In a small shop nestled inside the heart of Accra, Patience Golo prepares to stitch yards of African wax print for a wedding dress she is making for a client. The fabric is rich in color: pops of ...
A firm in a small Dutch town is dressing the women of west Africa – and business is better than ever. The Dutch town of Helmond is so small that even Dutch people struggle to point it out on a map. In ...
To start your wax-resist art project, gather essential materials like beeswax or paraffin wax, a small brush or stick for ...
Erika Dalya Massaquoi has gone from curating and teaching fashion, as the former assistant dean of the School of Art and Design at FIT New York, to living it as the founder of The Oula Company. Using ...
“Riotously colorful, densely patterned, and unassailably fabulous,” the iconic fabrics have come to symbolize Africa’s contribution in fashion and design to the rest of the world. Beyond the fashion ...