Fashion

Outfit || The Raffia Hat.

I was going through my drafts and came across these pictures that I took sometime mid last year when my fascination with the raffia hat was waxing hot. I remember first seeing it on Oroma Elewa, styled with a brown wrap dress and subsequently a crop top and skirt combination.
Needless to say, she killed both looks and I fell in love immediately because I had never thought the old raffia hat that sits on the heads of market sellers and farmers alike, shielding them from the sun could easily be transformed to a fashion accessory.
So begun my search for one of my own – which I ended up finding when I travelled to my home town back in april last year.
I have since experimented with a few sizes of the hat and I feel the right way to go is the smaller size route. I think it also makes a really good prop – aesthetic wise for fashion shoots.
What do you think of the raffia hat (proper market woman type) as a fashion accesory, would you wear it?

I took these shots somewhere at the corner of my aunt’s house. I was really excited about the hat and wanted to try out some pictures with it. I really like the outcome though, but let’s shift to my outfit for a bit.

My bermuda shorts is easily one of my favourite thing to wear (my mum saw me looking at these pictures yesterday and asked if that’s the only cloth I have *so rude* *sigh*). I styled it recently here also.
I paired it with a simple black tee and threw on my all time favourite mustard waist coat to jazz it all up – I’ve styled the waist coat here also ( that outfit still remains one of my dopest looks so far).

Working with a blank canvas and throwing things over it always leads to interesting combinations, so I’ll love to hear your options!

How would you jazz up a plain black tee and shorts combination?
Leave me your thougthts and commentsssss!
And as always, let’s connect!

Author: Cassie Daves

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