The Veto Fashion Guide To Men's Native Wears- What To Wear And What Not To Wear (Foot wears and accessories).

When it comes to choosing the best style to rock in Nigeria, native attires are your sure style to go for. They are always the perfect fit to wear to an event or occasion regardless of your age, ethnicity, gender, and religion.

For men, especially the fashion lovers, staying trendy and in style is quite important and native attires can come in handy when you want to play with designs, colors, and patterns.

In order to get the best out of your native attires, there are some style tips to guide you through and also avoid some common mistakes we see when rocking natives.

Check out our compiled native attire style tips for men fashion lovers.

WHAT NOT TO WEAR

FOR FOOT WEARS

#1. Avoid wearing your simple native wears with dress shoes or any other form of Lace-Ups Men’s Shoes

#2. Avoid wearing socks with your shoes when wearing native wears, there is no excuse for this even if you live in Antarctica or Iceland. Some people might be wondering, how are they going to survive all the sweat, stink and perspiration without socks, I would say go for “Half Socks” [NOT Ankle Socks]. There are several no-show socks brand in the fashion market that place a big emphasis on comfort and style. Find them and buy if you must wear a socks.

#3. Avoid wearing your native wears with Canvas shoes, Running/Sports shoes for men, no matter the type, we frankly don’t care about the Brand or how expensive it is, it just doesn’t work.

#4. Avoid wearing native wears with Leather Slippers for special occasions or events such as Wedding, Cocktail Parties, Grand occasions etc. But you can wear this if it’s for a simple look or casual business or when hanging out for drink or any other leisure activities, just make sure you are wearing a classic one.

#5. Avoid wearing native wears with Rubber Flip Flops or any form of bathroom slippers, even in an emergency situation..I don’t care if you are rushing to the scene of an accident, simply change to Shorts and Tees if you must wear the rubber flip flop in an emergency.

FOR ACCESSORIES

#1. Avoid wearing native wears with sports wrist watches, same way sports watches should never be worn with a suit. It is frowned upon by many a fashion expert so try to avoid making this fashion faux-pas.

#2. Avoid wearing native wears with belts. It doesn’t matter if you are trying to match your shoe and belt color, the rule just doesn’t apply here. The trousers are supposed to fit to your exact waist size or made with adjustable strap on the side.

WHAT TO WEAR

FOR FOOT WEAR

#1. For all types of natives, you can wear loafers, moccasins, boat shoes, and all other shoes that are not dress shoes (no lace-ups). See below images.

#2. For some special kind of native wears such as Senators, Agbadas and long Kaftans, you can wear any nice shoe, so as long as it’s not lace up. Some examples of these shoes include Single or Double Monk Strap Leather shoes and other simple non-lace up Dress shoes with or without Tassels.

#3. You can wear Sandals [Nice Leather Sandals] with your native wears, this especially fits Agbada, Dashiki and Kaftans.

FOR ACCESSORIES

#1. You SHOULD wear your native wears with ONLY leather wrist watches (preferably) or nice gold or silver wrist watch. Never with a Sports wrist watch.

#2. You SHOULD wear your native wear with bracelets. Fill up your wrists with different types and colors to match your outfit. Just make sure the wrist bracelet complements with the color of your native wear. Some example are metal bracelets, nautical trend bracelets, Beaded Bracelets, Leather & Woven Bracelets. This is a trend very popular among the modern stylish gentlemen these days.

#3. You CAN wear your native wear with nice and simple beaded necklace or normal chain necklace. Avoid the very bold ones though as much as you can especially for serious event.

Thank you for reading!