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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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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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Kourage and strength – Kenya’s First Running Apparel Brand
Nairobi, Kenya has produced some of the greatest distance runners in the world. Kourage Athletics is the first and only brand of athletics garments designed, manufactured, and modeled in Kenya, by Kenyans. “Kourage exempli...
SOKO-Kenya + ASOS Africa together again for AW11 loved by Michelle Obama
“SOKO Kenya is a clothing production workshop for the export market that aims to create sustainable, fair employment and offer training and skills to some of Kenya’s poorest people.” SOKO website. Beginning only in Decemb...
House of Beela – Print Metamorphosis
House of Beela is a surface design studio that specialises in digital designs for fashion textiles. House of Beela is influenced by African and Western aesthetics, resulting in a hybrid explosion of beautiful designs for the ne...
Designer Markus Lupfer and the Ethiopian Renaissance
As we are aware of and do consider what is happening in eastern Africa, from the monster of East Africa´s hunger crisis, the bloody battles near Ethiopia’s southern borders to Sudan and Southern Sudan; there has been ano...
Japanese Brothers meet Africa – DESIGNER PROFILE
One of the most inspiring and relevant catwalk trends of 2011 is the ethnic/tribal direction many brands have taken. Even at the recently held PURE tradeshow in London – trend forecast specialists held Africa as a major p...
New World African – KAYOBI 2011 Collection!
We interviewed Kwabena of Kayobi a short while ago and are loving the new collection. The styling, the colours, the graphics are all looking STRONG! His aim was to change the perception of Africa through clothing. The idea of h...
Adjoa Osei ‘Adapt’ collection at the FAB Magazine Launch – EVENT
There is a new designer in town! Adjoa Osei will be presenting her label of the same name at the FABmagazine launch in collaboration with StylishDay this Sunday 7th August. Adapt is the new exclusive, limited edition eight pi...
Africa Fashion Week New York – EVENT REPORT
Africa Fashion Week New York (AFWNY), was produced by Adirée, and literally heated up the US fashion capital of New York from Thursday July 14th to Saturday July 16th. Taking place at the Broad Street Ballroom located in New...
Textile Exchange X MantisWorld – Love. Organic Cotton. Support a Farmer! CAMPAIGN
Textile Exchange (formerly Organic Exchange) started life in 2002. The Farm Development Program (FDP) now the Farm Engagement Program commenced in 2006 with the generous funding and support of strategic partners ICCO (the Dutch...
Love LemLem – The Art of Weaving
Super model, actress and philanthropist Liya Kebede who was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has climbed many glossy ladders to get to where she is today. And by no means has she abandoned the root of her success on the...
CHOOLIPS keeps out the breeze with new bright scarves
CHOOLIPS’ Designer Annegret Affolderbach is often referred to as a ‘fashion entrepreneur’ with an interesting background, great achievements and an inspiring vision. Annegret grew up in East Germany, but moved to ...
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