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Culture & craft

Made in Abeokuta

A place-led starting point for the Adire story. Explore pieces from the dye houses of Abeokuta.

Textile maker working on patterned indigo fabric

A place-led starting point for the Adire story. Explore the sample pieces attributed to Sample Maker A, Abeokuta.

A place gives a story its starting point. Abeokuta, long known for its indigo dye pits, is a way into the Adire collection through cloth and everyday objects.

Explore a scarf, a cushion cover or cloth by the yard, and see how the same indigo changes with the shape of a piece.

Abeni Indigo Studio and Omi Aso Collective both dye and pattern their cloth by hand in the city.

Meet the makers