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Featured Essay – Africa’s Counter-intuitive Comparative Advantage in Luxury Goods
We were inspired by this article submitted to a recent USAID/DEVEX.com competition. It was about one’s vision for Africa in 2025. The author of this essay is Chris Markl, President, Kourage Athletics who have previously featured. Africa’s Counterintuitive Comparative Advantage in Luxury Goods Export-led growth is a fundamental tool in transforming both economies and workers lives. […]
Berg Publishers presents Africa
December 22, 2011
‘Africa’ is a single reference volume on dress and fashion in this region. The volume was originally part of the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, which explores, in 760 articles and 3.6 million words, the dressed and adorned body across cultures and throughout history. The ten volumes have been made available individually for the first […]
SUNO NY brings Sneakers from Kenya
December 9, 2011
SUNO is a New York based womenswear label founded in 2008 by Max Osterweis in collaboration with designer Erin Beatty. The collection was launched in Spring 2009 after post-election violence threatened to damage the economy and industry in Kenya and for a long time they have been known to use vintage Kenyan textiles that Osterweis had […]
East Africa Designer Gift Fair EVENT
November 8, 2011
Africa Designers in Development, ADiD, will be organizing the East Africa Designer Gift Fair from 23rd to 24th November 2011 at the Village market, Nairobi. This particular event seeks to showcase designer gift items from bags to jewelry, paintings, clothes, fashion accessories and everything in between. The Gift fair comes soon after the much successful […]
Adèle Dejak – African Aso-oke and Eco Recycled Bags – Designer PROFILE
October 22, 2011
Adèle Dejak is a brand-new dynamic brand that has its roots in the heart of Kenya. Here, stunning cutting-edge contemporary designs are created for all those stylish women looking for unique, contemporary accessories. Adèle has been in business for five years and it’s almost been 3 years since the opening of her first boutique store, […]
UniquEco Recycled Beach Sandals – from Plastic to Fashion
October 22, 2011
UniquEco is a brand that seeks to collect old flip-flops, unwanted pieces of plastic or tyres, and recycle them into unique handmade pieces. Local artisans cut beads or shapes out of the material to create the artwork. These products are then sold at a variety of places; to tourists, residents at local shops, craft fairs […]
Sandstorm Bags – Taking Kenya by Storm! Company PROFILE
October 10, 2011
Sandstorm Kenya – Long Weekender bag Kenya’s premier manufacturer of luxury handmade bags, safari style luggage and accessories, Sandstorm Kenya, are made just outside Nairobi. to the same specification as the luxury safari tents that made their name. They now have a reputation in both Kenya and overseas for making such luxury product. You will […]
FAB Magazine’s Most Powerful Issue Yet Out Now!
October 8, 2011
FAB Magazine’s new issue, the 7th in the Fabulous African and Black continuum, has finally arrived – just in time to save fashion junkies who’ve missed it. As always FAB brings you 200+ pages of fashion, beauty and lifestyle – the unisex bible for all things cool about Africa is packed with potently provocative […]
Charity Nest, Collaborative Group, design label MAIYET and their African connection
October 5, 2011
In 2006, Rebecca Kousky founded Nest, an innovative social enterprise enabling talented women artisans in India, Guatemala, Togo, the Dominican Republic, and other developing countries, to build and/or maintain art or craft-based businesses. Unlike traditional microfinance loans with high interest rates, Nest allows loan recipients to repay their loans in product, which they market and sell […]
Doing business in Angola – EVENT
October 4, 2011
Co-organised by the International Fair of Luanda the first Fashion Business Angola took place from December 9 to 12 in Luanda, Angola in 2010 and planned to be the biggest fashion and beauty expo in Africa. Matos Cardoso, the man behind Fashion Business Africa, aimed to bring together more than fashion, apparel, costumes, jewellery and accessories exhibitors and […]
African “beauty in the finest cloth” by Beshlie – Designer PROFILE
October 4, 2011
African fashion and textiles has been adopted by an ambitious young fashion designer who is working to improving the future of women across the world with her beautiful, ethical clothing and accessories. With a heritage that includes celebrated society artist William Shand-Kydd as her great-grandfather, Beshlie McKelvie combines her love of textiles and print with her skills as a […]
‘Fashion Africa’ the book – Available – BUY NOW!!
October 3, 2011
afr Launched in 2011, Jacqueline Shaw, Founder and Director of Africa Fashion Guide has released her book on African fashion entitled ‘Fashion Africa – a Visual Overview of Contemporary African Fashion’ with an aim to celebrate the fashion scene in Africa and the Diaspora through images, interviews, beautiful modern illustrations and critical analysis on sourcing, production as […]
Nairobi Fashion Market – Kenyas Discount Shopping Event
September 29, 2011
This seems to be the season for ‘market’ style events bringing African fashion to the local consumers and we are loving how creative people are becoming with marketing great African brands. The Nairobi Fashion Market organised by Director Lynette Anderson is all about accessible fashion whilst creating an avenue for the fashion conscious to purchase affordable […]
‘Fashion Africa’ the book – Available – BUY HERE!!
'Fashion Africa' by Jacqueline Shaw
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