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Ejiro Amos Tafiri
Ejiro Amos Tafiri is a ready-to-wear label based in Lagos, Nigeria, started in 2010. Behind the label: Ejiro Amos Tafiri. It is known for draped womenswear that blends African dress forms with detailed modern construction. Latest milestone on record (2 November 2025): Shows off-site in Onikan during Lagos Fashion Week.
Quick facts
Ejiro Amos Tafiri at a glance
- Behind the label
- Ejiro Amos Tafiri
- Based
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Since
- 2010
- Focus
- Ready-to-wear
- Makes
- Womenswear, including dresses, kaftans and boubous, with a smaller men’s line
- Trained
- Worked at Out of Africa, Zizi Ethnic Clothing and Tiffany Amber before launching her own label
- Official site
- ejiroamostafiri.com ↗
- @ejiroamostafiri ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind Ejiro Amos Tafiri?
Ejiro Amos Tafiri launched her eponymous label in March 2010 after working at the Nigerian houses Out of Africa, Zizi Ethnic Clothing and Tiffany Amber, Lagos Fashion Week’s profile says, although the same page lists 2011 as the launch year. Her womenswear blends African dress forms with detailed modern construction, using indigenous fabrics, layering and mixed textures, and her handling of drapery earned her the nickname Nigeria’s drape queen. Alongside the label she works on education and skills for the fashion trade, and her site links to the Ejiro Amos Tafiri School of Design. Lagos Fashion Week lists her runway shows from 2014, and she showed off-site there on 23 October 2024, at the Bvlgari Tower on Victoria Island, and on 2 November 2025, in Onikan.
Timeline
Ejiro Amos Tafiri, dated
- March 2010Launches her eponymous label. Source ↗
- 2014Shows on the runway at Lagos Fashion & Design Week. Source ↗
- 23 October 2024Shows off-site, by invitation, at the Bvlgari Tower on Victoria Island during Lagos Fashion Week. Source ↗
- 2 November 2025Shows off-site in Onikan during Lagos Fashion Week. Source ↗
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Quick answers
Ejiro Amos Tafiri, answered
Who is behind Ejiro Amos Tafiri?
- Ejiro Amos Tafiri. Ejiro Amos Tafiri is a ready-to-wear label based in Lagos.
When was Ejiro Amos Tafiri founded?
- 2010, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does Ejiro Amos Tafiri make?
- Womenswear, including dresses, kaftans and boubous, with a smaller men’s line. It is known for draped womenswear that blends African dress forms with detailed modern construction.
Where did the designer of Ejiro Amos Tafiri train?
- Worked at Out of Africa, Zizi Ethnic Clothing and Tiffany Amber before launching her own label.