Mali has a long tradition of weaving that has given a rise to its textile industry. The country is one of the world leaders in the production and exportation of ginned cotton fibre. It is also known for the production of Bazin, mud cloth and other hand-dyed fabrics. The vitality of this industry has offered…
Alexa Schempers grew up with a mother who was a fashion designer and she would read every fashion magazine she could get her hands on. Fashion is in her blood and by the time she was a teenager, she knew that not only would it be a career path, but it would also be her…
Originally from Limpopo, Sipho Vuyo Lushaba grew up in Soweto. His background and experiences in both places would serve as inspiration for SVL Designs. The fashion brand was established in 2016 when he was a third-year student at Lindiwe Kuzwayo Academy of Fashion Design in Durban. Since its inception, the accomplishments of the brand include…
Lagos Fashion Week is Africa’s biggest fashion multi-day event and it attracts fashion designers, buyers, consumers, stylists, photographers and filmmakers from all over the continent and the world. It was conceptualised by Omoyemi Akerele under her company, Style House Files which operates as a creative development agency in Nigeria. Last year, Lagos Fashion Week celebrated…
In a world of picture-perfect aloofness, hot girl nonchalance, and that distinctly adolescent desire to appear uncaring and unaffected, sincerity is like a precious stone. If it was a currency, then Jade Alves would be the richest girl in the world. Most well-known by the moniker Money Badoo, the rapper, singer, and songwriter’s aesthetic, music,…
While spending the majority of his time as an intellectual property consultant, Patrick Hawi was increasingly At Odds with the mundanity of a 9-5 life. While his IP background involved helping fashion brands set up their business, he yearned for something bigger and bolder to contribute to Kenya’s relatively young, yet burgeoning fashion scene. “When…
If indeed — as American radio personality Ira Glass proposes — great stories happen to those who tell them, then Lukhanyo Mdingi is a phenomenal chronicler. His exhibition, The Provenance (Part I), presented at The Fourth Gallery in Cape Town is a freshly penned tale of connected and interconnecting loci; of the intersection between mediums,…
It’s fascinating how we can measure the changes in the world around us. Some changes show themselves cyclically, like the leaf’s change from green to brown to green again, and so forth. In the more material world, we remark at the price of things constantly increasing around us. I was taken aback when in conversation…
The Air Force’s propensity to connect with a broad range of people across time and geographic positioning is well documented and undeniable. With almost 2000 unique AF1 colourways in existence, the materials, construction and execution of this year’s anniversary model acknowledge the past while at the same time gently stating that there’s more to come….
“Hillbrow to Soweto, uptown Rosebank to downtown Jozi, the people of this city is my community.” — Wanda Lephoto Although we may come from different backgrounds, opinions, and ideologies, we are united in our desire to advance culture. Together, we will lay the foundation for what comes next, grounded in the communities that made us…
Kunjina Tesfaye’s fascination with fashion started from when she was a tiny tot rummaging through her mother’s closet. The two decade love affair has matured into a successful clothing business. After Tesfaye obtained an engineering degree from the University of Addis Ababa, she transitioned into fashion by taking a short fashion course at Wossi International…
High level fashion stakeholders have said that September is the January of the fashion world, with September beginning the start of the Fall/Winter season in the fashion calendar. The Fall/Winter season in particular is exciting and bears weight for fashion forecasting because it’s when predictions for the next fashion year start to pop up. Of…
