by SaachiBhatia | Sep 29, 2020 | Fashion
Kenyan fashion designers have cited the unregulated importation of second-hand clothes, popularly known as mitumba, as the biggest threat to the industry. According to a new study on the current state of the fashion industry, players said besides the current Covid-19...
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 29, 2020 | Apparel, Fashion & Retail, Fashion, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
When asked why there arent more people of color in the Italian fashion industry, officials have cited a lack of candidates in homogeneous Italy. Five African-born designers in Italy want to put that view to rest with their inclusion on the official Milan Fashion Week...
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 7, 2020 | Fashion, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
In Africa, fashion is mostly limited to tropes like wax prints, and beaded necklaces. It is rarely segregated by country, as well. The 54 vastly diverse countries of the continent are clumped into one term- “African fashion” instead. But there’s a...
