The weather has been a bit cold this past few weeks, therefore it didn’t come as a surprise that a lot of people were seen in sweaters, coats, cardigans and scarfs. For those who are in countries like the UK, US, Ice land etc The trench coat is a wardrobe staple, this heavy but gorgeous piece of clothing helps to warm them up when its cold during autumn or when its snowing during winter. Unlike our counterparts, in this part of the world we just make due with cardigans and this is because the weather is not so cold that the trench coat can be accommodated.

Fashion designers, who have spent time abroad fell in love with the trench coat and who can blame them, asides from keeping a person warm the trench coat can be very elegant and stylish and a lot of people style it differently. This gave the fashion designers an idea, why not create a light version of this for the African market and that’s what they did.

Now we have our own trench coat made with the African print fabric, the Ankara trench coat just like the one’s abroad can be styled differently, take a look at the ways and be inspired;