Lagos Fashion Week 2018 A look at Maxivive's 'Glistening' A/W presentation collection

Inspired by the effects of sunlight on water, Creative Director of Maxivive Papa Oyeyemi presents the 'Glistening' collection.
Maxiviveâ€˜s 'Glistening' collection

Lagos Fashion Week returns from March 23rd-25th with its Autumn/Winter 2018 presentations featuring some of the industry's biggest designers. Menswear designer Maxivive gives us a look at his 'Glistening' collection showcase, inspired by the effect of sunlight on water.

This season, Papa Oyeyemi, the Creative Director of Maxivive, embraces opulence with brilliant selection on luxuriant luminescent fabrics. According to him:

The idea around Glistening (characterised by the act of not listening to status quo, especially in event, intensity, or comprehensiveness of absolute positive self-awareness of oneself) is a foundation for the collection. The effect of sunlight on water seconds the inspiration for our wet 2018 collection. The subject is used arbitrarily in putting the collection together, either with severe colours collision, Hand-applied glittery beadings or the major use of water-resistant nylon polyesters. Various elements, of glitters and waterproof techniques, were pinned to the to the mood board, expressive colours, binding silhouette and daily wet season functional garment studies were generally infused.

Maxivive‘s 'Glistening' collection

The main idea for the collection is drawn from the 1990s documentary Paris is Burning, which has been critically acclaimed for its aesthetic significance, chronicling a thoughtful exploration of race, class, gender, and sexuality in the 80s.

According to Papa, 'A simple design creation and infusion technique was employed in keying the inspiration into the designs with contrast, repetition and harmony widely used in creating the final designs and laying the fabrics out into pieces with shapes of fabrics.'

Maxivive‘s 'Glistening' collection

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