African textile patterns are a colorful and important aspect of the continent's culture. These textiles, famous for their ...

Other than ankara dresses, African print skirts are one of the most sought-after African styles. And that’s no surprise! The versatility of skirts allows them to be easily worn in the summer ...

She’s known for reimagining traditional Nigerian fabrics, patterns, and colors, and deliberately elevating her creations to fit in with Western notions of “couture.” In the book, Checinska ...

are turning the traditional patterns of West African fabric into contemporary American silhouettes. “May was our biggest month ever, and June is going to be bigger than May,” said Addie Elabor ...

When she visited Nigeria, she would buy swaths of fabric in the dynamic prints she ... which featured loud, colorful patterns in streamlined silhouettes. When Olupona graduated from law school ...

Historically, African consumers don’t care about flawless precision, but tend to see other values in textiles like the fabric’s origins, colors, patterns and signs, Sarlay thinks. Belinda ...

But as Vlisco: African Fashion on a Global Stage makes clear with a short video and examples of pattern blocks, there are aspects of the fabric’s production that are quite traditional and remain ...