Brooklyn Museum: Dream Weavers: The Designers Revolutionizing African Textiles
A young generation of designers is at the vanguard of a multitude of fresh approaches to textiles.
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A young generation of designers is at the vanguard of a multitude of fresh approaches to textiles.
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Pine Kazi, which converts pineapple leaf and recycled rubber into fashionable footwear, won the $2,000 Fashionomics Africa competition cash prize.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The founder and creative director of Lagos-based brand Lohije, Gift Raji who won Fashionomics Africa’s $3,000 prize for sustainable fashion, has said that her brand’s emergence as winner of competition is more that money. Fashionomics Africa is an initiative of the African Development Bank to increase Africa’s participation in the global textile
May 6, 2021 Sub-Saharan Africa’s apparel, textile, and footwear market is estimated to be worth $31 billion, and its fashions are often an inspiration for international designers. But many of its entrepreneurs operate in the informal sector. A lack of wide access to capital, low production capacities, and small distribution networks limit the industry’s growth potential. In response to this, a new investment company has launched exclusively targeting African fashion brands; getting into the continent’s multi-billion-dollar fashion industry as it looks to scale it up. Birimian Holdings a...