Africa is home to numerous communities, each with its unique traditions. One of the things that bring these communities together is dressing. African fabrics are known for being colourful and ...

The show marks the ten year anniversary of the original “Black Dress” exhibit, created in 2014 by tenured Pratt Institute professor Adrienne Jones.

As founder of the Tesslo fashion brand, and a former science student, she produces a distinctively modern take on traditional wax print ankara ... infuse elements of African culture in colorful ...

The aptly chosen dress designed by Isabella Kristiansen catapulted the Princess into the spotlight at the time, namely because of the large panda, the symbol of WWF, adding a wild spin to her ...

In the fall of 2024, three major exhibitions dedicated to African fashion history opened on the ... who were studying African textiles and dress practices — in traditional, formal contexts ...

The State of the Nation Address featured a dazzling display of local fashion, with Nomvula Mokonyane leading the pack in ...

I had this concern that we were framing African fashion as ankara, a wax print fabric popular in West ... reductive to say it’s just one style of dress. How does the fashion differ from region ...

Princess Kate's leopard-print dress is the wildly elegant look we need. And it’s not just fashion historians and journalists who are smitten. Donatella Versace, also quoted in Alexander’s book ...