Fashion is a lingua franca, and in the modern context, it is increasingly a worldly sensibility embracing an African-inspired attire with its buoyant lexicon. A fine blend of classic African elements ...

PARIS (AP) — Cameroon-born designer Imane Ayissi fused sumptuous satin and taffeta with ancestral African ... a modern edge to these traditional materials. Reimagining colonial-era kaba dresses ...