Soboye
The Ivory Ceremonial Agbada
For: The white wedding or the church service, as the groom or close family
Ivory on ivory, with the embroidery worked in the same tone as the cloth. It is the hardest colour to wear well and the most convincing when the cut is right.
- Colour
- Ivory
- Cloth
- Textured ivory cotton with tonal hand embroidery
- Cut
- Outer to mid-calf
- Detail
- Tonal worked panel at the chest and neck
Indicative UK market range: £900–£1,700
On your frame
- Broad / muscular — Keep the worked panel narrow and the cloth soft — ivory shows every stiff fold.
- Tall and lean — Take the full sleeve drop and keep the tunic long to the shin.
- Compact — Hem the outer just below the knee and fold the sleeve higher on the arm.
- Fuller figure — Straight tunic, deep side slits, and no waist seam under the robe.
What to do next
01 — The introduction
If this is the shape you want, tell me the occasion and date and I will point you at the right house for it.
Tell me the occasion, the date and your budget bracket. Within 24 hours you get back: two or three houses I would actually approach and why those and not others, the alterations to insist on for your build, a realistic timeline for your date, and a short written brief you can hand to the tailor at the first fitting.
- No fee, no commission, nothing sold here.
- If nobody I trust fits your date or budget, I say so.
- Read by me, answered by me.
02 — If the date is further off