AAYANFE Creations to Host Adire Festival

Mary Nnah

With a mission is to create timeless cultural memories with Adire patterns, designs, and prints at a glance, and moving forward on that agenda, AAYANFE Creations, an African Fashion Enthusiast brand that uses Adire fabric to create beautiful and timeless designs infused with cultural memories. is set to host the largest gathering of Adire.

Tagged, “The Adire Festival and scheduled to hold on December 10th at the Banquet Hall, Conference Hotel, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta the Adire Festival would host all the stakeholders in the Adire industry from the dye makers to the fabric weavers, to the fashion designers, batik makers, Adire makers, Fashion Stylists, users of Adire, and lovers of Adire, Art, and culture.

The Festival among other things, aims to celebrate African Heritage and culture through Adire Fashion; unite all Adire stakeholders and encourage collaboration and encourage the participation of youth in the Adire business which would encourage creativity and infusion of technology.

The Festival also aims to change the narrative of Adire from fabrics alone to other creative materials like Adire wallpaper, rug, chairs, curtains, etc. as well as focuses on increasing the GDP of the African continents by providing more job opportunities and providing export opportunities for youth in the Adire Business

The event agenda includes panel sessions on the traditional Adire and modern-day Adire; What can be done going forward to embrace global attention and trainings on batiks and Adire making and a fashion show to cap the event.

The keynote speaker for the maiden edition of the Adire Festival is the CEO of African Fashion Week and the COO of Adire Oodua Hub, Princess Aderonke Ademiluyi. The festival will also host special appearances of Royal Fathers, US consulate representatives, government officials, Africans in diaspora, exhibitors, and fashion designers.

The maiden edition of The Adire Festival is in partnership with the US Department of State, International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP), The YD Company, The Borderless Trade Network, and many more to come.

Aayanfe Creations started in the year 2015 and went fully into Adire Business in May 2020. The goal is to be the largest producer and distributor of Adire in the world, create more platforms for active participation of Youth in the Adire Industry and change the narrative of Adire from fabrics to other creatives like Adire rug, wallpaper, chair, etc.