In the fall of 2024, three major exhibitions dedicated to African fashion history opened on the East Coast. The catalyst was Dr. Christine Checinska's seminal 2022 “Africa Fashion” exhibit in London’s ...

The exhibition “Africa Fashion,” at the Brooklyn Museum, begins with context. In a long entryway, a timeline on the wall ticks off the year that each of Africa’s 54 nations won emancipation from ...

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 ...

"I felt like a princess," says US teenager Brianna LeDoux about her prom gown which she specially commissioned from Nigeria. "I wanted my dress to stop people in their tracks." The 18-year-old from ...

Clothing can be transformative. This exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum transports visitors to the historical moment when nearly an entire continent shed its colonialist attire and stepped onto the ...

Sindiso Khumalo is ethereal; one can tell this by how she speaks about herself and her art. But it’s also impressive to describe her as the South African designer who built a decade-long fashion brand ...

Mobos Fashion, the Nigerian fashion powerhouse known for its elegant silhouettes and bold celebration of African femininity, ...

Textile pattern by Constance Girard for Vlisco on view in Vlisco: African Fashion on a Global Stage (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) The story of Vlisco begins not in Dakar, Lagos, or Accra, ...

In a darkened gallery, a dress designed by Madame Willi Posey bedecks a mannequin standing under a spotlight. Notably, Ms. Posey, who worked as a fashion designer in Harlem in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s ...

Inside the front door of a grand home in Capitol Hill, most of the downstairs is filled with racks of brightly patterned dresses, skirts, and blouses, many made of West African prints with a high ...

It is December and wardrobes across Kenya have already shifted. The weight of the year loosens, calendars open to reunions and celebrations, and fashion, quietly but deliberately, takes centre ...

Africa is a continent of immense natural wealth and remarkable cultural diversity. It is also home to the world’s youngest population. Despite this extraordinary potential, Africa faces a convergence ...