After years of building its presence at Paris Fashion Week, MaXhosa Africa is set to make history with its first official ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

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 ...

Emmanuel Nwaneto (E.M.E) Ethiopian dance choreographed by Kaleab Alemu and Menna Tarekegne West African dance by Ola Folarin and Esther Amato Togolese/Congolese mashup dance by Esther Amato and Joshua ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Fashion is fundamentally driven by an idea of newness — and endless cycle of seasons, each promising change and innovation at a level that is, in reality, logistically unsustainable ...

In a tour of the African Fashion exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, designer Reni Folawiyo posed a question: “What does it look like creatively, economically, and politically for us to decide to stand ...

The idea of sustainability is not new to us. It’s woven into the very fabric that is Africa. It’s in the way our grandparents found new ways to reuse food packaging. The universal experience of ...

Models stepped on to a Paris runway last week wearing sculptural gowns in African textiles by Imane Ayissi – the first and still the only designer from sub-Saharan Africa to take part in Paris's ...

Founded in 2024, Add an Apron is a slow fashion brand founded by artist Adéọlá. Using organic cottons and hand-painting, Add an Apron provides unique, bold hand-painted designs on fabric. This brand ...

PARIS — Galeries Lafayette is celebrating African fashion designers, as the continent gears up to launch the Pan African Fashion Alliance, a new public-private partnership designed to facilitate ...

At first glance, Chencha, Ethiopia – an isolated hamlet of bamboo houses situated 300 miles south of the capital of Addis Ababa – doesn’t look like it’s the center of anything. It certainly doesn’t ...

From streetwear to ready-to-wear, African fashion brands are rethinking their pricing strategy in order to win over consumers ...