Enormous Collection Of Bella Naija African dresses you will adore

The collection of Bella Naija African dresses are mostly beautiful and worthy of attention; they include styles made with bright fabrics and ornaments, interesting cuts and latest trends. Check some of them out and get inspired!

Bella Naija is always keep a close watch on the African fashion world to make a collection of photos showing new trends observed in the collection of famous designers and on everyday fashionistas who show off their outfits on social networks. Bella Naija also covers fashion shows in Nigeria and Africa, and also shares the best styles from the world of fashion.

Bella Naija African dresses

African fashion has its own special flavor; its main features are bright colors and prints. Traditional ornaments are also widely used for creating office and casual styles, as well as outfits for special occasions. Dresses occupy the largest space in the fashion collection of ladies all over the world. No other element of clothing emphasizes femininity as beautifully as dresses do. Bella Naija presents a large selection of gowns for every occasion.

Together with traditional African motifs, such dresses meet up to the latest trends of the world’s fashion industry. Let us examine the presented options in more details.

We can simply not imagine the Nigerian fashion industry without bright Ankara fabrics. They are universally used in designers’ shows, mass produced outfits and custom tailoring. Dresses from Ankara fabrics are always bright with traditional ornaments, as well as with floral and geometric patterns.

Bella Naija fashion presents some dresses that combine two, three or even more colors. These styles usually have one main bright color and a combination of some other milder-toned colors. Such dresses also often involve a mix of two fabrics - one colored and another with patterns. If the basic fabric is patterned, then the details or decorative elements (sleeves, coquette and collar) will be one-colored and vice versa.

As for the cut, the favorite of many women is the mermaid style; this pattern never goes out of style. Typically, these dresses are sewn long to the floor or medium length. Nigerian women are also fond of long straight dresses. The evening gowns are made with open shoulder and without sleeves or with sleeves-lanterns, sleeves-bats and butterfly sleeves. Festive outfits are decorated with lace, chiffon, sequins and paillettes. The decor is located mainly at the top of the dress in the décolleté zone.

Bella Naija has also featured the beautiful dress collection of African designer Step Up. They are mostly simple straight cut dresses sewn to the knee or up to the floor with short sleeves or three-quartered sleeves. The dresses also come with small, round necklines.

For these outfits, the designer chose bright fabrics with small or large ornaments. Most of the dresses are made with a mix of three colors; some models also had sleeves made with different patterned fabrics to serve as additional decor for the dress. Such gowns are good for casual events and official purposes.

The Tiskies Global collection was also featured in recent collections of trending dresses for 2017; their dresses are made from Ankara fabrics produces specifically for this brand. Most of them come in very bright colors.

The fabrics’ patterns are usually small with floral or abstract ornaments. The basic colors in the collection are white, black, blue, terracotta, orange and black. It is especially unique because of the brilliant combination of the fabrics with floral ornaments and stripes.

These dresses are quite complex and come in midi lengths or sewn to touch the knee. Some of the dresses also come with detachable flared skirts.

All the knitted gowns are straight. The collection also has dress-shirts.

The dresses come in a variation of long or short sleeves; some of them were also made without sleeves. The necklines are round or V-shaped and not very large. There are some models with turndown collars and some with belts.

In this collection, you can find very interesting dresses with additional decor in the form of ties on the shoulders, and cut-outs in the form of geometric figures with multi-colored edges on the bottom of the dresses.

We can also find a collection of clothes by Keem Harun. Here, traditional African fabrics are made into glamorous and chic styles of the 1920s.

The outfits presented in the collection mostly for special occasions. The dresses have a lot of additional decors like feathers, rhinestones, chiffon inserts, lace and fur. Also, almost every model is decorated with a trendy fringe.

Most of the dresses have bare shoulders or one opened shoulder. A lot of gowns are sewed from several types of fabric with various textures. There is a mix of traditional African fabrics and expensive textiles for the evening dresses.

The dresses in the collection come in white, black, turquoise, beige, red and orange colors. They are mostly sewn to knees or floor length. There are a lot of detachable dress-capes too and some of the dresses are flared at the bottom

Bella Naija also showed outfits from Glitz Africa Fashion Week 2017. The evening dresses by Quophi Akotuah, Sante Trends, Jump On Glitz, Madlyn Mode, Weiz Dhurm Franklyn, Nadrey Laurent, Awovi GH, Afro Mod Trends and TUBO were really impressive. When creating these elegant, festive dresses, all fashion trends of 2017 were taken into account. Amongst them are a mix of textiles and fabrics like silk, satin, chiffon, organza and lace.

There are a lot of models with bare shoulders, open décolleté zones and one shoulder. The lengths of the evening dresses were mostly maxi or midi. Fringes were also added to some of the outfits.

A lot of ruches, frills and flounces were also used in the collection; you can also find some peplum styles. A large number of dresses were sewn mermaid style with plenty of frills. The dress were mostly monochrome.

This season's collections feature so many trendy colors like powder pink, peach, white, coral, dark blue, black and red. Some designers also used traditional African ornaments in combination with monochrome fabrics.

Native styles on Bella Naija

Mmakamba’s interesting show aroused the interest of Bella Naija. The dresses shown during the Africa Fashion Week Nigeria 2017 reflect the brightness and originality of Africa; they also meet up with the fashion trends of the year.

Some models come with long or short sleeves, while others are sleeveless. The designer included a fashionable fringe as an element of decor, as well as transparent chiffon capes in the collection. The main attraction of the show was a beautiful pink flamingo. A lot of dresses were adorned with prints of this bird. The basic colors are pink, peach and brown.

The impressive collection of cocktail dresses from Signature Secrets Africa on Africa Fashion Week Nigeria 2017 was also featured. It included very original dresses of two types - straight mini outfits and outfits with maxi bottoms and large incisions in the front.

The short gowns have figure flattering skirts and large sleeves or sleeve lanterns. The dresses came with round neckline, bare shoulders and even one shoulder open.

A distinctive feature of these dresses is the traditional fabrics used; these fabrics have African prints and an unusual pattern in the form of cobwebs or fine lace adorning the front upper part of the dress. They also come in a large variety of colors that are very African.

Bella Naija follows all the novelties in the world of African fashion and covers the latest trends of African dresses. We hope this beautiful collection inspired you to create your own unforgettable looks.