Ejiro Amos Tafiri: A Fashion Conversation

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“I would go to the market, carry things on my head and hand.” Nigeria

is embossed in white on a black one-story building at the heart of Ikeja, Lagos; it was not surprising to learn that she occupies the entire building.

As a young girl, Tafiri’s interest in fashion was just that, an interest. A tomboy at heart, she took her first dip in the waters of fashion through her grandmother who would always get her to make simple pieces. Her dolls were the first to consume her designs. The major turning point in her career started at “Oleku,” an outfit birthed from the re-imagination of Iro and Buba, a traditional attire she had loved wearing as a child and a young girl.

 

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