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Africa Fashion Day Berlin 2013
It’s that time again: Africa Fashion Day Berlin returns showcasing another array of international designers from Africa and the African Diaspora at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2nd July 2013. Africa Fashion Day Berlin is a unique communication platform that represents innovative designers from Africa and the African diaspora in Germany. We bring fashion on the catwalk that is modern and cosmopolitan. [...]
Ozwald Boateng: Change Is Coming To Africa
By Ozwald Boateng, Special to CNN Ozwald Boateng is a London-based fashion designer, and co-founder of Made in Africa Foundation, which supports and funds studies for large-scale infrastructure projects across Africa. (CNN) – When change comes, it comes all of a sudden, leaving only a remembrance of the past, a previous present, as its memorial. A moment as sudden [...]
Successfully Build your African Fashion Business with Fashion Africa Business (F.A.B.) Workshops this August!
With an abundance of catwalks events happening yearly to provide platforms for African fashion designers in the Diaspora including Mercedes Benz Africa Fashion Day Berlin, Africa Fashion Week New York, Black Fashion Week as well as the upcoming Africa Fashion Weeks in Los Angeles and Toronto, there is definitely a growing interest with designers in [...]
‘Responsible Fashion for Africa’: A Concept Employed to Empower Africa’s Female Artisans
Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI), a programme of the International Trade Center (ITC), highlighted the role of fashion as a catalyst for economic growth in Africa at the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) held from June 1-3, 2013 in Tokyo. “Fashion can be responsible. . . .We work with people to transform local [...]
Pichulik’s Woven Jewellery Ropes In Success With The Newly Released AW/13 Collection
The creative force & designer behind the extraordinary jewellery line Pichulik releases her new AW/13 collection. Katherine- Mary Pichulik from Cape Town South Africa founded the accessory brand in 2012, which is known for its signature woven detail. The surreal- like statement jewellery pieces are made from collected local materials, beautifully crafted with the twist of bold coloured [...]
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Trading on the Gold Coast since 1444 – Designer PROFILE
Gold Coast Trading is a clothing company created by Nigerian born Emeka Alams which brings together traditional Africa cultures and the Western world. Emeka calls this label his ‘effort to get back to that time’ me...
ASOS Africa AW11/12 SOKO made collection revealed
We recently showcased a small snippet of ASOS Africa new collection but today we reveal a bit more to all you lovers. Read up on our report on SOKO here. The direction has obviously changed aesthetically but the made in Africa ...
Ghana presents – Ghana Fashion Design Week
Ghana Fashion & Design Week Show (GFDW), is an event we are very excited about. Various fashion events have been tried in Ghana such as the proposal of The Clothes Show Ghana but they never reach fruition of have the full e...
Africa Fashion Week London EVENT Update
The first African Fashion Week London took place on the 5th and 6th August 2011 at Gibson Hall in London. The hype, the talk, the excitement raised was all worth it as though the pressure was on being the first of many I am sur...
StylishDay hosts FAB Magazine Launch Party – EVENT update
FAB magazine stands for Fabulous, African, Black and is one of the fastest growing fashion magazines in Africa. Their latest issue is called the ‘Escapism Issue’ and they held their FAB Magazine UK launch party on the 7th A...
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...
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