By Oluwafisayo Owomoyela
The corset trend that has the whole Asoebi corner of the Nigerian fashion industry in a chokehold. Corsets have over a 500-year-old legacy; that is plenty of time for opinions and arguments to develop. Some argues that this trend is uncomfortable and severely restricts movement . Some others believe that especially in today’s world where they have more modern variations, they can be a means of self-expression. The trend dates back to European royals, it has successfully infiltrated the Nigerian wedding fashion scene and you can now hardly attend a wedding without seeing ladies decked in various good looking corset in Asoebi styles. When asked why the corset trend has remained in style for so long, Oluwaseyi Adeoye of Sé Adeoye, a bridal and womenswear brand in Lagos, Nigeria said, “This trend is now a standard for Nigerian traditional dresses primarily because it helps attain the illusion of a conventionally desired body type, especially with the rise of BBLs”. “It is a way the girlies can participate in the trend without having to go under the knife or make a more permanent decision for a temporary fad.” She adds that as long as variations of the hourglass figure continue to be type of body everyone wants, the ways to achieve that would persist. The corset trend will continue to come in and out of fashion. The corset fashion does not seem to ro be ending soon.