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


 
 

 
Designers

IT IS BACK! Africa Fashion Day Berlin – Jan 2015

In January 2015, there will be the first time a fashion panel and a vernissage. Participating designers of Premium Exhibition (International Fashion Trade Show) are from Berlin/Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Ghana, South Africa. Afr...
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Competitions

MARVEL AFRICA, IN ASSOCIATION WITH SA FASHION WEEK IS PROUD TO EMBARK ON THE 2015 MARVEL FASHION-HERO SEARCH!

2015 MARVEL FASHION-HERO SEARCH IS OPEN AND FASHION DESIGNERS ACROSS THE CONTINENT INVITED TO SHOWCASE DESIGNS AT SA FASHION WEEK. Marvel Africa, in association with SA Fashion Week, today announced that entries are now open ...
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The Devastating Effects of Ebola: A Personal Perspective from Founder of Sierra Leone label NearFar

We received this e-letter and was so touched by it that we had to request permission to blog it. In the words of Stephanie Hogg – Founder of made in Africa fashion brand NearFar and Co-Founder of online ethical fashion re...
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The Ethical Fashion Initiative Launches their Second African Fashion Talent Competition – APPLY by JAN 5th!

We love the work of the ITC through their Ethical Fashion Initiative and are extremely excited about their upcoming competition. Just launched, the competition fits into the Initiative’s African Fashion Design mentoring progr...
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HONEY MALAOLU DEBUT AT ANGOLA INTERNATIONAL FASHION SHOW

Rising East London designer Honey Malaolu will be showcasing her exqusite evening collection at Angola International Fashion Show (AIFS) on 6th of December 2014 at ‘’ Dream Space ’’ in Viana , as part of the prestigious...
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Artisans

Osei-Duro Launches a Kickstarter campaign: Ethical Clothing Rooted in Traditional Textiles

Since their first exploratory trip in 2009, Osei-Duro work with Ghanaian artisans to create high-quality, contemporary apparel using handmade textile techniques and transparent, small scale production processes. Osei-Duro is ...
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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