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From Desert Runways to Fashion Capitals: The Rise of Africa's Fashion Weeks
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From Desert Runways to Fashion Capitals: The Rise of Africa's Fashion Weeks

From Accra's post-independence fashion shows to the emergence of Lagos, Dakar and Johannesburg, the history of Africa's runways is also a histo...

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Azzedine Alaia and the Art of Dressing Women
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Azzedine Alaia and the Art of Dressing Women

Before Azzedine Ben Alaya, who later adopted the name Alaia, became the celebrated couturier famous for accentuating the female figure, he was a ...

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Our Prediction : African Fashion SS27
Date Fashion & Style

Our Prediction : African Fashion SS27

Texture will become the print For years, international conversations about African fashion have often defaulted to print. SS27 could continue mo...

12 minute read
African Fashion: Who Is Documenting Our Creations and Preserving Archives
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African Fashion: Who Is Documenting Our Creations and Preserving Archives

What would the world look like without archives and proper documentation?  For decades and centuries, documentation and archives have preserved l...

16 minute read
Return to Sender: Designer Bobby Kolade about waste colonialism, the role of the diaspora and the art of constantly reinventing yourself.
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Return to Sender: Designer Bobby Kolade about waste colonialism, the role of the diaspora and the art of constantly reinventing yourself.

  Interview by Frida Nsonde Bobby Kolade was born in Sudan to Nigerian-German parents and raised between Kampala and Lagos. He holds a master’s...

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On The African Continent, Fashion, and Style: What do we really mean when we call something “African style” or “ African fashion”
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On The African Continent, Fashion, and Style: What do we really mean when we call something “African style” or “ African fashion”

By Hadassa Serrano Noire Fashion Columnist, Africa I spent days and nights contemplating a subject I have heard people discuss, whether or not the...

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