In recent years, African designers have found support from international celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and ...

The V&A Museum opens its first African fashion exhibition. Photographs, textiles, music and art showcase the creative power and global influence of the continent's designs. With its first-ever ...

ESSENCE dives into the archives to trace the creative evolution and lasting impact of Ann Lowe.

What does Rina Towett (fashion designer) and Dayan Masinde (fine artist) have in common? The answer is simple. Together they have started a fashion house, Ebony by Rinda, that celebrates African ...

“When did it start? It really started in my head a long, long time ago.” So says Emily G. Hanna about when the idea came to her for the new exhibition at the Mingei International Museum. To hear her ...

Ashaiman, Dec. 16, GNA – Mrs Josephine Ofori, a Ghanaian fashion designer, says African wear is increasingly becoming a powerful medium through which women reconnect with their cultural heritage, ...

GULFPORT — In an unassuming building on Dedeaux Road, Nadine Hancock transforms material into the stuff of which dreams are made. Lace, satin, velvet, jersey, chiffon — bolts of fabric used to spin ...

"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 ...

Matthew Williamson, the clothing designer to the stars, has become embroilled in an unfashionable row over some of his new dress designs. He has included two outfits based on traditional Ethiopian ...

Shortly after taking the oath of office as South Africa's first democratically elected President, Nelson Mandela stormed the uptight fashion world of statesmen and dignitaries with the most ...