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


 
 

 
Designers

West Africa Trade Hub – Event REPORT

West Africa Trade Hub Apparel Export Training and Workshop 2010 by Jacqueline Shaw   Tuesday 30th Nov 2010 began day one of this three-day workshop and training seminar for West African (WA) fashion businesses. Set in the ...
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SAWA Shoes Takes to the Railway for its AW12 Lookbook – DESIGNER

One of AFG’s favourite African based shoe brands, purely because they proudly emphasize and present a strong ‘Made in Africa’ story, is SAWA Shoes who have featured in our one of its kind, coffee table book Fa...
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Artisans

ANOTHER GIVEAWAY PRIZE! Win a copy of FASHION AFRICA BOOK by Jacqueline Shaw – Fashion Africa Conference 2016 – London

We are in a #giveaway mood today! With our #fashionafricaconference just ONE DAY away we just had to give away a #prize copy of our founder @jacquelinembrown book #FashionAfrica. Thats right tomorrow is our upcoming Fashion Afr...
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“TERRA FIRMA” by Luxury Brand Mina Evans – DESIGNER

Mina Evans is a luxury fashion label based in Ghana launched in 2010 by Mina Evans-Anfom. Having graduated from London Centre for Fashion Studies under Northumbria School of Design, Design School Southern Africa, Johannesburg...
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AW 15-16 STELLA JEAN FEMME, story of a leader |Metro – Himalayan style

The A/W 15-16 femme chooses the Indian Himalayas, a place where cultural references often give way to impositions and subordination. Stylistic disobedience. This irreverence is the starting point of looks where the woman seizes...
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Kenema and the Mende Collection – Designer PROFILE

Kenema was started by Tamu Thomas and fuses “timeless design with beautiful African / Ankara textiles”. The idea for Kenema formed in January 2010 and became a reality in April 2010. They manufacture in Sierra Leone and are...
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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