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 ...
To receive the Vogue Business newsletter, sign up here. “African fashion is not a trend,” says Aisha Ayensu, founder and creative director of Christie Brown, who launched her label in Accra, Ghana ...
The exhibition “Africa Fashion,” at the Brooklyn Museum, begins with context. In a long entryway, a timeline on the wall ticks off the year that each of Africa’s 54 nations won emancipation from ...
Across from the Governor’s Square Mall, nested in a lineup of other small locally owned shops, lies a vibrant little gem known as Tokun, an African Fashion Boutique. For the past 10 years, Tokun has ...
, the Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac Museum , offers us a brief overview of fashion in Africa through a unique exhibition ...
In a darkened gallery, a dress designed by Madame Willi Posey bedecks a mannequin standing under a spotlight. Notably, Ms. Posey, who worked as a fashion designer in Harlem in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s ...
Guess what? African fashion is more than just dashikis and kente cloth. While both have significant and historical meanings in West Africa, hundreds of designers from across the continent showcase the ...
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 ...
Model Gabriella Duduh wears a pantsuit from the Nigerian brand I.AM.ISIGO's fall 2020 collection. Photographed by Maganga Mwagogo. © Africa: The Fashion Continent ...
The actress' stylist Elizabeth Stewart tells PEOPLE all about the powerful statement behind Davis' colorful dress Viola Davis' 2021 Golden Globes fashion moment had an impactful meaning behind it. The ...
Some 800 guests saw the dress at the ceremony at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island, and 400 more watched it glide through the reception that evening. And then there were the ...