Dive into the stories about who and what is shaping the African fashion scene and what’s culturally relevant today.
Osmund Taylor Mbanefo is a fashion entrepreneur who believes that fashion’s next frontier is not just the garments, it’s the data around these garments. With this vision, he created Denim Lab Studios, a startup anchored on the Digital Product Passport (DPP) technology. His interest in fashion technology began with an application to Carbon13 in Cambridge, […]
3 weeks ago
What if your clothes could tell their own story? Not just who made them, but where they’ve been, who has owned them and whether they’re even the real thing. That’s the idea behind RAC (Reviving Ancient Codes), a new collection from Nigerian creative technology company Nextberries. When Atlanta Dream stars Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray […]
1 month ago
Fey Atelier is a Lagos and fashion London house which has just released its first aso-oke collection, “Obinrin.” The hero piece of the collection is inspired by an experience of trying to navigate a London station with a baby. The piece is engineered to carry a baby on the back while remaining stylish. Functionality for […]
3 months ago
In Nigeria, political influence is not only exercised by the ruling class through polemics and powerful speeches: it is also worn.
5 months ago
Nahous has quietly and unmistakably reshaped what a creative hub in Lagos can be. What began as a physical space has steadily evolved into something more fluid, something that resists easy definition and instead invites constant reinterpretation. That evolution has been marked by a series of carefully considered moments. The most recent happened in December […]
6 months ago
The month of love is back again, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. February 14th is a special day to celebrate the romance between you and your partner. Some decide to spend the day with their significant other, serenading each other with heartfelt epistles while others honour the popular, almost compulsory way to […]
4 years ago
African fashion has increasingly become a space where heritage and innovation meet, and few designers embody that balance as consistently as Lanre Da Silva Ajayi (LDA). For almost two decades, the Nigerian luxury designer has built a reputation for collections that merge vintage glamour with African craftsmanship, producing garments instantly recognizable for their rich textiles, […]
4 years ago
Ituen Basi’s presentation at ARISE Fashion Week 2023 demonstrated how traditional African craft can be reinterpreted through contemporary proportion, colour and surface. For Oluwabunmi Olayinka, working on collection design with Ituen Basi provided an opportunity to participate within a design process where textile, ornament and silhouette were closely connected. ARISE Fashion Week & Jazz Festival […]
4 years ago
The glamour of a runway show often conceals the discipline that sustains it. Audiences remember the clothes, photographers immortalise the garments, and critics dissect the collection, but behind every seamless presentation lies an operational machine responsible for ensuring that creativity arrives on the runway exactly as it was imagined. At the ARISE Fashion Week & […]
4 years ago
By Seth Onyango, bird story agency On Dec. 6 2022, Chanel, one of the world’s leading luxury brands, organized a three-day cultural program in Senegal, the Chanel Métiers d’Art show. This was the inaugural runway show for the haute couture brand on African soil. While the show has previously been held in New York, Paris, Shanghai, […]
4 years ago
If recent history is anything to go by, one thing about the Alté community is that their fashion always stands out. On their return this year, Iretidayo Zacchaeus’ Street Souk did not fail to live up to its reputation as Africa’s largest annual streetwear convention. These are some of our favorite looks from the attendees […]
4 years ago
Founded in 2021, luxury fashion brand YINX Apparel taps award-winning Afrobeats artist Mayorkun for its new campaign. YINX Apparel, just recently launched by Yinka Akinsanya, is an experiment born out of Minneapolis Minnesota, combining street fashion characteristics with luxury finishes. Mayorkun has spent his career touring the world, in-front of vibrational crowds and for its […]
4 years ago
Africa’s largest annual streetwear convention, today announced details of its much anticipated fifth year anniversary edition. The ground-breaking festival has partnered with Pocket by Piggyvest, MTN, Power Horse, Jameson and TrybeOne to bring together the best of Africa’s upcoming and most influential streetwear brands for a unique and immersive experience celebrating fashion, music, culture, sports […]
4 years ago
