Securing $3.4 Million In Seed Funding, The Folklore Aims To Empower Marginalized Communities, Empower African Fashion Designers, And Expand Its B2B Wholesale Platform.
The Folklore, an organization dedicated to empowering African fashion designers and marginalized communities, has successfully raised $3.4 million in seed funding to enhance its business-to-business (B2B) wholesale platform. Leading the funding round is venture capital firm Benchstrength, joined by existing investors Techstars, Black Tech Nation Ventures, and Slauson & Co. Established by founder Amira Rasool in 2018 as an e-commerce retailer, The Folklore aimed to create economic opportunities for African fashion designers. Over time, the company has broadened its scope to encompass ...
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Nike On Air Eliud Kipchoge: Breaking Records and Fashion Norms in Bode X Nike
Could Kenyan Sporting Legends Eliud Kipchoge and Faith Kipyegon Be Emerging Fashion Icons? In a recent showcase of Nike's latest fashion line at the renowned Palais Brongniart in Paris, photos of globally acclaimed athletes Eliud Kipchoge and Faith Kipyegon gracing the runway have sparked international attention. Kipchoge, widely regarded as one of the greatest marathon runners in history, captured the spotlight as he strutted in a futuristic trench coat accentuated with puff shoulders. Images of Kipchoge sporting a sleek gloss-black ...
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Ami Doshi Shah, a Jewelry Designer, Reinvents Jewelry in Kenya Using Ropes, Brass, Salt, and Stone.
Ami Doshi Shah latest collection Memento Mori was born out of grief, reflecting on the loss of her father in 2021 and their final days together in the Indian Ocean town of Watamu along Kenya’s coast. Even though her work is sold and celebrated in the West, her focus is firmly on the continent she calls home, both as the inspiration and the market for her refined designs, which are stocked in boutiques in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Ivory Coast ...
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A Fashion Presentation “Under the Sea” to Launch a New Company, the Founders of Which Claim Would Transform How People See Formal Wear
The dress rental business and the show are the vision of Spinazzola and Longo who both own their own businesses. Spinnazola owns a salon called Manes and More By Mermaid that provides beauty, cosmetic and personal care services in Hayden. Longo owns Solstice Collective, a business that specializes in making hand-tied malas and giving children a chance to make solar-powered, mason-jar night lights at her farmer’s market booth. “We are just looking into introduce a dress rental opportunity for ...
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Paris Fashion Week: McGirr Debuts McQueen, While Valentino Presents an Ornate Black Study.
Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli said he “approached black as a canvas, a starting point on which to build … silhouettes that could move while looking for lights around, to soak them in and reflect them.” The couturier was fascinated by the color’s contradictions used for uniformity and individuality, representing sobriety and exuberance, lacking light yet soaking up reflections. It evoked the philosophy of Soulages, who died in 2022. Thus, with a tinge of Valentino’s 1980s heyday and glamor, all-black looks sauntered ...
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