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


 
 

 
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Fashion Africa author, Jacqueline Shaw signing books at Africa Fashion Week London – stand 20 (Jacaranda Books)

In Fashion Africa Jacqueline Shaw, (Founding Director of Social Enterprise Africa Fashion Guide) showcases 40 designers. She explores the challenges of producing in Africa; poor infrastructure, especially transportation; lack o...
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AFG Founder Jacqueline Shaw groundbreaking new book “Fashion Africa” launch date announced! February 2014

Fashion Africa launches in February 2014 with a new publisher!  ‘Inspired…educated…impressive’ Vogue Italia   ‘One of the top sustainable fashion tweeters and top ten African fashion blogs’ Guardian  Fashi...
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Vlisco Fabrics 2012 – the Must Have Book to accompany the Must Attend Exhibition

Vlisco Fabrics 2012 – the book has been published in parallel to the exhibition Six Yards, Guaranteed Dutch Design in the MMKArnhem. This book was not intented as a regular exhibition catalog but rather a catalog about ...
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Petra Rivoli

The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy – BOOK REVIEW

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African Textile Patterns – BOOK

African Textile Patterns by Catherine Carpenter Price £16.99 Paperback with CD 128pp ISBN: 9781408130728 This stunning collection of African textile prints has been carefully selected from a range of traditional and contempor...
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Berg Publishers presents Africa

‘Africa’ is a single reference volume on dress and fashion in this region. The volume was originally part of the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, which explores, in 760 articles and 3.6 million words, the dre...
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About Africa Fashion Guide

 

AfricaFashionGuide is an information based platform for fashion professionals, students, retailers, magazines, bloggers and all those interested in African fashion and textiles. It was birthed with the focus to create an awareness campaign that promotes the full supply chain of the African fashion and textile industry with an ethical perspective and create links with the greater global textile industry.

AFG Mission

1-To Support Economic Development in Africa
2-To Promote the use of Ethical and Sustainable Textiles
3-To Encourage Trade Relationships over just Aid
4-To Support WFTO Fairtrade Principles
5-To Encourage Discussion and Implement Action
6-To Build active Relationships between Large Fashion Organisations (designers, fashion schools, media) in UK/Europe and African Designers, Manufacturers, Textiles Suppliers, Artisans and Workshops