How This Ethiopian Fashion Designer Is Using Local Resources And Creating Jobs. ByLeah Wald, Former Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights.

Ethiopian fashion designer Fikirte Addis kneels down and wraps a tape measure around the waist of a customer, before scribbling on a piece of paper on which the outline of a flowing gown takes ...

While Ethiopia eyes a 30 billion dollar annual export revenue from textile and apparel, aiming to leapfrog top exporters like that of Vietnam and Bangladesh in less than a decade, there is a ...

Ethiopian-born fashion model Liya Kebede is more than just a pretty face. She launched her own fashion label, Lemlem, in 2007. Her designs are influenced by her heritage and are made from fabrics ...

Ethiopia: Prospects of Ethiopia's Fashion Industry. 19 October 2017. The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa) By Homa Mulisa. Textile and apparel industry is a strategic investment sector with an annual ...

Ethiopia bets on clothes to fashion industrial future. By Aaron Maasho. November 21, 2017 4:12 PM UTC Updated November 21, 2017 Item 1 of 5 Workers sew clothes inside the Indochine ...

Ethiopian-born fashion model Liya Kebede is more than just a pretty face. She launched her own fashion label, Lemlem, in 2007. Her designs are influenced by her heritage and are made from fabrics ...

Ethiopian fashion designer Fikirte Addis kneels down and wraps a tape measure around the waist of a customer, before scribbling on a piece of paper on which the outline of a flowing gown takes ...

A growing number of Ethiopian fashion designers are using traditional materials and methods to produce clothes they hope to sell internationally.