The Search for African Identity in African fashion SERIES, Part 1: Sho Madjozi
11 years ago in his foreword to Helen Jennings’ book New African Fashion, Iké Udé qualified that while African fashion and art was not...
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Current Technological Considerations For Fashion Media Studies
Key Points It is imperative to develop vocational fashion media curricula that provide students with the skills necessary to succeed in...
A Closer Look At The Inert Investment In African Fashion Education
The value of the global fashion industry is projected to double in the next 10 years, generating up to US$ 5 trillion annually. Africa...
A Proposed Definition For Fashion Design
The fashion industry is multifaceted and can be considered as an umbrella term constituting various homonyms that construct the industry....
History of African Fashion - Kofi Ansah
Kofi Ansah was born in 1951 into an artistic family and his interest in art and design. He was encouraged by his father, a photographer...
Recommended Resource - The Politics of the First
The Politics of the First: The Emergence of the Black Model in the Civil Rights Era by Janice Cheddie There has been very little...
Elaine Welteroth - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Elaine Welteroth is an American journalist, editor and best-selling author. In April 2016, she became editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, and...
Brandon Blackwood - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Brandon Blackwood was born in Brooklyn, New York and is of Jamaican and Chinese descent. He spent most of his upbringing between New York...
Recommended Resource - Fashion and Race Database
Fashion and Race Database The Fashion and Race Database is an online research and education platform that is dedicated to expanding the...
Anifa Mvuemba - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Anifa Mvuemba born November 16, 1990, is an African American fashion designer. Her family moved to the United States from Kenya when she...
Telfar Clemens - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Telfar Clemens was born to native Liberian parents in Queens New York. In 2002 Clemens moved to New York to pursue a career in modelling....
Recommended Resource - A Brief History of Trends that Originated from Black Communities
A Brief History of Trends that Originated from Black Communities In this article, Jonquil Lawrence provides context to popular fashion...
Ola Hudson - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Ola Hudson was an American costume designer, known for the costumes she made for performers such as David Bowie, the Pointer Sisters, ...
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