashion house states that the collection “respectfully pays homage to aspects of the Wodaabe culture deemed ‘TABOO’; from the years of silence taken by married couples after the birth of their first child, to the ‘yaakye’ festival where the men’s songs and dances for the women are rewarded with a show a sexual prowess. ‘TABOO’pulls not only from the Wodaabe culture, but also from the contrast it provides to other cultures and what they deem as ‘TABOO’; the taking of new sexual partners, the years of silence between couples, the feminine display from the men, all pull together the collection.” Explore the lookbook, below.

By Alexander Aplerku, AFROPUNK Contributor

Photography: Lakin Ogunbanwo

Makeup: D’artiste by Dodos

Creative Direction and Styling: Bubu Ogisi for BOFC

Models: Cynthia I. and Cynthia O.

* http://www.iamisigoonline.com