In recent years, African designers have found support from international celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Naomi Campbell. Now a growing number of the continent’s fashion brands are ...

There’s a distinct buzz around the Africa Fashion exhibition at London’s prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum. The event, which opens on July 2 and stretches across two floors, is a fascinating ...

To receive the Vogue Business newsletter, sign up here. African fashion is on a roll, but it’s a long way from unlocking its full potential. That’s according to a new report from Unesco, released ...

African fashion is going through a quiet but powerful shift. It’s no longer only about traditional outfits for ceremonies or cultural events. It is now becoming part of global luxury culture, red ...

Imagine a small box. Inside the box is a gown made of muslin, a fabric so delicate and lightweight that you have to handle it with extra care. You take the dress out, place it on a mannequin and watch ...

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When thinking about fashion, it’s sometimes easy to focus on superficial notions of trends, and of how clothing looks, not what it means. But anyone who attends “Africa Fashion,” the impressive ...

In a tour of the African Fashion exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, designer Reni Folawiyo posed a question: “What does it look like creatively, economically, and politically for us to decide to stand ...

The landmark show celebrates the global impact of contemporary African fashions and is the UK’s most extensive exhibition of African fashion to date. Celebrating the vitality and innovation of this ...

There are fashion coffee table books, and then there are books that may land on coffee tables, but certainly serve up much more than compelling imagery from a designer’s collections. With “Africa ...

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 ...

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 ...