Virgil Abloh, Off-White Founder and Louis Vuitton Menswear Artistic Director Dies at 41
Virgil Abloh, the son of Ghanaian immigrants, was born in 1980 in Rockford, Illinois. He earned a degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a master's degree in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology; a foundation that would later influence his broader practice.
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Africa Fashion Week Nigeria Returns For A Spectacular Show
Focused on promoting indigenous emerging and established brands to international buyers, the AFWN is also reputed for bringing together the most promising, talented, and recognized fashion designers and brands from across Nigeria and Africa to showcase the latest trends and products to a large and diverse audience of consumers, industry enthusiasts, and the press. This year’s event is billed to hold on Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th of December at the Ojaja Hall, Ife Grand Resort, Ile ...
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Matthew Rugamba Dressed For Success: Rwanda Fashion Label House of Tayo Breaks New Ground By Going Global
Rwanda’s fashion industry has also received a helping hand from the government, which in 2016-17 massively hiked import taxes on second-hand clothing – mainly from the US and Europe – to promote local manufacturers. The move, which saw duties multiply more than tenfold, effectively imposed a moratorium on trade involving the sale of secondhand clothing from the West at low prices to East African consumers. Simultaneously the government allowed designers to import fabric tax-free, giving the nascent industry a boost, said ...
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Kejeo Designs Launches Holidays Collections SS21 For Modern Curvy Women
KEJEO (Ké-Jé-O) is derived from "nou kéjéo-a" in the “Mina” language from Benin and Togo in West Africa which means something that looks beautiful on you. I was born and raised in Benin (West Africa) and I created my brand at the end of 2016 because of my love for fashion and my strong desire to turn vibrant African textiles into styles that could be easily adapted in the western world. Regardless of your shape, size, or ...
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‘All This Fresh Drip, we Were Never Ready’: Fast Food Giant Reacts After Girl Makes Frock Dress Out Of Recycled Packaging
The pictures were posted on Twitter by user @NokuzothaNtuli, where they have received 12.5 likes and thousands of comments. "Decided to make this dress for KFC from recycled KFC packages to show how much of KFC super fans we are," she wrote in her tweet. In the pictures, we could see her posing with a frilly dress and a bucket of KFC food. A closer look revealed that the pleats of her dress were made with recycled packaging from KFC, with ...
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