Tatiana Stitches

Awards & Press

Recognised at home
and across Africa.

The work speaks first. Sometimes the rest of the continent stops to listen.

AFAA 2024 Fashion Creative Director Award trophy

African Fashion and Arts Award 2024

Fashion Creative Director Award.

In November 2024, in Cape Town, South Africa, Chigbo Vitalis Agbo received the AFAA 2024 Fashion Creative Director Award. The trophy, shaped like the African continent, reads his name above the title.

AFAA is a Pan African platform that rewards fashion and art creatives from across the continent, connecting fashion, culture, collaboration and enterprise. For a tailoring house from Onitsha, it was a proud night.

The road to Cape Town

How it happened.

  1. 4 September 2024

    Selected for the AFAA 100

    The African Fashion and Arts Award wrote to confirm his selection among the AFAA 100 Distinguished African Fashion and Arts Personalities, a continental list of creatives shaping fashion and art across Africa.

  2. 6 to 8 November 2024

    Cape Town International Convention Centre

    Three days of celebrating African creativity in South Africa, with designers, artists and entrepreneurs from across the continent in one room.

  3. November 2024

    Fashion Creative Director Award

    He walked away with the AFAA 2024 Fashion Creative Director Award, in recognition of his contribution to the African fashion industry.

  4. 8 November 2024

    Covered by Independent Newspaper

    Independent Newspaper Nigeria reported the win in a story by Abisola Shojobi.

#AFAA100

One of 100 distinguished African creatives.

The AFAA 100 shines a light on the most distinguished and emerging personalities in African fashion and art. Chigbo Vitalis Agbo was named on the 2024 list as Founder and Creative Director of Tatiana Stitches, fashion designer and creative entrepreneur.

AFAA 100 profile flyer for Chigbo Vitalis Agbo
AFAA 100 official notification of selection

In the press

What they wrote about us.

Independent Newspaper feature on the AFAA award

Independent Newspaper · 8 Nov 2024

Chigbo Vitalis Agbo Wins Fashion Creative Director Award At AFAA 2024 In Cape Town, South Africa

Business Beacon magazine cover
FABSA Award of Recognition

FABSA, University of Nigeria

Business Beacon cover and an Award of Recognition

The Faculty of Business Students' Association featured him on the cover of Business Beacon and honoured him for outstanding achievement and contribution to business and fashion in the South East.

Tatiana Stitches billboard in Onitsha

On the streets of Onitsha

Need a new garment? You know where to find us.

Dress like it deserves an award.

Walk into our studio on Awka Road or send us a message. We will talk through the occasion, take your measurements and get cutting.