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Overture. Couture from Yaba, since 2014

Atelier Noir

Gowns, tailoring and bridal cut by hand in a quiet studio off Sabo. Every piece begins with a fitting and ends when it moves the way you do.

Now showingNoir Mint, autumn and winter 2026
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The film

Thirty seconds of Noir Mint.

Six looks, shot after dark in our Yaba courtyard. It plays when you reach it, pauses when you leave, and stays still in low-data mode.

A woman in a black gown and headwrap standing in soft light
A woman with an afro in a glossy black top, studio light
A woman in a black satin dress posing by a window
A man in a black tailored jacket against a dark wall
A woman in a yellow and blue headwrap, a quiet portrait
A woman in an elegant black gown standing beside a doorway
Look 01

Night falls on Yaba

00:00 / 00:30

Low-data mode is on, so the film is paused. Every look is still listed above as a still.

The full lookbook, with the menswear reel and every still, is on the film page.

The collection

Twelve looks, one mood.

A woman with an afro looking straight at the camera
Look 01, Couture

The Obsidian gown

₦1,850,000
A woman with an afro standing against a pale wall
Look 02, Couture

Mint column dress

₦640,000
A woman in a black and white pinstripe blazer
Look 03, Menswear

The Yaba tuxedo

₦780,000
A woman holding her collar, standing near a window
Look 04, Ready-to-wear

Adire silk cape

₦420,000
A woman in a black and brown dress, editorial pose
Looks 05 to 12

Ready-to-wear

from ₦98,000
A man in a black suit jacket leaning on a grey wall
Menswear

Suits and agbada

from ₦480,000

The atelier

Eleven pairs of hands, three fittings.

Nothing leaves the studio until it has been fitted on you three times. That is slower than a tailor in a market stall and quicker than you think.

A seamstress working on a garment at a wide cutting table

  1. Measure and listen

    Thirty-two measurements and a conversation about where you will wear it: a church wedding in Enugu, a gala in Victoria Island, a winter dinner in London.

  2. Choose the cloth

    Silks from our Lagos stock, aso-oke woven to order in Iseyin and adire dyed in Abeokuta. You touch every option before we cut.

  3. Toile on the form

    We cut the pattern in calico first, fit it on you and adjust the lines before a centimetre of your fabric is touched.

  4. Handwork

    Hems, beading and linings are sewn by hand. The Obsidian gown takes 140 hours, most of it at a single bench.

  5. Final fitting and pressing

    A last fitting, a steam press and a garment bag with your name on it. Delivered by our own rider anywhere in Lagos.

11artisans in the Yaba studio
140hours of handwork in one gown
3fittings before anything leaves
2,400+garments made since 2014

Bespoke and bridal

Made for one person, one day.

A man in a black suit jacket, a close tailored fit

From ₦480,000, six to eight weeks

Bespoke

Suits, agbada and evening gowns cut from your own pattern, kept on file for every order after.
A bride in a traditional African wedding outfit and gele

From ₦1,200,000, four to six months

Bridal

White wedding, traditional engagement and the after-party look, planned as one wardrobe with your aso-ebi.

The fitting

Hold a fitting in a minute.

Pick the kind of fitting and a day. Your deposit holds the slot and comes off the garment, and a stylist confirms by WhatsApp within the hour.

  • First fitting₦25,000 deposit
  • Bridal fitting₦50,000 deposit
  • Menswear fitting₦25,000 deposit
  • Alteration fitting₦10,000

Want a particular stylist, a Sunday slot or a home visit in Ikoyi or Lekki? Use the full booking.

Kind of fitting
Day
Time

Paid through Receivly (demo). Example details for this demo.

Voices

What clients say

The gown moved like water at the reception and still looked pressed at two in the morning.

Three fittings felt like a lot until the third one. Nothing pulled, nothing gaped.

Temi, example client

They cut my agbada and a tuxedo for the same weekend and kept the pattern for my brother.

Chidubem, example client

Collected from Lekki, altered and back in four days, with a note on how to steam the silk.

Example client

Visit

The studio off Sabo.

12 Sabo Crescent, Yaba, Lagos (example address). A white gate, a mango tree and a courtyard where we shoot the films. Parking inside, solar backup, cold water on arrival.

  • Tuesday to Friday10am to 6pm
  • Saturday10am to 5pm
  • SundayBy appointment
  • MondayClosed for cutting
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