To receive the Vogue Business newsletter, sign up here. “African fashion is not a trend,” says Aisha Ayensu, founder and creative director of Christie Brown, who launched her label in Accra, Ghana ...

In recent years, African fashion has experienced a meteoric rise on the international scene. Talented designers, inspired by a rich heritage and deeply rooted traditions, are reinventing fashion codes ...

Designers and labels are churning out garments that reflect African cities and how they interact with global trends. Think ...

Kwaku Bediako Oduro is a Ghanaian fashion designer and the creative director of the fashion brand Chocolate Clothing, also known as Chocolate Clothes Global. He is known for his Afrocentric designs ...

Sindiso Khumalo is ethereal; one can tell this by how she speaks about herself and her art. But it’s also impressive to describe her as the South African designer who built a decade-long fashion brand ...

Beauty and ingenuity can be found around every corner of a new fashion exhibition in Chicago. One mannequin wears a stunning, contemporary piece fashioned primarily from cowrie shells. Another models ...

Fashion in Africa is often reduced to stereotypes, such as wax prints and beaded necklaces. It’s also rarely separated by nation. Instead, the continent’s 54 vastly different countries get clumped ...

Nairobi Fashion Week 2025 concluded with a powerful statement on the future of fashion, spotlighting Africa's vibrant design talent and the growing importance of regenerative fashion practices. As the ...

Africa is a continent of immense natural wealth and remarkable cultural diversity. It is also home to the world’s youngest population. Despite this extraordinary potential, Africa faces a convergence ...

IN JUNE 2022 the Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum in London will stage an exhibition on the history of African fashion, from independence through to the present day. It is an ambitious task: no ...

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