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


 
 

 
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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 fu...
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Fashion Africa Business (F.A.B) Workshops start May – Limited Places – BOOK NOW!!!

Are you are a fashion designer or fashion business who is interested in setting up your fashion business sourcing and/or producing in Africa? Are you curious about how to make it happen sustainably and ethically? Maybe you are ...
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“Fashion Africa The Francophone Afri-Perspective” – Soiree Diesel X EDUN – Paris launch – EVENT REVIEW

Our French writer Chayet Chiénin continues our Francophone AfriPerspective series with her review of the Diesel X EDUN launch party (English speakers see the English translation below) See the first of the series on the AFRO-...
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Lanre Da Silva Ajayi Debuts S/S 2013 Collection ‘Butterfly Kisses’ In Dolce & Gabbana Spiga2 Concept Store In Milan, Italy

2013 is off to a groundbreaking start for Nigerian Fashion Designer Lanre Da Silva Ajayi (LDA) of self-named design brand as she continues to set the pace in African fashion and what brought AFG Founder Jacqueline Shaw to featu...
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Ethical Fashion in Africa talk at FIT in NYC – hosted by AFG Founder Jacqueline Shaw

I am very excited to announce I will be speaking with the fashion students at one of the biggest fashion schools in one of the best cities in the world! I will be at FIT in NYC this Friday. A limited number of copies of my book...
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Mayamiko and FAIR+true launch Malawi made Spring / Summer collection during Fairtrade Fortnight

On Feb 28th, in conjunction with Fairtrade Fortnight (25th Feb – 10th March) , FAIR+true will launch its new Spring/ Summer collection, ethically made in Malawi by Mayamiko Trust.  Mayamiko Trust is a UK registered charit...
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Fashion Africa Business Analysis – African Fashion on the Catwalk

With fashion season upon us we felt it would be fitting to have a look at African catwalk and fashion shows and discuss the impact and relevance of them all. As they grow day by day in numbers there must be something in it. So ...
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin’s first Africa Fashion Day presents: Urban Fashion Nights and Africa Fashion Day Berlin Designer Exhibition

On the 15th of January 2013, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin hosted its very first Africa Fashion Day Berlin presents Urban Fashion Night in conjunction withAfrica Fashion Day Berlin Designer Exhibition. One guest commen...
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Looking back, Looking forward – 2013 The Year of Fashion MADE in Africa

So we are coming to the end of 2012 and looking back we firstly go back to our Fashion Prediction article and it is interesting to see how this year has truly become Fashion’s Year of Africa. With our African Cotton Slog...
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