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African designers pay tribute to the late Virgil Abloh

African fashion designers on Monday paid tribute to American star designer Virgil Abloh for helping "open the door" and allowing them to be seen and heard in the global industry. Artistic director for Louis Vuitton men's collections, Abloh, whose family was from Ghana, died on Sunday of cancer aged 41, after becoming the first major black...

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Imane Ayissi creates couture collection from scrap fabrics

Imane Ayissi, who became the first designer from sub-Saharan Africa to be named a guest on the official couture schedule when he made his couture debut in January, has showcased a collection made entirely from scraps of fabric from previous collections. Entitled ‘Amal-Si’, which means "the great misfortune that befalls the earth" in the Ewondo...

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Face masks are Paris fashion week must-haves

Paris - Paris women's fashion week began late Monday with the face mask already its must-have accessory. With two Chinese brands -- Shiatzy Chen and Jarel Zhang -- missing from the runway because of the coronavirus epidemic, the biggest wardrobe dilemma for fashionistas is whether to wear a mask or not. Giorgio Armani saved their blushes Sunday...

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First Indian and black African enter fashion's elite club

Rahul Mishra and Imane Ayissi will make history Thursday by becoming the first Indian and black African designers to show their clothes on the elite Paris haute couture catwalk. Only a little more than a dozen of the world's most prestigious luxury labels -- including Dior, Chanel and Givenchy -- have a right to call their clothes haute couture....

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Imane Ayissi: "Africa is no longer excluded from international fashion"

Imane Ayissi, a multidisciplinary artist inspired by dance and fashion as a way of life will participate as a guest presenter in January on the official calendar haute-couture week in Paris. Native of Cameroon, and son of African boxing champion, is asserting himself as the first sub-Saharan creator by joining the ranks of the fashion elite. The...

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Ayissi to be first sub-Saharan designer to show at Paris haute couture week

His father was undefeated boxing champion of Africa, now Imane Ayissi is making history himself by becoming the first sub-Saharan designer to show in the elite Paris haute couture week. Not only is he joining fashion's creme de la creme, the Cameroonian couturier is shaking up the stereotype of what "African materials" are by refusing to use wax...