African fashion was also a topic at the Global African Business ... In the 1960s and 70s, ... FIT’s curator of Costume and Accessories who wrote the book Black Designers in American Fashion. ...

A new generation of African designers are bursting onto the global fashion scene, gaining recognition from top celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, and Naomi Campbell.

The brand Sindiso Khumalo’s design aesthetic blends vintage styles, drawing inspiration from various eras, such as early 20th-century Black American fashion and 1960s South African fashion.

Centuries of cultural erasure and a historical lack of capital account for the underrepresentation of African fashion in mainstream media, but Farai Simoyi is on course to correct that.

This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots, the five-day period in June 1943 when servicemen stalked the streets of Los Angeles attacking Mexican American zoot suiters.

But African American hair braiding styles stood — and still stand — as a direct challenge to those outdated norms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black is Beautiful movement sparked a renaissance ...

African fashion was also a topic at the Global African Business Initiative to explore the industry's future. As reported by UNESCO, Africa exports $15.5 billion annually in raw textiles, clothing ...