SignatureDresses
Ìtàn Adire Wrap Dress
Floor-length wrap in indigo hand-dyed adire cotton, with a fixed inner tie so it holds all evening.
₦128,000
Lagos · Est. 2017
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Hand-dyed adire, structured linen and quiet tailoring — womenswear made in Lagos, worn everywhere.
Made to order in Ikeja. Shipped to 14 countries.
Why us
Cut to order
Your size is cut after you order. Seven to ten days, almost no waste, and a fit that was drafted on a real body.
Cloth we can trace
Adire from named dyers in Abeokuta, linen from two mills we have used since 2017. We can tell you where every metre came from.
Fit is included
The first alteration is free within thirty days. If it still is not right, we remake it in your corrected measurements.
Kept, not cycled
Two drops a year instead of twelve. Accessories stay in stock so a piece bought last season still has its match.
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Hand-dyed adire•
Made in Ikeja•
Cut to order•
Sizes 6–22•
Two drops a year•
Shipped worldwide•
Hand-dyed adire•
Made in Ikeja•
Cut to order•
Sizes 6–22•
Two drops a year•
Shipped worldwide•
The atelier
Nine years on one street in Ikeja.
We opened in 2017 with two machines and a standing order for adire. The team is fourteen people now — cutters, machinists, a finisher who has been sewing longer than the brand has existed — and everything still leaves through the same door.
We do not sell what we would not wear, and we do not make more of a closed drop because it sold out. That is the whole business model.
Process
From cloth to closet
Four steps, the same for a ₦29,000 scarf and a numbered drop gown.
01
Fabric first
We buy adire directly from dyers in Abeokuta and linen from two mills we have used since 2017. If the cloth is not right, the piece never gets drafted.
02
Drape on a body
Every silhouette is draped on a live fit model between a size 12 and a size 18 before it is graded, so the middle of the range is the best fit, not the smallest.
03
Cut to order
Nothing is mass-cut. Your size is cut after you order, which is why lead time is seven to ten days and why we waste almost no fabric.
04
Finish and fit
Hems, linings and closures are finished by hand in Ikeja. Bring the piece back within thirty days and the first alteration is on us.
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Worn by
“I have worn the adire wrap to a wedding, a board meeting and a birthday dinner. Three years in and the indigo has barely moved.”
Every message answered within one working day. Tell us what you are dressing for and we will point you at the right piece — or measure you for it.