Wizkid Named Nigeria's Best Dressed Pop Star

Nigerian pop star, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, has been featured by globally acclaimed fashion & lifestyle magazine, Vogue magazine who described him as Nigeria's best-dressed pop star. He was also described as the biggest artiste

in Nigeria and had an interview with Vogue's Alex Frank where he discussed his style and Nigerian designs.

The vogue interview below….

First thing I notice is you’re wearing Bape, are you a big street wear head?

Yeah, I like me some Bape, you know. But I wear anything to be honest, Adyn, Rick Owens, Givenchy, anything, I shop from everywhere. We’re talking with BBC to make clothes for my tour.

What’s the shopping like in Lagos?

I have local tailors out there who make me traditional stuff. So I get material from Lagos, and I have them make me pieces,I mix them up with whatever I wear. I have a whole lot of tailors. The fabrics are from different parts of Nigeria. We have the tie and dye from the western part of Nigeria. We get stuff from the north. I mix it up.

Do you wear a lot of traditional Nigerian clothes?

When I’m back home, all I wear is African fabric. All I really rock is the traditional stuff, that’s the thing right now. That’s really coming back, Back in the days, our parents used to wear it every day, and they still do, but now it’s cool for we young ones to wear it. It’s amazing. We’re doing it differently. We’re having it a little bit more fitted. We have styles on it, embroideries and stuff, by local people, made by hand, designed on it.

How would you describe Lagos style?

Lagos style is fresh and different, even with the tailors; they get very innovative with their stuff, with the cuts. When my parents used to make the traditional wares, it was a little bit baggy, but now the tailors are able to infuse the European style, making it slim fit. Lagos style is different, man,  innovative And tailors are everything in Nigeria.One hundred percent, the clothes I make back home are proper properly fitted, Proper, proper. Tailors are A1 back home.

What’s your process when you get something made for you?

I design everything myself, and I get them to make it. I do a little sketch; sometimes I just sit down with a tailor and describe what I want, sometimes we go back and forth, like, for days, trying to get it right, sometimes it’ll take a day to make it, sometimes three, four days. I have a lot of tailors. If I want something made in 12 hours, it will be made in 12 hours.

What kind of clothes did you love growing up?

Growing up in Lagos, I wasn’t fortunate enough to get the fresh stuff when it was new.

There was this place we used to go to find stuff that had been shipped from America, like Second hand clothes. I used to rock a lot of Reebok, just a lot of sporty stuff.

Now you can get the expensive shit?

We thank God! I notice that you’re almost never seen without a

pair of sunglasses. How many do you own?

Oh, wow. That’s hard for me. I buy sunglasses every time I travel, just pick up a pair at the airport. Ray-Bans are my favorite. They’re ready to go. And I lose them every time. My friends take them away from me, but I love it.

Did I see on Instagram that you met Christian Louboutin?

Yeah! And I have a lot of his shoes, I rock everything from high end fashion to skateboard stuff. We were just at the store getting some shoes, and he walked in. And I was like, That’s the guy! Like, Oh, you owe me some checks,boss.

What do you like about his shoes?

The shoes are comfortable and fashionable. I can rock them for my shows or just chilling.

I notice you love a bright, colorful shoe?

Well, I’m actually doing white right now, But I like colorful shoes because most of the time I

wear black, so I want it to be where my shoes are popping. I’m wearing Harrods shoes right now.

Everything is super-clean with you. Fresh, fresh, fresh. That’s how I like to keep it, It’s hard for me to wear the same thing twice.

You’re also not afraid to wear really skinny jeans?

No, I’m not afraid to wear skinny jeans! Yeah, I don’t care, man. I rock skinny jeans!