Today, fashion designers and tailors are willing to blend or mix different types and patterns of fabric in one outfit. If you look for an African print dress on Amazon, you are likely to come ...

The clothing and print are in mainly primary colours, used to represent South Africa in green, gold, blue and red. “The clothing brand is inspired by different African cultures.

The Paris neighborhood called la Goutte D’Or — or Gold Drop — has long been a gateway neighborhood for immigrants from France’s former colonies in North and West Africa. Best known for its stores and ...

I’ve heard African designers in the U.S. say as long as people don’t wear printed pieces like an ... someone might wear a beautiful white Calvin Klein dress with an African print jacket over ...

She is best known in south Mississippi for her prom dresses, but Hancock took her talents to New Orleans recently as a contestant in the annual Top Design Competition, presented by New Orleans ...

We think of these prints as “African” because they are widely worn in West Africa: Here three contestants in the 2008 Economic Community of West African States beauty contest model dresses ...

The distinction between buyers and designers is an important one for many in the industry. “I would like to see African print everywhere,” said Yetunde Olukoya, a Nigerian-born designer who ...

This Colorado designer will showcase bold, West African prints ... include a sold-out “Night of Luxury” where designers ... “I never make more than a hundred dresses in any particular print.

Earlier this week, Stella McCartney incorporated Ankara, a traditional African print in colorful tribal patterns, in her collection, and sent numerous African-inspired dresses down the runway.

In a small shop nestled inside the heart of Accra, Patience Golo prepares to stitch yards of African wax print for a wedding dress she is making for a client. The fabric is rich in color: pops of ...