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


 
 

 
Ethical Practice

Time for A Fashion Revolution in Ghana’s Secondhand Clothing Industry

Today we end a very important date in the ethical fashion and general fashion calendar. 24th April marks Fashion Revolution Day and with 22nd April being Earth Day the timing could not have been more apt. On 24th April each y...
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Designers

Upcycled African fashion on a Volcanic archipelago

Mia launched her ethical fashion label MIA By Mia Nisbet back in 2008 with the aim of sourcing and producing her up-cycled fashion lines in Africa. Mia creates edgy fashion garments that fuse recycled fabrics with traditional A...
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SecondHand Clothing

The End of the Kenyan ‘Mitumbas’? – SECONDHAND CLOTHING

We came across this article that we feel would create some interesting debates so had to reblog it. What are your thoughts?   For those who don’t have a lot of money to splurge on expensive clothes and shoes, they always...
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SecondHand Clothing

‘Everything Must Go’ – How do you Recycle? – EVENT report

ThEverything Must Go – Exhibition at the OXO tower Bargehouse Private view 20th January 2012 Have you ever wonder about the truth behind recycling clothes? What happens to old clothes that charity shops can’t sell?...
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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