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


 
 

 
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SPEAKER LIST ANNOUNCED! Fashion Africa Conference 2016 -“The African Market” Sept 8th – Registration Open Now!

SPEAKER LIST ANNOUNCED!  Fashion Africa Conference 2016 -“The African Market” Sept 8th – Registration Open Now!   As the international fashion industry ponders the ongoing questions – Is the African marketplac...
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Books

African Textile Patterns – BOOK

African Textile Patterns by Catherine Carpenter Price £16.99 Paperback with CD 128pp ISBN: 9781408130728 This stunning collection of African textile prints has been carefully selected from a range of traditional and contempor...
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Ethical Fashion in Africa talk at FIT in NYC – hosted by AFG Founder Jacqueline Shaw

I am very excited to announce I will be speaking with the fashion students at one of the biggest fashion schools in one of the best cities in the world! I will be at FIT in NYC this Friday. A limited number of copies of my book...
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Karen Tranberg Hansen

‘Salaula: The World of Secondhand Clothing and Zambia’ – BOOK REVIEW

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Bottom line: 5 / 5 - Excellent
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Petra Rivoli

The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy – BOOK REVIEW

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Bottom line: 4 / 5 - Very Good
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‘Fashion Africa’ the book – Available – BUY NOW!!

Launched in 2011, Jacqueline Shaw, Founder and Director of Africa Fashion Guide has released her book on African fashion entitled ‘Fashion Africa – a Visual Overview of Contemporary African Fashion’ with an aim to cele...
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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