Using plastic waste in the Nigerian textile industry would reduce pollution, generate employment, and cut a niche in the ...

Fashion is more than clothing; it is identity, culture, and expression. Yet in Nigeria, talent alone is not enough to ...

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been turning heads since she first started modeling in the 1980s. But for Nigerian fashion designer Chukwuma Ian Audifferen, her appearance at the Arise Fashion Week “30 ...

She’s been called one of Africa’s most important designers, and a pioneering figure in Nigerian fashion. Now, Folashade “Shade” Thomas-Fahm is among the names being celebrated by London’s Victoria and ...

That language, on this night, had a translator - Lisa Folawiyo. The designer’s hand on Temi and Mr Eazi’s garments did more ...

In 2019, Nigeria’s foremost sustainable and mindful designer, Nkwo Onwuka, invented an original textile cloth called the Dakala Cloth. It was a means of reducing textile waste and preserving ...

Zoom does little to diminish Victoria Folashade “Shade” Thomas-Fahm’s glamorous persona. The 88-year-old fashion designer looks regal in a velvet gele (an intricately tied headwrap) and matching dress ...

Bob Cal, founder and CEO US-based Fashion Entertainment Television Hub (FE TV Hub) has described Nigeria as a virgin ground for talents in fashion, which the world is eagerly looking forward to see ...

IN JUNE 2022 the Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum in London will stage an exhibition on the history of African fashion, from independence through to the present day. It is an ambitious task: no ...

In recent years, African fashion has experienced a meteoric rise on the international scene. Talented designers, inspired by a rich heritage and deeply rooted traditions, are reinventing fashion codes ...