Aso-ebi coordination: a wedding guide

Your wishlist

Answer these before you meet anyone.

• What fabric are you dreaming of?

• What colors are you picturing?

  Free text — the palette across the groups, with gele and fila in matching or accent tones.

• Do you want a gele artist for the day?

How it’s usually priced

Usually priced as one flat amount.

Possible extras: Fabric order, Gele artist (day-of tying), Couple & parents' aso-oke.

What you settle once booked

• Which circles wear aso-ebi?

• Fabric and colors

  The heart of it: lace or ankara for the groups, aso-oke often for a Yoruba couple and their parents, george for an Igbo family's circles, gele and fila in the matching or accent color. Record each group's fabric, color, and yardage per person here.

• Where does the fabric come from?

  An aunt with the right merchant relationship is often how the fabric actually arrives.

• Who pays for the fabric?

  Members buying their share is the usual mechanic — it also tells you who is coming in the cloth — and some families give the fabric instead. Record how each share reaches its member and how it is collected.

• Gele tying on the day

What to look over

Correct these details as needed.

• How many in each group?

  The count sets the yardage of the order.

The day-of sheet

Confirm arrival, finish, who to call, access, a meal, and what is due.

Across the whole day

Choose which moments to include.

• Gele tying