The Guaranty Trust Bank Lagos Fashion and Design Week, in partnership with the British Council, has opened applications from filmmakers interested in exploring fashion as a theme. The fashion film workshop will take participants through the central aspects of the fashion filmmaking process. It will be facilitated by Grace Ladoja and will begin on September …
Is African fashion profitable? There has been a lot of hype around “African inspired” and “African” fashion but how are our African owned or African produced businesses really doing? From event producers of glamorous fashion shows to the fabric and fashion designers, is there really any profit in “African” inspired/African fashion? Often many fashion entrepreneurs …
“Five years ago, Vogue published an article whose headline asked a stark question: “Is Fashion Racist?” It was hard not to answer yes, when models of color — particularly African Americans — were nearly impossible to come by on New York, Milan, London and Paris runways. Not much has changed since 2008 — in part because there …
The beauty giant Estee Lauder which already has a presence in South Africa, is looking to increases its penetration in Africa, starting with Nigeria. Jewish Business reports: “According to recent market reports Estee Lauder is going ahead full tilt with their plans to introduce several of the top-selling brands in Africa, with plans to be …
“For many years, the business of fashion in Kenya has been underestimated and overlooked largely in part because this sector has been difficult to quantify. Most Kenyans often times hold on to old beliefs and attitudes when it comes to clothes manufactured locally. The wealthy shop abroad while the not so fortunate prefer second hand …
“The world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, Hennes & Mauritz, has signed its first lease to open a store in South Africa, according to a press report. South African weekly Sunday Times said in an article re-run on daily Business Day’s website that the Swedish retailer has signed a lease for a store in a mall that …