Reid Pattern Room

Marcus Reid cuts and grades production patterns in Birmingham for labels who need a first sample that already fits.

Atelier Marchetti

Isolde Marchetti cuts bias silk in a Clerkenwell workroom and lets the cloth fall before she pins a single seam.

Studio Okonjo

Amara Okonjo makes Leeds brides a white gown and an Igbo traditional set from one shared toile.

Adebayo Atelier

Folasade Adebayo weaves her own aso oke on a Lagos loom before she cuts a single seam.

Maison Okafor

Chidinma Okafor builds gala gowns in Abuja from a hand-drawn pattern and thirty metres of organza.

Bakare Bespoke

Tunde Bakare canvasses ankara jackets in Ibadan the way Savile Row canvasses worsted.

Indigo & Salt

Yetunde Salami dyes every length of indigo herself in an Abeokuta courtyard before it becomes a dress.

House of Eze

Ngozi Eze cuts two wedding dresses from one set of measurements — the white and the Igbo — in Enugu.

Owusu Kente House

Abena Owusu works only with kente strips woven for her in Bonwire, then sews them edge to edge by hand.

Mensah & Sons

Kwaku Mensah has cut suits for three generations of Accra grooms from the same corner workroom.

Asante Studio

Efua Asante embroiders adinkra symbols in gold bullion onto velvet, one symbol a day, in Accra.

Atelier Diallo

Aminata Diallo beats her bazin riche in Dakar until it shines like metal, then embroiders for four days.

Sow Couture

Ousmane Sow has embroidered boubous in Saint-Louis for twenty-four years, and still draws each neckline freehand.

Keita Bogolan

Fatoumata Keita paints bogolan by hand in Ségou and cuts it into coats with architect's lines.

Quaye Atelier

Adjoa Quaye makes children's naming-day sets in Cape Coast with seams a child can grow into.

Boateng Tailoring

Kofi Boateng tailors wax print in Takoradi with a half-lining, so the jacket moves in the heat.

Ndiaye Maison

Marième Ndiaye drapes eveningwear on the stand in Dakar and only cuts once the silk has told her where.

Traoré Studio

Awa Traoré sculpts kitenge peplums in Abidjan with a horsehair edge so they stand on their own.

Kouassi Atelier

Yao Kouassi cuts ceremonial menswear in Abidjan with a French shoulder and an Ivorian collar.

Darko Bridal

Nana Ama Darko sews a Ghanaian bride's kente into the lining of her white gown, in Accra.

Ibrahim Embroidery

Hauwa Ibrahim embroiders Hausa motifs in metallic thread onto silk in Kano, with twenty years behind the needle.

Nwosu Leatherworks

Emeka Nwosu hand-tools Tuareg and Hausa motifs into leather coats in Aba.

Ojo Corsetry

Blessing Ojo builds steel-boned corsets in ankara and coutil in Lagos that hold for a twelve-hour party.

Camara Studio

Mariam Camara embroiders Guinean boubous in Conakry with a tonal thread you see only when you move.