I’ve fallen in love with this designer’s work since I spotted her outfits in New African Woman magazine last year. Always slow on the uptake, and not a fashion junkie by any stretch of the imagination, I do, however, have a mild addiction to the ubiquitous bright wax-print African cloth sold in shacks along roads everywhere. And it’s this cloth that forms the basis for Ituen Basi’s designs.

This image is courtesy of the Black Nouveau Blog of June 2009 which is “dedicated to all things original, cool, artistic and fresh.” Their Nouveau on the Street archives are truly worth a peep.

This image is courtesy of Fashion Africa, a site that not only looks fantastic, but includes a data base of top African designers that you could easily spend half a day browsing. Ituen Basi’s page is here on Fashion Africa.

This gorgeous image comes from Ituen Basi’s stockists page. Once you pop over to the way-too-tempting site be sure to click on collection and see the range in one place, but the About Us and Home page showcase excellent design and photography.