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Discover how Chicago’s African-inspired design scene connects global traditions with local creativity in Connecting Threads: #AfricaFashion in Chicago. Featuring
Discover how Chicago’s African-inspired design scene connects global traditions with local creativity in Connecting Threads: #AfricaFashion in Chicago. Featuring
Discover how Chicago’s African-inspired design scene connects global traditions with local creativity in Connecting Threads: #AfricaFashion in Chicago. Featuring stunning garments, jewelry, and textiles from talented Chicago-based designers like Olivia Ogbara, Stephane
My last post on #AfricaFashion is this 2018 dress by Onder Die Invloed. More and more African designs are shown on stage or on screen, influencing what people wear. Sho Madjozi wore this at the Global Citizen Festival in Johannesburg. It features an Xibelani skirt, an often knee-length pleated
Lady of one of the top global influencers of fashion, her promotion of African designers was impactful. Obama particularly liked Tunisian designer, Alaia, and wore him numerous times, like here when her husband won the Nobel Prize in Oslo. #Fashionhistory #AfricaFashion #VAMuseum #FieldMuseum
The last theme of #AfricaFashion was Global Africa, and it showed examples of how African fashion is becoming more prominent internationally, showcasing traditional crafts/textiles, new designers, and boundless creativity. Here in this 2019 ensemble, Imane Ayissi showcases Cameroonian raffia and
When I was viewing #AfricaFashion, I couldn't quite get over this 2020 ensemble by Nao Serati, a unisex brand located in Johannesburg. It blends traditionally feminine and masculine elements of dress, as well as pink and blue, to create an iridescent purple dance outfit. #VAMuseum quotes Neo (yes,
Another outfit from #AfricaFashion 's Afrotopia theme is this 2012 dress from Bull Doff's Tangana collection. Tangana are small, traditional restaurant/fast food places in Senegal that often have plastic strips hanging from their entrances. These strips are also found on local buses, making them a
Another theme of the #vamuseum's #AfricaFashion was Afrotopia. They write that "this kind of narrative fashion discusses the pressing concerns of the day" to make the world a better place for Africans. Like in Aisha Ayensu's 2019 dress for Christie Brown's She is King collection. Here, she uses
Also in this section was this 2020 #ImaneAyissi dress I posted back in January. It was amazing to see it in person. I gasped when I rounded the corner and saw it! #AfricaFashion
The 2nd theme in #AfricaFashion is artisanal, as designers incorporate the rich history of handwoven textiles and handmade garments into their collections, a practice that promotes sustainability and local sourcing. For example, this is a 2020 bodice and khanga, a brightly patterned rectangular
#Africafashion begins with the political context around the cascade of independence movements within Africa from the 1960s-70s. It also references textile traditions from various countries, before moving on to prominent designers in the independence years. I have been focusing on that in my previous
#ootd is a creation by Chris Seydou from his time in Paris, where he started working with new materials, like this 1983 dress, which consists of a woven lurex (a yarn with embedded metallic fibers) bodice. He worked in Paris for 20 years before returning to Mali. #fashionhistory #africafashion
Final weekend for the Africa Fashion exhibition at the Field Museum
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The final designer in the early African designer section of #AfricaFashion is Chris Seydou from Mali. He had an apprenticeship with a local tailor after which he made his own clothes and those for his friends, just at the age of 16. He then opened his own store 2 years later. He then went to Cote
again, she preferred Nigerian fabric. However, the silhouette is characteristic of her designs, as is the matching hat, which was made to look like a gele (headwrap). #Fashionhistory #ootd #Africafashion #vamuseum #fieldmuseum
a word used more generally for elaborate trimmings like cords, fringes, and braided metallic designs. It is a traditional Moroccan raft that is used on many textiles. #Fashionhistory #Africafashion #VAMuseum #FieldMuseum
Lady Ashley Shaw-Scott Adjaye for their engagement party at Westminster Abbey, which was featured in Vogue magazine. His work has catapulted Ghana fashion into worldwide recognition #Fashionhistory #AfricaFashion #ootd #vamuseum #fieldmuseum
One of the designers featured in #AfricaFashion was Kofi Ansah. Ansah was from Ghana and then went to London to study fashion. After graduation, he entered the global fashion scene when he was commissioned to make a beaded top for Princess Anne. In 1980, he created his own label. This 1987 outfit
Over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to cover the
#Vandamuseum 's traveling exhibit #AfricaFashion as it appears in the Chicago #FieldMuseum. The first outfit I saw that took my breath away was this 1966 ensemble. It's a grand boubou (wide loose-fitting robe worn by men & women), a pagne (a
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Who said Kente had to be only colorful?(Nothing wrong that.) I love my monochromatic black kente Tuxedo with cloth woven in Bonwire, Ghana and tailored in Brooklyn. 🇬🇭 #GhanaFresh #FinancialFollies #NYFWA #Africafashion
A large and comprehensive exhibition of fashion from Africa is on show at the National Gallery of Victoria @NGVMelbourne. #AfricaFashion is a visual feast coming to Melbourne from the Victoria & Albert Museum (@V_and_A) in London. Hard to choose a favourite outfit!
