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Abidjan / Côte d'Ivoire
Kente Gentlemen is Aristide Loua's Abidjan-based tailoring label, handmade in Côte d'Ivoire and known for sartorial silhouettes that fuse West African color and pattern with modern menswear cuts. Customers can shop seasonal collections like Dans mon Jardin online or visit the showroom at the Lepic Villa Hotel by appointment.
Best for Tailoring, menswear, ready-to-wear fashion
Plateau, Abidjan
Loza Maleombho is an Ivorian designer and label based in Plateau, Abidjan, whose collections draw West African heritage into contemporary design. The label sells through its own site.
Best for Designer fashion and accessories
Abidjan / Online
Abidjan's own wax-print house — real Ivorian wax designed and printed in Côte d'Ivoire since 1967, the cloth of West African celebration sold from the source, not the copy.
Best for True Ivorian wax prints from the source
Abidjan
Le Chocolatier Ivoirien makes bean-to-bar chocolate in Cote d'Ivoire, the world's leading cocoa producer. Its bars are sold through the maker's own online shop.
Best for Ivorian bean-to-bar chocolate
Abidjan
Beauty Lab Abidjan was founded by Aissata D., who describes herself as a serial product tester. The concept store stocks skincare and makeup brands and offers coaching sessions priced from 35,000 CFA francs.
Best for Skincare and makeup coaching sessions
Abidjan
Galerie Amani in Zone 4C, Abidjan is directed by Leon N'Guetta, a self-taught specialist in wooden sculpture. The gallery favours paintings and sculptures chosen for personal resonance rather than fixed criteria.
Best for Wooden sculpture and contemporary art
Abidjan
Galerie Eureka has operated in Marcory, Abidjan since 1981, supporting Ivorian contemporary artists since 2007 through monographic exhibitions. It represents artists including Tamsir Dia and Aristide Gnakomene.
Best for Contemporary Ivorian art exhibitions
Abidjan
Index Noir is an Abidjan perfumery offering interpretations of well-known fragrances across men's, women's and unisex lines. The shop also produces limited editions and offers free delivery in Abidjan on larger orders.
Best for Perfume interpretations for men and women
Abidjan
K's Make Up Addict is an Abidjan cosmetics retailer stocking international brands such as Fenty Beauty and NARS. It offers in-store skin diagnostics by appointment alongside a WhatsApp consultation service.
Best for Cosmetics and skin diagnostic services
Abidjan
La Chocolaterie du Belier was co-founded by Axel Emmanuel Gbaou, an artisan chocolatier who transforms cacao locally in Cote d'Ivoire. Gbaou has won the Cote d'Ivoire Chocolate Champion title.
Best for Artisan chocolate tablets and confections
Abidjan
LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery was founded on December 10, 2015 by Simone Guirandou and her daughter Gazelle in Cocody Mermoz. Simone had already run Arts Pluriels for thirty years.
Best for Contemporary African art exhibitions
Abidjan
Maison Korime, based in Cocody Riviera Golf, Abidjan, makes leather handbags and wallets marked 100% Cuir. Several pieces use Italian leather, and the shop offers 24-hour delivery with free returns.
Best for Leather handbags and wallets
Abidjan
Soleky was founded in Cote d'Ivoire and is based in Abidjan, making pure shea butter and shea soap. Customers who return empty glass containers for recycling receive a 10 percent discount on their next order.
Best for Shea butter and skincare products
2 Plateaux Vallon
Vinyle Ivoire Club describes itself as the first online vinyl record sales portal in Cote d'Ivoire. Its catalogue, called la vinylotheque, spans genres including jazz and hip-hop.
Best for Vinyl records across jazz and hip-hop
Abidjan
WAFA Haute Couture is an Ivorian stylist-pattern maker based in Abidjan, making wedding dresses and evening gowns. The house also produces woven-fabric outfits under its own printed textile line.
Best for Wedding dresses and evening gowns
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Abidjan offers several distinct purchase types within this selection, rather than one uniform idea of local craft. Kente Gentlemen presents clothing handmade in Côte d'Ivoire, while Loza Maleombho lists clothing and footwearS1S2. Uniwax offers printed cloth, which requires a different decision from buying a finished garmentS3.
Le Chocolatier Ivoirien supplies a food-gift option through chocolate transformed from bean to bar in Côte d'IvoireS5. Choose the intended purchase first, then use the published contact information to arrange the appropriate visit or order. The designer showroom and an online chocolate shop should not automatically become interchangeable stops on a circuit.
The buyer's guide separates garment fit from fabric planning, while the route page identifies published points for enquiries. Uniwax's retail list includes outlets in Plateau and Marcory, without establishing stock for any particular patternS4. Existing store listings remain available alongside these starting suggestions.
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