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


 
 

 
Designers

WE HAVE A WINNER! – The African Social Enterprise Fund – Sustainable Fashion Award 2017

Recently we had to partner with Prospero World on their African Social Enterprise Fund (ASEF) flagship programme. The ASEF aims to support young African pioneers in the Arts and creative industries, to become socially minded en...
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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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Boutiques

African Fashion – online sales revolution

African fashion is no longer just lovely to admire or just something you get made back home or by the tailors in the UK for dirt cheap prices. But it is finally receiving the recognition it deserves. Designers such as Bunmi Kok...
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Africa on My Sleeve – The First African Inspired Fashion Show in New Zealand – EVENT

The showcase dubbed “the first African inspired fashion show in New Zealand”, Africa on My Sleeve has announced the launch of designer registrations for the 2014 project. Launched in 2013, Africa on My Sleeve Limited has...
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High Fashion Feast On Offer at South African Fashion Week 2014 Autumn/Winter Collections

A feast of all things fashionably local will be on the menu again at the South African Fashion Weekʼs Autumn/Winter 2014 Collections at the Crowne Plaza Johannesburg – The Rosebank from 3 – 5 October 2013 followed ...
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Artisans

African Fashion Scarves for the Winter Months

We have noticed a movement within African fashion to include accessories and in particular scarves and not just for the winter season. We have spotted a few that we really love and wished to highlight to you as you prepare to w...
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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