Africa Fashion Guide
A social enterprise promoting sustainability within Africa's fashion and textile industry.


 
 

 
Designers
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Pooja Jeshang: AfroAsian Inspired Clutch Wallets

Africa Fashion Guide first came across Tanzanian designer Pooja Jeshang with our article Pooja Jeshang Gets All Loved up with Delilah Designer Interview last summer which talks about the brand Saffron.  Pooja Jeshang is an upc...
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Africa’s Quest for Talent: Two New Shows Brings Top Models & Designers to the World

Nigeria’s Next Top Designer is an initiative of Africa Fashion Week London and EbonyWorths. EbonyWorths is a leading model management, profile styling, event planning outfit for emerging talents in the modeling and fashio...
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Artisans
Della X Faarow

Della and Faarrow bring the Party to Hollywood this Friday

With the launch of their amazing collection with Urban Outfitters (article to follow) and their previous colab with Apple creating iPad cases, this Made in Ghana brand are doing amazing work promoting African production and sup...
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Orange Culture AW13 collection "The Feeling"

ORANGE CULTURE PRESENTS THE FEELING PREVIEW OF F/W 2013

Shot by Story teller Obi Somto, the collection was built for “Woven Threads”, an exhibition organized by Lagos Fashion and Design week.  The exhibition looked to the future of Nigerian fashion as it explored the art of tex...
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Eki Orleans AW13 Collection Desert Horizons

Eki Orleans launches their ‘Desert Horizon’ AW13 collection

  Featured in our book Fashion Africa is one of Africa and the Diaspora’s original designers with a personal identity. Eki Orleans’ AW13 collection is one that highlights the talent of designer Hazel Aggrey-Orleans...
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1st AFGOP African Fashion Trade Expo – EVENT

1st AFGOP African Fashion Trade Expo is a 3 day trade expo on African Fashion slated for May 9th – 11th, 2013 in the city of Calabar. It is aimed at bringing Expert/Professional designers and traders in African Fashion from a...
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About Africa Fashion Guide

 

AfricaFashionGuide is an information based platform for fashion professionals, students, retailers, magazines, bloggers and all those interested in African fashion and textiles. It was birthed with the focus to create an awareness campaign that promotes the full supply chain of the African fashion and textile industry with an ethical perspective and create links with the greater global textile industry.

AFG Mission

1-To Support Economic Development in Africa
2-To Promote the use of Ethical and Sustainable Textiles
3-To Encourage Trade Relationships over just Aid
4-To Support WFTO Fairtrade Principles
5-To Encourage Discussion and Implement Action
6-To Build active Relationships between Large Fashion Organisations (designers, fashion schools, media) in UK/Europe and African Designers, Manufacturers, Textiles Suppliers, Artisans and Workshops