Makhadzi Takes A Moment to Appreciate Somizi for Designing Her SAMAs Dress. In a very short period of time, Somizi has ...

Mrs Josephine Ofori, a Ghanaian fashion designer, says African wear is increasingly becoming a powerful medium through which ...

"I felt like a princess," says US teenager Brianna LeDoux about her prom gown which she specially commissioned from Nigeria. "I wanted my dress to stop people in their tracks." The 18-year-old from ...

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In this op-ed, fashion historian and curator Darnell-Jamal Lisby breaks down the fashion from Black Is King and their connections to specific African regions, cultures, and traditions. Throughout the ...

A fashion designer inspired by her Nigerian heritage is showcasing her designs in a fashion show this weekend. Jacq Sempre started making and designing clothes a decade ago, after a career in civil ...

Yemi Alade, popularly known as Mama Africa, is a Nigerian Afro-pop singer-songwriter with quite an outstanding and impressive style and taste in clothes. She is a huge fan of Ankara outfits and ...

GULFPORT — In an unassuming building on Dedeaux Road, Nadine Hancock transforms material into the stuff of which dreams are made. Lace, satin, velvet, jersey, chiffon — bolts of fabric used to spin ...

Textile pattern by Constance Girard for Vlisco on view in Vlisco: African Fashion on a Global Stage (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) The story of Vlisco begins not in Dakar, Lagos, or Accra, ...

Designer Ozwald Boateng became the first black designer on London's prestigious Savile Row. Since then, he's made quite the name for himself; his tailored suits cost as much as 40 grand. Host Michel ...