A new show at the Fowler Museum at UCLA explores the ideas of appropriation and ownership of African dress, and how African history and culture is communicated through the printed fabrics. African ...

In a small shop nestled inside the heart of Accra, Patience Golo prepares to stitch yards of African wax print for a wedding dress she is making for a client. The fabric is rich in color: pops of ...

Wacy Zacarias started Karingana Wa Karingana textiles to create authentic African prints, writes Design Indaba's Jamie Matroos. Clothes, patterns and evocative prints had always held meaning for ...

TAMPA, Fla. — African tribal culture has had a strong influence on high fashion, from athletic wear to couture runway shows. The unique threadwork not only produces these vibrant, sought-after fabrics ...

In 2011, a number of major design houses used African prints and motifs, including Michael Kors, Burberry and Oscar de la Renta. Style writer Robin Givhan singles out designer Haider Ackermann. A ...

With its geometric patterns, bold prints, and rich, electric pops of color, the wrap dresses on display in the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exhibition Vlisco: African Fashion on a Global Stage are ...

One of the first things you’ll likely learn when you visit the new exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA is that the story of African fashion is the story of fashion worldwide and through the ages.

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The Ministry of Trade and Industry on Wednesday announced guidelines or modalities for the importation of African Textiles Prints with effect from Monday, March 21, 2011. A statement issued in Accra ...

Big, expressive and colorful prints echo through the fall 2017 fashion collections in an international hybrid of themes that stretches across centuries and continents. Veteran labels such as Dolce & ...