You think you know a garment until you see it on this Nigerian stylist. Her advice? Give it another look. I’ve struggled to pinpoint when exactly I came across Davina Efetie’s Instagram page, but what matters more is that none of her outfits have escaped my notice since following her. You’d have thought she studied art history (her actual major was criminal justice), the way she takes an idea—a question—to her clothes and comes up with something new: stripping a preppy, striped shirt down to...

The writer and creative director hopes to make the world of fashion and style warmer.