In recent years, African designers have found support from international celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Naomi Campbell. Now a growing number of the continent’s fashion brands are ...

You’ve probably heard about the weather at Paris Fashion Week. Still, beneath the neoclassical colonnades of the Palais Brongniart, not even the slate gray skies and lashings of rain could dampen the ...

In recent years, African fashion has experienced a meteoric rise on the international scene. Talented designers, inspired by a rich heritage and deeply rooted traditions, are reinventing fashion codes ...

Introduction : fashion matters -- Indigenous fashion : embroidery and innovation in Mali -- Nubia in Paris : African style in French fashion -- Reinventing local forms : African fashion, indigenous ...

Kwaku Bediako Oduro is a Ghanaian fashion designer and the creative director of the fashion brand Chocolate Clothing, also known as Chocolate Clothes Global. He is known for his Afrocentric designs ...

Inside the front door of a grand home in Capitol Hill, most of the downstairs is filled with racks of brightly patterned dresses, skirts, and blouses, many made of West African prints with a high ...

In the fall of 2024, three major exhibitions dedicated to African fashion history opened on the East Coast. The catalyst was Dr. Christine Checinska's seminal 2022 “Africa Fashion” exhibit in London’s ...

Another fashion-related museum exhibit this week, this one a little closer to home. Portland Art Museum is currently presenting “Africa Fashion,” a major exhibit previously seen at the Victoria and ...

“This was an amazing moment - Lauryn Hill performing in South Africa while wearing custom Thebe Magugu. She wore a red and black Basotho-inspired suit with exaggerated ostrich feather sleeves and a ...

The Duchess of Sussex has once again proved she is the queen of royal tour fashion. Not only had she and her husband revealed that they were expecting their first child, but Meghan outdid herself with ...

Hailing from Hammanskraal, Amukelani Rikhotso’s love for fashion was inspired by her family. Despite being a geologist professionally, she was drawn to African fashion’s storytelling. She recently ...

Nigerians dominate 7th African Fashion Designer Awards as AmDiddyy & Stephnora fashion house clinched African Male & Female Fashion Designer of the Year respectively 2024 The stage was lit with ...