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


 
 

 
Designers

The Inaugural South African Menswear Week A Great Success

South African Menswear Week is the first dedicated men’s fashion platform in Africa. Focussed solely on menswear designers and accessories, SAMW showcases the leading menswear designers twice annually. The first week is tookÂ...
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Designers

Sneakers by Passport ADV (Made In Ethiopia)

Passport ADV (Articles de Voyage ) is the brainchild of Ethiopian-American designer Mikhayel Tesfaye. He launched the brand in 2009 with an exclusive Passport ADV collection for Adidas. After discovering the premium grade of le...
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Boutiques

Soboye Menswear Collection

Soboye Menswear Collection is the debut men’s offering from the Designer, Fashion Stylist and SOBOYE boutique owner Samson Soboye. The collection is colorful, vibrant and striking and inspired by his Nigerian heritage and...
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Designers

ABURY Design Experience – Contest For Accessory Designers

ABURY is the first fashion platform that brings together traditional, old world crafts with avant garde design to create a new luxury style that fosters intercultural exchange and preserves world crafts. “We work with peo...
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Designers

Fashion With A Purpose… Letreecha “sea swa”

Although protection and warmth may have been the purpose of the invention of clothes, we believe that in in addition to the obvious function of providing protection and warmth, clothing serve many other purposes and most of the...
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Ron Bass Brings Africa And Streetwear To Forever21

Ron Bass, a visual artist and designer from Brooklyn, NY, has now collaborated with Forever 21, bringing Streetwear and Africa to the mass retailer on a line of men and womenswear. Bass, who sprung into our collective conscious...
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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