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


 
 

 
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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Designers
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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Moschino SS13 collection

Moschino from Cheap to African Print Chic – SS13

Now….we are not saying that this IS African print but it definitely looks inspired by it. If Burberry, Marc Jacobs, Junya Watanabe et al can all create collections with African inspired prints (usually made in an Italian ...
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chichia AW13

Dressing up with Chichia London – AW13 Collection “PROJECT GAUNI: THE DRESS CONCEPT”

London-based label Chichia by Tanzaniain designer Christine Mhando has recently launched yet another amazing collection. We, just lastweek gave you a snippet of this AW13 collection which was on display at the British Council ...
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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