Nigerian Fashion Designer, Ohimai Atafo, professionally known as Mai Atafo has projected a bright 2025 for the African fashion industry with the Mai Atafo SS ‘25 collection. For Atafo, every year comes with its blessings and challenges so, “I am getting myself equipped for whatever comes in 2025.”In an industry teeming with ambitious designers, Atafo has set himself apart for elevating the ordinary and creating pieces designed to last, being ahead of the curve, Afafo unveiled his 2025 collections while preparing to conquer more territory.
Over the years, Atafo has maintained his position on tasteful craftsmanship. With a catalog of suits and caftans, Atafo has developed a language that appeals to clientele that values the classics. It’s in the deceptive simplicity of his garments, seemingly uncomplicated pieces, that value fastidious craftsmanship over impractical design.
It’s in his design process and how he has situated his brand, Atafo, at the epicentre of culture, as a lifestyle and as a tangible piece of ultra-modern Nigeria. The 47-year-old Nigerian designer told The Guardian in Lagos during the Mai Atafo SS ‘25 collection show: “We hope that Nigerians will see that we can do things of high quality and patronise us more. People should check out the clothes, touch them, and see the quality.
It’s not a gimmick. If something is not done properly, you will be scared to bring it publicly but we are not scared because we know the quality of work we have done. .
