COSTUME AESTHETICS IN MOBIMPE ADEDIMEJI'S LISABI

Aesthetics of costume, as theory, is interested in the visual, cultural, and symbolic properties of clothing used in performance, ritual, and expressive art. Aesthetics of costume is the conscious selection and arrangement of fabric, colour, texture, and design to express character, identity, and thematic significance within the context of a performance setting. Through both historic and contemporary artistic contexts, costume has functioned as a successful communicative tool that is more than ornament. It is emotional, signals social roles, and conveys time, place, and cultural setting of the story being related. This project work therefore investigates costume aesthetics in Mobimpe Adedimeji's Lisabi. The objective of the study is to investigate the role of costume aesthetics in enhancing the historical and cultural context of the Yoruba people as depicted in Lisabi. This study adopts a qualitative research methodology, focusing on the film Lisabi is selected as the primary source material, and key scenes are analysed to establish how costume design represents Yoruba cultural identity, assists historical context, and facilitates character development. secondary sources in the form of journal articles, books, and published scholarly works on costume design, African cinema, and Yoruba cultural practice are analyzed. The study therefore concluded costume aesthetics in Mobimpe Adedimeji’s Lisabi illustrates the profound influence of Yoruba traditional attire on cinematic representation, particularly in how it sustains cultural memory and identity. Keywords: Aesthetics, Costumes, Yoruba Culture, Lisabi