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


 
 

 
Crafts
Mikuti - Ceres Bangle 2013 collection

Mikuti is launching a new collection of Bangles for 2013 – The Ceres Bangle

Designer and founder Erika Freund launched Mikuti in 2009, while she had been attending graduate school at New York University. At the time she was studying social work, but was very interested in economic development, so she t...
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Boutiques
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The ‘Mall Culture’ in Africa

The success of South Africa both economically and politically has put a question mark on the faces of people who always doubted this once troubled country. While the troubles still remain to some extent, South Africa has emerge...
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Textiles
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British Museum Presents ‘Social Fabric – African Textiles Today’ – Textiles from southern and eastern Africa

The making and trading of cloth have been vital elements in African culture for at least two millennia. Through cloth we can understand not only Africa’s history but also its engagement with other parts of the world. This exh...
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Batik
Choolips AW13 collection

Amethyst Sky theme for Choolips AW13 collection

The Sky was made of Amethyst | AW13 For AW13 Choolips them titled ‘the sky was made of amethyst’ is an ode to lovers fallen out of tune. Described as “The brooding drama of apocalyptic paintings lit by the warmth of s...
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Factories
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SOKO: Learning lessons on how to add value to the East African apparel sector

One of our business contacts Anoushka of Kickstart international sent to us a copy of her report on East Africa’s apparel sector and it was so full of nuggets, great pointers and on top of that so thoroughly researched th...
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Factories
Wildlife Works SS13 collection

Can Fashion save wildlife? Wildlife Works is on a Mission to do just so! – BRAND PROFILE

Wildlife Works is a lifestyle brand advancing economic and social solutions in communities where wildlife survival is threatened. Wildlife Works’ mission is to harness the power of the global consumer to create innovativ...
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Artisans
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THE AFRICAN SHIRT COMPANY / Love Shirts, Love Africa – DESIGNER PROFILE

I first visited The African Shirt Company on my trip to Nairobi where I hosted our Fashion Africa Seminar. I flew from Nairobi into Mombasa (after taking near to 10 planes already) and was so glad to be met by the lovely Kenyan...
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SecondHand Clothing
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The End of the Kenyan ‘Mitumbas’? – SECONDHAND CLOTHING

We came across this article that we feel would create some interesting debates so had to reblog it. What are your thoughts?   For those who don’t have a lot of money to splurge on expensive clothes and shoes, they always...
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Boutiques
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The Tribe Pop-Up Shop – Pops up in Kenya – RETAIL

The Tribe Pop-Up Shop is not the typical fashion or concept shop. Located in one of the meeting rooms at the Tribe Hotel, this fashion pop-up shop gives the selected local designers a space to showcase and sell without the hurd...
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