Adire (textile art)

Stack of Adire
Yoruba women wearing adire clothing on movie set

Adire (Yoruba) textile is a type of dyed cloth from south west Nigeria traditionally made by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques.[1][2] The word 'Adire' originally derives from the Yoruba words 'adi' which means to tie and 're' meaning to dye.[3] It is a material designed with wax-resist methods that produce patterned designs in dazzling arrays of tints and hues. It is common among the Egba people of Ogun State.

  1. ^ Norma Wolff. "Adire". Fashion History:Love to know. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Adire – Indigo Resist Dyed Cloth From Yorubaland, Nigeria". Vam. United Kingdom. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. ^ BRAIDE, O. O. (22 November 2017). "STYLISTIC FEATURES OF CONTEMPORARY ADIRE IN NIGERIAN TEXTILE PRACTICE". Journal of Humanities, Social Science and Creative Arts. 11 (1): 106–118. doi:10.51406/jhssca.v11i1.1698. ISSN 2315-747X.