African Fashion Education: What Does the Future Hold for the Industry?

The Council for International Education in African Fashion (CIAFE) is an organization dedicated to improving the standards of fashion education to make it accessible to all in hopes of creating employment opportunities, launched in July 2021. FashionUnited spoke with CIAFE Executive Director Frederica Brooksworth about the development of digital fashion and sustainability in African fashion…

Dashiki: the history of a radical clothing

Dive yourself in the unique history and revolutionary politics of symbolic clothing of West Africa. DIASPORA – Dashiki is clothing as politics. In this current state, it may not look exactly like this: a revived urban trend, largely associated with the complex and highly recognizable ‘Angelina print,’ but its history is one of African’s innovations and black…

Heritage revival – Textiles produced in Nigeria

Fashion made in Nigeria seems almost exploding in recent years, and the beautiful handmade textiles are increasingly recognizable. I would like to emphasize this briefly. So let’s dive in. Adire Can I have a personal moment? Personally, I love Nigerian textiles, and it is Adire who calls me ultimately. Since the beginning of the 20th century in…