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News Just In! Arise Magazine Fashion Week CANCELLED
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Ethical Fashion in Africa talk at FIT in NYC – hosted by AFG Founder Jacqueline Shaw
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British Museum Presents ‘Social Fabric – African Textiles Today’ – Textiles from southern and eastern Africa
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Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW) to host ‘Woven Threads’ Fashion Exhibition in London
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Gabon presents Africa Couture Fashion & Designer Week
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Africa Presence at WORLD FASHION 4 DEVELOPMENT’s Giving Back Bazaar, Seoul Korea – EVENT
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Source Africa – The African Textile, Apparel and Footwear Trade Event 9-12 April 2013
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African Fashion designers for the 2013 Miami Beach International Fashion Week!
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A social enterprise promoting sustainability within Africa's fashion and textile industry.
In The Spotlight
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 supporting the people that make their product. So we are excited to hear about their launch party this weekend in [...]
ASOS AFRICA Goes Bright Bold and Printastic for their SS13 Collection
Fashion online boutique ASOS have launched their new ASOS Africa SS13 collection. Taking inspiration from East Africa, the 19 piece collection offers bright, bold and striking prints. The combination of green and yellow tones with African traditional Kanga cloth, collectively beam a ray of sunshine to any summer wardrobe. The contemporary designed SS13 collection brings a street-style aesthetic, experimenting with the mix [...]
Vlisco introduces Hommage a L’Art collection
VLISCO is the only brand in the world creating authentic DUTCH WAX fabrics and is recognizable for its unique design, colours and WAX CRAQUELÉ. The Hommage à l’Art collection honours Vlisco’s art by placing our iconic drawings in the spotlight. This theme evolves from this year’s focus on craftsmanship. Vlisco’s fabrics are known for their [...]
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 textile craftsmanship. Such traditional arts are an integral part of Nigerian heritage and cultural identity and bring employment [...]
1st Annual African Fashion week Toronto (AFWT) coming this August!
On Thursday, August 15, 2013 to Sunday, August 18, 2013 African Fashion Week Toronto will host its 1st annual fashion week at The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, located at 6 Garamond court, Toronto. This is going to be a fun-filled weekend for all, and since our mission is to promote diversity in Fashion, we invite [...]
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Volunteer with G-Lish and support their basket project
Co founded by Godwin Yidana and Gayle Pescud G-lish Foundation is an organisation in Ghana which focuses on 3 core areas - ’Income Generation, Re-Generation, Next Generation.’ They produce baskets from recycled m...
Sarah and her African fashion ‘paradise’
On the Africa Fashion Guide team we have a Research Contributor who also is a designer too. We love her work and wanted to show you all how beautiful her work is. Sarah Moa Gilbert tells us her story and you can hear just why w...
‘Time to Talk’ – Textile Exchange Pre-conference Cotton Dialogues – EVENT
Liesl Truscott the Director of The Textile Exchange Farm Engagement featured as a panelist at the successful Africa Fashion Guide ‘Fashion Africa’ book launch event last Friday 9th September. She shared her knowledg...
LFW debut for ‘Fashion Africa’ featured design company – Tiffany Amber
Exciting news as I hear the news that one of the design companies in my book ‘Fashion Africa’ will be making her London Fashion Week Debut. Nigerian designer Folake Folarin-Coker will showcase her latest collectio...
Jezreel – Bag fetish! Designer PROFILE
Inspired by a fascination with African crafts, (more specifically, Nigerian), and motivated by the passion and skill of the artisans who produce them, Jezreel Designs (JD) was founded by Creative Director Abiola Egbeyemi in 200...
Africa Fashion Guide to showcase ‘Fashion Africa’ book at the AACDD Festival 2011
AACDD is an organisation that promotes black British design and creative talent. The British European Design Group (BEDG) organises events in partnership with the London Design Festival (LDF) – to celebrate African and Af...
Africa Fashion Guide and the Hub of Africa Fashion Week 2011
The Hub of Africa Fashion Week 2011 will be presented again by Clairvoyant also In the Bag. This 3 day event is due to be held Wednesday, December 14th at 6:30pm - December 17th at 11.30pm 2011, again in Addis Ababa, Ethio...
46664 Fashion: It’s a Numbers Game
It was February 1991 when Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island after serving a hefty 27 year prison sentence during apartheid South Africa. Since his release he has gained recognition as the face of South Africa and i...
Kondakis – Eco-Parachutes in Kenya – Designer PROFILE
The Greek/Danish designer and entrepreneur Nike Kondakis seeks to provide an alternative to the polluting fashion industry and is one of the talented designers featured in the soon to be released book Fashion Africa by AFG’s ...
African Fashion POPping up during SAFW – EVENT
From the 22nd to the 25th September all eyes will be on South African again for the Winter edition of South Africa Fashion Week (SAFW). This event spans 4 days of fashion upon fashion upon fashion and one that if you can make i...
Invisible Children, MEND bags and the ‘Human Connection’
Invisible Children began in the spring of 2003 when 3 young film makers from Southern California travelled to Africa in search of a story. On their travels they learnt of the tragedy of child soldiers in Northern Uganda and wer...
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