Usiano Afrika, the innovation revolution
At Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria, fashion designer Ejiro Amos Tofiri chose to put femininity centre stage. A total of 58 designers from across the continent took part in this remarkable event. In August, the Nigerian had unveiled her "Retrospect" collection, a tribute to Maryam
On Friday 7 July, African fashion takes centre stage at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac in Paris. This cultural space is devoting an entire section to Africa, and it is here that designers from the continent will be gathering to present the highlights of their collections. Following the call for entries launched
For its first promotion, the Africa Fashion Futures incubator has selected 14 fashion designers from Nigeria, Ghana and Rwanda. These talented designers will receive training and a grant to develop their respective brands. For these young companies, the aim is to acquire the skills they need to establish a viable business model and find their place in the market.
In Lagos, catwalk goddess Naomi Campbell opened the ARISE Fashion Week and Jazz Festival 2023 event three days ago. This Fashion Week, which is drawing to a close, is celebrating its 20ᵉ anniversary. The creations of African designers, bursting with colour and accompanied by a jazz-electro atmosphere, rocked the catwalk under
When fashion becomes a spokesperson for the denunciation of pollution. Japanese designer Yuima Nakazato invited us to "think about the future of the fashion industry" with his mixed-media haute couture show inspired by his trip to Kenya, where "mountains of rubbish" are being heaped up by fast fashion. The designer presented his
Like a flamboyant epic, Dakar Fashion Week celebrated its 20th anniversary in style, spreading the brilliance of African fashion to the four corners of the globe. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of history, the event illuminated the emblematic island of Gorée, a living testimony to the memory of the slave trade, but also a symbol of the African continent.
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