South Africa's pre-loved fashion scene is worth nearly R10 billion and growing fast. From Yaga to vintage boutiques, ...

African design is more exciting than ever in 2025. This was impressively demonstrated at the African Fashion Night in Zurich.

(CNN) — In recent years, African designers have found support from international celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Naomi Campbell. Now a growing number of the continent’s fashion brands ...

Introduction : fashion matters -- Indigenous fashion : embroidery and innovation in Mali -- Nubia in Paris : African style in French fashion -- Reinventing local forms : African fashion, indigenous ...

The soccer stars’ sharp black suits with leopard-print details are a nod to a long history of “sapeur” fashion.

Elevate Africa has officially opened applications for the 2026 edition of the Threads of Africa Fashion Film Prize, a pan-African initiative that aims to preserve the continent's textile heritage by ...

In the fall of 2024, three major exhibitions dedicated to African fashion history opened on the East Coast. The catalyst was Dr. Christine Checinska's seminal 2022 “Africa Fashion” exhibit in London’s ...

African fashion has flourished in terms of creativity and innovation in recent years, and is attracting global attention. Cities like Lagos, Accra, Marrakesh, Nairobi and Johannesburg have become ...

At first glance, Chencha, Ethiopia – an isolated hamlet of bamboo houses situated 300 miles south of the capital of Addis Ababa – doesn’t look like it’s the center of anything. It certainly doesn’t ...

It is not unusual to see the colors and hear the rhythms of Africa at runway shows in Paris, New York, or Milan. But despite its influence on Western designers, African fashion is still struggling to ...

You may not know her name, but the striking work of self-taught hair artist Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is certainly turning heads. Niouky, based in the West African country of Senegal, crafts modern ...