Agbada is not new to Nigerian fashion, but every so often, someone comes along and makes people look at it differently. Kola Omotoso is doing exactly that. Since leaving the Big Brother Naija Season 10 house, the reality TV star has turned nearly every traditional outing into another opportunity to experiment with agbada, and Nigerians online have taken notice.

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For a church outing which he captioned, “Sunday with the IGWE’S” he was in a King Kaftan piece: a black and white floral agbada with matching trousers and black loafers worn with a matching printed cap and round glasses.

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For a look he captioned “One fit was required, two felt more like me,” he wore a teal agbada from Tochinima with dark embroidered patterns running down the front, a matching cap, and several strands of black beads layered at his neck, finished with a long carved wooden staff.

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Kola was also photographed for another shoot in a black, white and gold floral kaftan worn with matching trousers, dark loafers, round sunglasses, and a strand of black beads.

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In what appears to be a photoshoot, he wore a burgundy agbada with a fan-shaped emblem at the chest, a matching cap, round glasses, and brown loafers with gold buckles.

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For a couple’s shoot titled “THE UNION,” a collaboration between Mide World and Rogue, he wore a brown beaded agbada with leaf embroidery down the front, a stiff pointed cap, two rows of black beads, a wristwatch and hand beads.

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He also wore a brown agbada with a large embroidered chest panel, a folded brown Fila cap, gold-framed sunglasses, a leather watch, a bracelet, and tasseled brown suede loafers.

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For another shoot, he wore a navy and red striped agbada with fringed edges and geometric embroidery down the front, paired with matching trousers, with a wine-red cap and brown shoes.

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In one shoot, Kola wore a flowing white agbada with simple embroidery down the chest, paired with a woven maroon and cream cap, dark square glasses, a wristwatch, a ring and black leather shoes.

Photo: Instagram/@KolaomotosoHe rounded up the line up with a green agbada with a wide, cape-like cut, pictured in motion layered over a kaftan with floral embroidery down the chest, a matching cap, round glasses, and brown loafers.

From bold colours to fine embroidery, Kola Omotoso’s agbada looks show just how much room there is to play with traditional Nigerian dressing.

Bimbo Ademoye just gave every stylist in Lagos something to work with. In her latest Instagram post, the Nollywood actress traded her usual tight, body-con looks for a suit that swallowed her whole. She captioned it: “Stay small enough long enough, because soon enough, you’d be big enough to.”

She wore a matching two-piece set in a neutral mocha-tan color. The oversized blazer had broad, structured shoulders and buttoned low at the waist. She paired it with wide-legged trousers, cut high at the waist, that fell all the way to the floor.

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Her hair from Hair by Tosin was a long, bone-straight wig tucked neatly behind her ears. Her makeup by Glam by Morgan combined earthy tones with a deep berry-red lip. Her accessories stayed minimal: a scarlet New York Yankees cap, a red Dolce & Gabbana handbag in a trapezoidal shape, gold hoops, a bracelet, a few rings, and black leather loafers.

The look also connects with the wider history of Black dandyism, where clothes have often been a way to express identity and self-expression. It goes beyond oversized suits and menswear-inspired pieces, with a history tied to culture, status and the ways Black people use fashion to present themselves.

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Bimbo’s outfit picks up on some of those ideas through its strong tailoring and oversized proportions, without necessarily making it a Black dandyism look. The wide blazer and trousers take familiar menswear shapes and give them a different feel, while her cap, red handbag and other styling choices make the outfit feel personal to her.

Corsets have been her signature for years, waist cinched and shape on full display in almost every red carpet look. This time, she let all of it disappear into layers of oversized fabric.

Delphine Onyii Okoronkwo, known online as Delonyii, took her brunch plans all the way to Paris, sharing photos from the outing with her followers. The founder of Bare To Beauty Cosmetics captioned the post: “Brunch in the city of love but keeping it fashionably cute.”

The photos were taken outside one of Paris’s grand old buildings, its honey-colored stone walls standing behind her in the late afternoon light.

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She wore an oversized, bright white blazer worn over her shoulders with her arms left out of the sleeves. She paired it with a tight, black, scoop-neck cropped tank top and high-waisted black shorts with a delicate white lace trim along the bottom edge.

She accessorized with oval sunglasses in dark lenses and thin metallic frames, a small black leather bucket bag, a silver watch, and a few thin bracelets. Her hair fell in long, dark waves past her shoulders under a black pillbox hat pulled to her hairline. Her makeup was done in neutral tones with products from Baretobeautycosmetics, and she paired with black patent leather stilettos with pointed toes.

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This is not the first time Delonyii has shown her fans she knows how to dress for an occasion. Back in early May, she stepped out in a long black gown with floral detailing at the shoulder for a friend’s 60th birthday celebration, in a dress by Erica Moore.