Standing in advance of the persons of Ghana to declare his nation’s independence from the British Empire, Kwame Nkrumah chose to set aside the bespoke Savile Row suits he customarily wore in community. Instead, he donned the common kente fabric of West Africa, introducing sartorial magnificence to his eloquent speech. […]
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How ‘Africa Fashion’ At The V&A Celebrates The Global Impact Of African Creativity
There is a silk and raffia gown from Cameroon-born couturier Imane Ayissi and a re-imaging of the regular Nigerian ìró by Shade Thomas-Fahm – regarded as Nigeria’s ‘first vogue designer’ – in fact, everywhere you glimpse, there is innovative creativeness. Having opened this thirty day period (2 July – 16 […]
‘What If Africa Was the Birthplace of Fashion?’
Very last spring, when the much-liked designer Alber Elbaz unexpectedly died from Covid just immediately after introducing a label named AZ Factory, the style entire world 1st mourned, then puzzled what would materialize to his new organization, backed by the luxurious conglomerate Richemont. How could it go on without the […]