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Afrik Fashion Show's 15th edition celebrates four generations of Ivorian designers

Abidjan - The Afrik Fashion Show is back for a fifteenth edition focusing on the theme 'Made in Ivory Coast'. For the occasion, fifteen designers from four generations presented their latest collections. A confident and charismatic, Fatim Sidimé made her entrance on the podium of the 'Palais des Congrès de l'Hôtel Ivoire', Saturday 6 November...

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Tailor for Nelson Mandela now on a mission to boost African fashion

Ivorian-Burkinabe tailor Pathe'O can look back on a 50-year career that has seen him rise from self-taught improviser to supplier of Africa's wealthy and powerful, including anti-apartheid torchbearer Nelson Mandela. As well as South Africa's first black president, his richly coloured shirts have graced the backs of Moroccan King Mohamed VI,...