Fashion Nerds

Nigeria

Emmanuel Okoro

  • Akwete-inspired textiles
  • Batik and tie-dye
  • Reworked archive silhouettes

Emmanuel Okoro develops Emmy Kasbit through Nigerian textile heritage and the reinterpretation of familiar garments. For the label’s spring–summer 2025 collection, he revisited its archive and translated Akwete motifs woven by women artisans into silk prints.

Portrait of Emmanuel Okoro
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Five looks to know

Blue woven shirt and shorts with yellow horizontal stripes — Emmanuel Okoro, 2025

Collection selection

Blue woven shirt and shorts with yellow horizontal stripes

Spring/Summer 2025

A documented look from Spring/Summer 2025.

Emmy Kasbit — official collection photography
Yellow waistcoat with blue patterned trousers — Emmanuel Okoro, 2025

Collection selection

Yellow waistcoat with blue patterned trousers

Spring/Summer 2025

A bright sleeveless waistcoat creates a clear color block above patterned trousers.

Emmy Kasbit; official collection photography, photographer not stated
White suit with a patterned hip panel — Emmanuel Okoro, 2025

Collection selection

White suit with a patterned hip panel

Spring/Summer 2025

An offset patterned panel interrupts the clean outline of a white suit.

Emmy Kasbit; official collection photography, photographer not stated
Multicolored tailored jacket and skirt — Emmanuel Okoro, 2025

Collection selection

Multicolored tailored jacket and skirt

Spring/Summer 2025

A richly patterned jacket and short skirt bring decorative surface to precise tailoring.

Emmy Kasbit; official collection photography, photographer not stated
Blue asymmetric dress with extended panels — Emmanuel Okoro, 2025

Collection selection

Blue asymmetric dress with extended panels

Spring/Summer 2025

Uneven, elongated panels turn a fitted short dress into an asymmetric moving silhouette.

Emmy Kasbit; official collection photography, photographer not stated

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Spring/Summer 2025

1 piece

About Emmanuel Okoro

The collection also brought in batik and tie-dye expertise through collaboration, connecting traditional techniques with contemporary silhouettes.