Celebrity Style
How Dede Ashiogwu Styles a Classic White Dress
A white dress can easily look boring, but Dede Ashiogwu shows exactly how to make it work. The Nigerian model and content creator stepped out in a fitted white mini dress that proves how much impact a simple colour can have when the styling is right.
She wore a white halter-neck mini dress with an open back and simple red lettering on the bust. The clean, sporty look of the dress was paired with intricate Fulani-style braids. Her hair featured neat cornrows at the crown that flowed into long box braids, decorated with colourful pastel, clear, and metallic beads. She kept her makeup fresh and natural in soft nude tones.
Photo: Instagram/@Dedeashiogwu
When it came to accessories, Dede carried a deep burgundy shoulder bag, adding a rich splash of colour. She paired this with minimal white button earrings, a simple silver necklace, and a dainty pearl bracelet. To finish the look, she wore white square-toed mules that mirrored the sharp, clean lines of her outfit.
With a fitted halter-neck dress like this, fit is everything. It needs to hug your curves just right. Too loose, and you lose the shape. Too tight, and it stops looking sharp. Dede got that balance right.
Her braids also played a big role. The cornrows keep the top neat, which lets the long box braids hang naturally without looking messy.
Photo: Instagram/@Dedeashiogwu
The real trick, though, is the colour placement. Everything else on her is white or neutral, which is what allows the burgundy bag to stand out the way it does. One strong accent shade does more than spreading several colours across an outfit. Even her footwear choice was smart. The white mules kept her leg line clean instead of pulling attention away from the dress.
If you want to recreate this for your next night out, follow her formula: pick one fitted staple piece, add one bold, colourful bag, and let your hair or simple jewellery do the rest.
Ini Edo traveled to Abuja to celebrate her big brother Captain Ekong’s 60th birthday, and she showed up dressed for the occasion. She captioned the post “Captain Ekong @60,” adding that since she was celebrating a fashionista, she “had to bring a little extra spice.”
Photo: Instagram/@iniedo
Her dress, designed by Becca Needles N Stitches and styled by Henry Sklue, was made from deep red fabric covered from top to bottom in a diamond-patterned crystal lattice. It featured a floor-length mermaid cut, fitted through the body with an asymmetric one-shoulder tie, then flared into a long train that pooled at her feet.
Photo: Instagram/@iniedo
Her hair was styled in a smooth, bone-straight, middle-parted look keeping the focus on her face and the neckline of the dress. For Jewellry, she went with rings and a bracelet, with a matching Lujah purse rounding off the outfit. Photography was by Benny Shot It.
Some time back, for a shoot promoting her film, she wore a black high-slit dress with curly hair and sunglasses beside a vintage blue Camaro, captioned “Something to watch this weekend.”
Ayra Starr just landed her first movie role in Children of Blood and Bone, and she marked the moment at New York Fashion Week in a sheer royal-purple LaQuan Smith maxi dress for the film’s event, captioning the photos “Feeling purple in LaQuan Smith x Children of Blood and Bone.”
The dress had a sheer bodice built into a high-neck silhouette, with the strap draped asymmetrically over one shoulder. The gown ran into a thigh-high slit running down one leg, with the sheer fabric continuing to the floor. She kept accessories minimal, just silver drop earrings and a small purple bag.
Photo: Instagram/@ayrastarr
Her hair was worn down in soft, straight strands. Her makeup featured magenta and purple tones, finished with a glossy ombre lip, and she completed the look with strappy heels.
The event tied into Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone universe, where she also features on the soundtrack alongside Fireboy DML, and BNXN. The film, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by Paramount Pictures, is set for release on January 15, 2027.
Photo: Instagram/@ayrastarr
A few days earlier, Ayra met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York. She wore a vintage Azzedine Alaïa striped bodycon mini dress from the designer’s 1992 collection, with an off-shoulder neckline and a geometric knit border along the top. The photos were taken in front of a white fireplace mantel with a model ferry placed on top, and she captioned the post simply “Mr Mamdani.”
Each Sunday this BBNaija season 11, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu comes out in something new. No repeats so far.
He has moved between sharp Western suits and full traditional wear all season. One week its a tailored double-breasted jacket with a two-tone gradient finish, the next its a flowing agbada with embroidery running down the sleeves.
Photo: Instagram/@ebuka
The details are worth highlighting too. There’s a graphic maize motif stitched into a sky-blue suit, silver lattice sequin work on a black wrapper, and geometric patterns worked into denim fabric on an agbada. Several Nigerian designers have dressed him this season, including Mai Atafo, Deji & Kola, Ugo and Lisa Folawiyo.
He has also added extras to a few of the looks: a crystal-handled horsetail whip, layers of coral neck beads, sunglasses and a Louis Vuitton duffel bag.
Photo: Instagram/@ebuka
He opened the season on July 26, 2026, in a charcoal-to-off-white ombré double-breasted suit by Mai Atafo. The colour fading from dark at the shoulders to almost white by the ankle. He finished with a large black lapel bow and patent shoes
Photo: Instagram/@ebuka
On August 9, 2026, he appeared on BBNaija in another look by Mai Atafo, this time in a black-and-white outfit built from a cropped boxy jacket, wide-legged trousers, and a tie trimmed with pearls, and accessorized with a Louis Vuitton Keepall bag.
Photo: Instagram/@ebuka
Most recently, on September 6, 2026, he hosted the eviction show in a forest-green two-piece suit by Deji & Kola, worn under a windowpane trench coat lined in a floral print. He paired it with brown shades and matching leather shoes.
Season 11 still has weeks to go, and if Ebuka’s run so far is anything to go by, there are plenty more looks to come.
More pictures below.
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