TECNO Booth: Tecno Mobile Capture Moments On The Camon 18 Series At Lagos Fashion Week 2021
The Lagos Fashion Week 2021 event had several fashion designers like the KikoRomea, Fia factory, The Sunlight Collection - TwentySix, Tsemaye Binitie, Adama Ndiaye Paris, Assian, XV, Rick Dusi, Odio Mimonet, NKWO, Lohije, Kadiju, JZO, Gugu, Emmy Kasbit, Desiree Iyama, Cynthia Abila, Cute Saint, Awa Miete, Bunmi Olatunji, The Ladymaker, Maxivive, Gozel Green, Austrian Lace, Eki-Orleans, Ugochukwu Monye, Bridget Awosika, Studio One Eighty-Nine, Elie Kuame, Niuku, and many others showing their collections on the runway, and the designs were breathtaking and ...
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Ethical Fashion Initiative to Launch Paris Fashion Week Events
Founded in 2009, the EFI offers a bridge between brands including Vivienne Westwood, Loewe, and Adidas, and some 10,000 artisans in countries including Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, DRC, Haiti, and parts of central Asia, though its program in Afghanistan is currently on hold due to the political turmoil in the country.
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Anji Degante Is Using Her Tampa-based Clothing Business To Help Orphaned Children In Kenya.
"The Maasai tribe that I lived with were extremely traditional," she said. "If they did not make it they did not wear it," Degante says she learned a lot about Kenyan culture while living there. "I've seen a lot of things that I wanted to improve," she said. I thought that I could change Kenya but I feel like Kenya changed me. It made me a better person. It made me more conscious. It made me take a look into ...
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Ozwald Boateng The Black Fashion Designer Who Became The Youngest Tailor on Savile Row
Ozwald Boateng became the youngest tailor to open a store on London’s sartorial street and went on to dress the likes of Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Paige, and stars of Sex and The City to name a few. Born to Ghanaian parents, Ozwald used his mother’s sewing machine to design his first collection, but before pursuing fashion, the Londoner studied computing and eventually dropped out to enroll at Southgate College.
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Oakland Clothing Designer Sources Textiles from Africa
These experiences laid the groundwork for what is now Ahmad’s successful clothing brand in Oakland, called Ade Dehye, which uses custom West African textiles sourced directly from Ghana to create urban streetwear designs. It’s all operated under an ethical business model that aims to respect, rather than exploit, African culture and workers. “It was a very natural progression,” he said. “I never really had a huge interest in fashion. But once you actually get to try stuff and ...
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