A Lagos wedding is not one event. It is three or four, and the woman who plans for that is the one who still looks composed when the band starts.
The morning: church or mosque
An organza boubou over an inner shimmy: modest, graceful, and cool enough to sit through a long service.
The afternoon: the reception
Bring the colour. A pretty-pleats set or a printed silk set photographs beautifully and lets you actually eat and greet.
The evening: the after-party
Change the shoe, add the sparkle. A slingback and a resin clutch turn the afternoon look into an evening one.
