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Here in Paris, the 5th edition of Africa Fashion Up wrapped up last week. It was the first major Parisian event dedicated to ...
The African dashiki has become an absolute staple in the celebrity fashion game, with its vibrant patterns and rich history ...
Designers from across the continent, including Orange Culture and Palmwine Icecream, left a mark on the German capital.
Beneath an opulent chandelier in a sunlit salon, Imane Ayissi’s fall couture show once again fused African tradition with ...
Osun State government spotlighted Adire’s global appeal as 2025 Africa Fashion Week launched, with UK backing duty-free ...
A new generation of African designers are bursting onto the global fashion scene, gaining recognition from top celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, and Naomi Campbell.
The exhibition, “Africa Fashion,” does not try to survey the fashion of all 54 countries that make up the world’s second largest continent, home to 1.3 billion people. Instead, it reflects ...
Her powerful drive and respect of African design and fashion is one of the reasons she opened Alára in 2015. The name, which means “wonderful performer, the one who thrills endlessly” in ...
Scenes from “Africa Fashion,” a new exhibition at the Field Museum, explores the global impact of Africa’s fashion scene and features more than 180 works by artists from over 20 African ...
But in South Africa, there’s a new wave of designers challenging these preconceptions and finding their place in the global fashion industry, with their own e-commerce sites and online retailers ...
Inside an African clothing store in Birmingham's Ensley neighborhood, Shirley Ferrill is proving that beauty should be observed as a spectrum - not judged by a set standard.