High Fashion & Couture in
Addis Ababa
Clients in Addis Ababa commission from our Windhoek atelier the same way clients across the road do: a video consultation, a measured brief, a posted toile and photographed fit checks. Nothing about the garment is compromised by the distance — only the fitting-room chair is missing.
High Fashion & Couture for Addis Ababa
Some garments exist for a lens, not a dinner. We work with stylists, photographers, designers and performers on couture and editorial pieces — sculptural silhouettes, exaggerated volume, hand-worked surfaces — where the brief is an image rather than an occasion.
Editorial work is engineering. Volume is held by hidden boning, horsehair and interlining rather than by luck, and every seam is placed to read cleanly from the camera's distance. We build to the shoot date, not to a season.
For Addis Ababa we favour cotton organza, open-back construction and lined-but-vented bodices for altitude sun and warm evenings.
What's included
- Creative brief & mood direction
- Toile in final volume
- Surface development & sampling
- Hand beadwork or embroidery
- Fit to model or performer
- On-set repair kit
No flight required
Measurements are taken locally in Addis Ababa to our written brief, or by a tailor we brief directly. The toile is couriered to you, photographed on your body and adjusted before the final fabric is cut. The finished garment ships insured, door-to-door, in a garment box with a steaming and dressing guide.
High Fashion & Couture, Addis Ababa
- Can I order high fashion couture pieces from Addis Ababa?
- Yes — for clients in Addis Ababa and across Ethiopia, made in our Windhoek atelier and delivered to your door.
- How are fittings handled at a distance?
- Measurements are taken locally in Addis Ababa to our written brief, or by a tailor we brief directly. The toile is couriered to you, photographed on your body and adjusted before the final fabric is cut. The finished garment ships insured, door-to-door, in a garment box with a steaming and dressing guide.
- How long does it take?
- Six to twelve weeks, shoot-date driven.
- Which fabrics suit Addis Ababa?
- For Addis Ababa we favour cotton organza, open-back construction and lined-but-vented bodices for altitude sun and warm evenings.
- What does it cost?
- Quoted per piece against the brief.
