If you have ever searched “Yoruba traditional wedding outfit ideas” on Pinterest or Instagram, you already know how it goes. You start with one picture and then another and another and before you know it, you have 300 saved posts, five different colour combinations, seven gele styles and absolutely no idea what you actually want to…

By the time you get to decor, it almost feels like the hard part is over. You’ve chosen your colours, you’ve sorted out Aso Ebi. People already have fabrics, tailors are working & the group chats are active. So naturally, decor starts to feel like something you can just hand over and trust will come together and to an extent, yes you…

Choosing Something People Will Actually Want to Wear Once the couple's colours are settled, the next conversation usually starts on its own. Someone asks about Aso Ebi. Or it comes up naturally. Or the couple brings it up themselves. Either way, at some point, the colour that was personal becomes communal. And that shift is…

Part 1: Starting with the Couple If you ask most people how they chose their wedding colours, the answers are usually the same. “We saw it somewhere.”“It looked nice or “It was trending.” And to be honest, that’s how a lot of decisions are made now. But when you attend enough Yoruba weddings, you start to notice something. Some weddings…