The top international designers will exhibit their latest creations at a prestigious event aimed at showcasing African fashion. The Hub of Africa Fashion Week 2015 is taking place at the…
Whether it was bestowed upon you as a gift or if you handpicked your own preferred design pattern, West African wax prints are beautiful fabrics cherished by their owners. For…
There are few techniques of making clothing in the world older than Batik. From as far back at the 4th Century B.C. it was used in Ancient Egypt and eventually…
African clothing and fashion is mostly light and airy, but able to make a big statement. West African clothing is among the brightest on the continent, and this is largely…
This year, African Fashion Week London is going to be bigger than ever. The annual event started in 2011 and is now host to over 300 designers and almost 45,000…
Traditional African fabrics, such as Ankara or wax prints, are most well known for their use in dresses, shirts and head wraps. However, there is so much more you…
Native to the Akan people of southern Ghana, kente cloth has also become popular amongst the Akans of the Ivory Coast, and in many other West African countries. Kente cloth…
West African fabrics are famed for their bright colours and bold prints. From Super Wax and Jacquard to Guipure Lace, the fabric options are as numerous as the patterns and…
For babywearing parents, almost limitless inspiration can be found in images of African mothers, wrapping their babies close in beautiful patterned fabrics as they go about their day. Wraps for…
In Cameroon and Congo, men’s fashion is a serious business. Since the late 1990s, a fashion phenomenon of dandyism, or La Sape, has swept these African nations. It can be…
