FOFA the Future of Fashion in Africa

03/09/2018

“WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE [THE PROCESS OF] EXPLORING OUR IDENTITY, OUR HERITAGE AND OUR FUTURE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE A VERY IMPORTANT NARRATIVE” ~ Discover RICH MNISI his profile on thefofa.com: https://bit.ly/2LS53OV
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The next global fashion stories inspired by Africa

28/05/2018

02/05/2018

Burberry reveals the third portfolio in a series of images by Adwoa Aboah and Juergen Teller. Following on from the first chapter of the three-part campaign in which Adwoa was photographed in London, the city where she was born, and the second, shot in New York, where she currently lives, the campaign concludes in Ghana, as Adwoa returns to country where her father, Charles Aboah, was raised. Adwoa art-directed the shoot and cast her friend British model Sonny Hall to feature alongside her in the campaign, shot on location around her family home in Accra, Ghana.

http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/adwoa-aboah-burberry-autumn-winter-2018-pre-collection-campaign

"This is a message of love and pride to my family and the people of Ghana."

24/04/2018

Talking African luxury at the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference |

“There is a language of luxury that is Afrocentric and Afrocontinental,” “It’s not just about Africa [as a place], it’s a culture that forms the base of a population of 1.4 billion people in 54 countries around the world. It’s a consciousness that comes with being a black person, it’s multi-layered.”
http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/cni-lux-day-2-the-nature-of-luxury

Suzy Menkes reveals the location and theme of next year's Condé Nast International Luxury Conference

02/04/2018

Campbell, who was visiting Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, to appear on the runway at Arise Fashion Week, said there was a need for better representation of the continent.

“There should be a Vogue Africa,” she told Reuters in an interview. “We just had Vogue Arabia - it is the next progression. It has to be,” she said, referring to the edition of the magazine aimed at a readership in the Middle East that launched last year.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell said on Sunday that Vogue magazine should launch an African edition to recognize the continent's contribution to a global fashion industry that has been criticized for its lack of diversity.

02/04/2018

Dutch streetwear and sneakers boutique Patta Amsterdam produced a Lagos collection for the three day retail pop-up show and event fostering a cultural exchange between local and global brands. Put together by Boy Better Know Africa.

Photographed in Lagos, Nigeria.

02/04/2018

Remapping the world of fashion trendsetters — while this years 12th season of in Lagos is ending today, it hosted 44 designers from 14 countries and attracted an influential fashion crowd from all over the world. From the topmodels Naomi Campbell & Imaan Hammam to GQ director Mobolaji Dawodu. unfolds the influence fashion in Africa is having on a global
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Hightlights on Guardian Nigeria https://guardian.ng/tag/arise-fashion-week-2018/

The Latest news in Nigeria and world news. The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper brings you the latest headlines, opinions, political news, business reports and international news.

29/03/2018

Meet the women behind the rise of Nigeria's fashion industry: http://thefofa.com/profile/omoyemi-akerele/

17/03/2018

Amsterdam based streetwear label Daily Paper revisited the streets of Cape Town to explore local creative movements relevant all over the world today.

Daily Paper returns to South Africa for its spring summer 2018 campaign. check out the latest collection at All The Names Mag.

14/03/2018

Discover fashion creatives, executives and entrepreneurs influencing the global fashion industry with new African narratives. Now online! http://bit.ly/2FuuHea

12/03/2018

“Ghana is on track to make a remarkable claim for a country mired in poverty not long ago: It is likely to have one of the world’s fastest-growing economies this year.”

Mired in poverty not long ago, the West African nation’s economic growth is on track to outpace India’s. But with oil driving much of the expansion, experts worry about the so-called resource curse.

12/03/2018

Your new essential guide is online: http://bit.ly/2FuuHea

08/02/2018

Africa's first fashion industry database is coming soon!
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