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


 
 

 
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TRUWORTHS TO BUY ORGANIC CLOTHING CHAIN

Truworths is set to acquire Earthchild clothing, a brand founded in Cape Town with 43 stores nationwide. “I am excited by the intended acquisition of the Earthchild and Earthaddict businesses, which have great growth prospect...
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Gye Nyame – Africa and Japans Fashion Connection – BOUTIQUE

(Main image is from a project called Wafrica) When we first came across the site Gye Nyame and the work of Petra the biggest interest was not that she represented a boutique selling African fashion BUT that the store and her wo...
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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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Shop Ethical African Fashion with Sapelle.com – E-BOUTIQUE

NEW ON-LINE RETAILER LAUNCHES ETHICAL AFRICAN FASHION BOUTIQUE FOR GLOBAL MARKET UK-based retailer Sapelle made its debut on 2nd June with the launch of its on-line boutique Sapelle.com, selling contemporary womenswear and home...
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Agnes & Lola – Introduce the 2012 collections and EXCLUSIVE interview – ETAILER

Agnes & Lola is one of our favourite African fashion retailers to have emerged online in the last few years. For their ethics, principles and all they stand for. So when they sent us their recent lookbook campaign I was hap...
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‘Discovered in Africa’ – New online shop by Vogue and YOOX

We have been watching what Franca Sozzani Editor of Vogue Italia has been up to recently. There have been many reports, articles interviews and videos of her travelling to various countries on the African continent (such as Nig...
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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