Gifting African fashion: what to buy for a wedding or birthday

African fashion makes a warm, personal gift, and you do not need to know someone's exact size to get it right. Here is what travels well as a present.

Jewelry is the safe, generous gift

Beads and bead sets skip the sizing problem entirely. A coral set for someone with a wedding coming up, or a gold statement piece for a birthday, lands every time. It is personal without being risky.

A gele for the woman who loves to dress

A pre-tied auto gele is a lovely gift because it is beautiful, useful, and one-size. For someone who attends a lot of owambe, it is the gift that gets used all year.

For the men in your life

If you know his size, a dashiki set is a great gift for a birthday or holiday, and an agbada is a big-occasion present that says you went all out.

When you are not sure of size

Stay with jewelry, headwraps, or a gift they can choose themselves. Accessories carry all the meaning of a heritage gift with none of the fit guesswork.

Where to start

We stock gift-ready jewelry, headwraps and outfits at ARINZE, quality-checked with 30-day returns, shipped anywhere in the US from New York.