Ankara Fabric Fashion and Creativity

You all are fully aware that ankara is Africa's most popular print, it has fast become fashionistas biggest excuse to go above and beyond displaying their creativity and inner glam on ankara styles.

Ankara has become the fashion force holding us together,they are colourful,eye-catching and even more.

Not only is Ankara part of our traditional style ,it has become a part of the new global fashion culture.

Ankara is being styled by different people for different occasions. It has also served as a source of income for people.Different influencers flaunt their different designs of Ankara with different creative styles.

How Ankara was being produced

Ankara print fabrics are made through an Indonesian wax resist dyeing technique known as "batik". In this technique, methods are used to resist the dye from reaching all the cloth thereby creating different attractive patterns. The lack of divergence in color intensity helps in the determination of the front(right) and back(wrong) side of the fabric.

As the market of batik fabric grew Scottish,English and Swiss manufacturers came in.  Soon enough the Dutch wax print became a part of African clothing with so much Africanand Indigenous ownership. It was even adopted as an office wear by Leaders and the Rich people.

How to Measure Ankara and Its Features

Ankara African prints are usually sold in yards,6yards,and 12 yards. The fabric company, product and registration number is printed on the slevage of the fabric to notify people of the quality and to protect the design from imitators. Wax print can be named and inspired by personalities,cities or well known individuals.

Ankara's great features have made its request in the market so high. Its durability,versatility,richness in color,uniqueness and time appeal makes it one " Trend" that has transcended the centuries and continues catching on globally.

The wax fabric can be sorted into categories of quality due to the process of manufacturing.

Ankara Fabric Styles

With the advent of technology and civilization, the textile business has become much easier than its beginning.Fashion designers have helped to display the beauty of Ankara by stretching their creativity in a bud to explore. Ankara can be combined with plain fabrics, they can be worn with denim. Ankara fabrics are used to produce different styles, they can be made into jumpsuit,playsuit,short gowns,long gowns, skirts and blows. Ankara fabrics are also used to design bags,shoes,slippers,earrings,bracelets etc.

How can i forget that our men also rock the ankara in different lovely designs, they use the ankara to design their  shirts,shorts, trousers, senator designs etc they also use the ankara to design their cap.

Ankara fabrics can be worn regularly but many people consider it a formal fabric and wear it on special occasions. Ankara fabrics can be worn to work places,church,wedding events,birthday parties and many more different occasions.

Ankara as Business

Ankara fabric has become a source of income to many such that one can become a dealer by getting the fabrics from the manufacturer and distributing to retailers and fashion designers.

The invention of ankara also instigated the passion of people becoming fashion designers.

Ankara has added more beauty to the Africans although it wasn't produced here in Africa but " We made it our own. We made it our fashion and we made it our history! I do not know any successful designer or fashionista who has not infused Ankara into their collections or designs. Ankara no doubt found a home in Africa and because we trust our creativity let's move on to more discoveries. Let's rock our Ankara fabric in a grand style.

Our next discussion will be displaying  the drama in Ankara, how to style our ankara fabrics and how to dress attractive with it