V&A announces Africa Fashion exhibition with a public call-out to uncover iconic designs
Alphadi on the Catwalk (c) Alphadi THE V&A reveals plans to stage a major exhibition celebrating the irresistible creativity, ingenuity and unstoppable global impact of contemporary African fashions. Our guiding principle is the foregrounding of individual African voices and perspectives Dr Christine Checinska, Curator of African and African Diaspora Fashion Opening June 2022, the exhibition will celebrate the vitality and innovation of this vibrant scene, as dynamic and varied as the African continent itself. Over 250 objects, drawn from the personal archives of a selectionof iconic mid-twe...