ABOUT US:
Afrothrone is a brand created out of love and passion for all things African.

We love the bold and vibrant colours of African prints and we love to create gorgeous clothes, bags and other afrocentric products from them.

We source quality African Fabrics from Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Benin that are beautifully sewn into gorgeous pieces by our very skilled tailors and seamstresses in Nigeria.

"Afrothrone" just as the name implies means the throne of Africa. Our clothes are made with that in mind. We imagine we are making our clothes for royalties hence the love and carefulness we put in making each piece.

Our pieces are thoughtfully designed to make you the envy of town and of course a Royalty!!

OUR JOURNEY:
Afrothrone came about from my long time passion to start a clothing and accessory line.
I first got interested in making clothes about 6 years ago but I had no idea on how to sew. However, I got some sewing kits immediately to encourage myself to learn (I'm always fast to prepare and procrastinate later lol).
Two years after the decision of getting into fashion, I decided to enrol into a fashion beginners class ( Lol I already hinted that I am one to procrastinate). I only learnt how to sew skirt from that class, well, that was progress.
Few years later, I decided to go to a proper fashion school with intensive training, I can't tell you how much of a good decision that was. I started cutting and sewing only few weeks into the training. I remember my first classwork was to make a kitchen apron. I used Ankara (I've always been in love with African prints) and I ran matching colour of bias on it. I also added a front pocket, its so beautiful, I still have it. It was amazing finally being able to do what I've been crushing on for years, in fact what I've now fallen in love with. The first day I made a six piece skirt, oh what a day! what a happy day! I never can explain the joy I felt, or was it the first time I made a shirt and a trouser, I kept disturbing everyone I know, I kept taking pictures of my work and sending to family and friends. Those were some of my most exciting days.
Never to say the journey was easy, there were days I got frustrated from cutting and sewing, the whole thing just looked like rocket science. There were also days I took my time to cut, then I showed my instructors and I was asked to start all over again, because I did rubbish, oh what pain (lol, that happened several times) that's my material gone with the wind, waste of time, waste of strength, waste of material. Or was it days when I thought I had made a beautiful dress, only for my instructors to tell me to rip everything,that my sewing was wrong. Arghhh that word "rip" I just remembered it, I and my classmates were so scared of it lol, the fear of it was the beginning of wisdom.
As much as I hated the ripping and recutting and sometimes dodged from it, as much as I hated all the stress, I'm thankful to my instructors for ensuring I got it right. Today my business has begun and they are part of my success story. Exactly on Sunday 28th of May, 2017, Afrothrone was born. First, I dedicated my business to my creator, then I embarked on a business trip to Benin Republic and within my country Nigeria to source for beautiful African print fabrics which I and my team carefully make with so much love as dresses, bags and other accessories.