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Luxury brands make a play for Africa
Read more: Luxury brands make a play for AfricaSub-Saharan Africa is a promising market for luxury goods as urbanisation‚ economic development and increased affluence among the expanding middle class drive growth across the sector. The region is experiencing the globe’s second-fastest economic growth‚ after Asia Pacific‚ and between 2008-2013 the luxury goods sector grew 35%‚ the Global Powers of Luxury Goods report by…
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Style Surfing
Read more: Style SurfingHuman beings have always used their appearance as personal advertising – a calling card signaling who we are and where we are at. As our world grows ever more complex and fragmented, the importance of appearance grows ever greater: our visible differences and similarities facilitating interaction and relationships. Extracts from the book Style Surfing ©…
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Vivienne Westwood’s Ethical Fashion Africa collection
Read more: Vivienne Westwood’s Ethical Fashion Africa collection‘s Ethical Fashion Africa collection After the success of the first capsule collection, Ethical Fashion Africa Project, Vivienne Westwood renews her commitment with a new and larger collection of handbags and accessories also dedicated to men. The new models for him and for her were realized using recycled materials- electric cables, discarded aluminum and plastic bags, otherwise destined to…
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Celebrated South Africa-based Zimbabwen designer Rumbie Madzivanyika Muzofa set to represent at the Africa Fashion Reception in Abuja July 3 to 5
Read more: Celebrated South Africa-based Zimbabwen designer Rumbie Madzivanyika Muzofa set to represent at the Africa Fashion Reception in Abuja July 3 to 5Celebrated South Africa-based Zimbabwen designer Rumbie Madzivanyika Muzofa is set to represent the country at the Africa Fashion Reception which is to be held in Abuja July 3 to 5. The fashion reception which was officially launched in Paris last year, will this year be hosted by the Nigerian Government under the Federal Ministry of…
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Lianne La Havas is set to play Lollapalooza + AfroPunk Festival August 2014
Read more: Lianne La Havas is set to play Lollapalooza + AfroPunk Festival August 2014Lianne La Havas interviewed by VV Brown on VVVtv I must say that I absolutely Love and adore Lianne Las Havas! Her beautiful voice, her lyrics, her style! I am so happy that she is gaining the success in her career in a way that is true to her image. I must say That i…
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South African govt approves R200mn for textile cluster
Read more: South African govt approves R200mn for textile clusterOriginally posted in Fibre2Fashion The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Government of South Africa, has approved a R200 million (approx. US$ 19 million) Grant Fund and a 5-Year Plan for the establishment of a Southern African Sustainable Textile and Apparel Cluster (SASTAC), according to a DTI press release. The National Cluster would help the…
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As Nigeria and Angola dazzle the luxury sector, Kenya seems focused on building a fashion market for everyone.
Read more: As Nigeria and Angola dazzle the luxury sector, Kenya seems focused on building a fashion market for everyone.BY ROBB YOUNG Originally published in The Business of Fashion. NAIROBI, Kenya — Chatting to fashion insiders here feels, in many ways, the same as anywhere else around the world. Nairobi’s power bloggers have moved to Instagram; local designers are troubled by cheap counterfeits; and the same laundry list of global celebrities reigns supreme from Mombasa…
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