South Africa (SA) fashion Week and SA Fashion designers show support and the country’s soccer team, Bafana Bafana, with local African inspired soccer designs. The designs are available for purchase here. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west through contemporary African …
CNN Profiles Bethlehem Alemu, Shoe Mogul Building an Ethiopian Global Shoe Brand
Accountant turned shoe mogul Bethlehem Alemu is founder and owner of SoleRebels. Employing over 200 people, Alemu, makes shoes from “old rubber tires and tubes with each one hand cut into soles; the business takes inspiration from the original old car tire shoes worn by soldiers who fought off Italy’s invading forces. Some of the …
Is African Fashion Ready for the World?
“Fashion Week with Thierry Henry, Christiano Ronaldo, David Beckham and his ultra-stylish wife Victoria seated on the front-row is probably what many would expect to see at a European fashion capital. If the organizers of the upcoming Africa Fashion Week have their way, however, this could be what we are due to see at this …
Africa’s Influence in the Fashion industry
“A long way from the World Cup epicentres of Johannesburg and Durban, catwalkers in New York and Paris are already marching to an African beat. And why not? If global business will have its eye on all things African this month, chiming with the prevailing mood makes economic as well as sartorial sense. The work …
Ladybrille Exclusive: Oluchi, Agbani Darego Confirmed for Africa Fashion Week New York!
LadybrilleNigeria has just received the exclusive that Supermodels Oluchi Onweagba and Miss World 2001 Agbani Darego will attend the highly anticipated, first ever, Africa Fashion Week New York (AFWNY)! Other confirmed guests include Hope Olaide Wilson (Tyler Perry’s Why Did I get Married II), OK Magazine representatives, Osas Ighodaro (Cadillac Records, Law & Order), David …
Anna Getaneh/African Mosaique and MicKael Kra to Show in Berlin, June 9th, 2010
“As part of the Africa Days series of events organized by the German Foreign Office, the German premiere of the continent’s best designers will take place on June 9. This pan-African fashion show will feature samples from two top African fashion labels. The last few years have seen the development of an avant-garde fashion scene in …