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


 
 

 
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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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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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Africa Fashion Day Berlin Fashion Panel @ PREMIUM Exhibitions January 20th 2015

It’s that time again: After the overwhelming response to the first shows and their exclusive Fashion Dinner, Africa Fashion Day Berlin will present international designers from Africa and the African Diaspora for it...
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Gambia Presents 50 Shades Of Noir – Hot New Label! – DESIGNER

In the short year since its creation the brand Noir has made quite the impact on the quaint country of The Gambia. The clothing line, turned boutique, was cultivated by Gambian born Ndeyfatou Ceesay. Being the daughter of a not...
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BLKKANGAROO – African Inspired Streetwear Fashion Jumping into 2015 – DESIGNER

This Toronto based brand has been on our radar for a good while now and on receiving their latest lookbook were pleasantly surprised, especially by the may we say…rather “DOPE” sandals (gotta add them to our s...
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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