When Beyoncé was on the magazine cover of Officiel Paris' 90th anniversary issue in March 2011, her mother, Tina Knowles, created her African-inspired dress.

Here at ESSENCE.com, we love a great print, and right now, no print is more exciting than the bold and vibrant African-inspired patterns that are showing up everywhere. African fashion has long ...

Over the weekend, Bassett attended the 2018 American Black Film Festival Honors Awards in an African print dress by Mangishi Doll.

Right Arrow U.S. 100-year-old dressmaker finishes 1051st dress for African children By Lauren Blanchard Fox News Published June 6, 2015 12:03pm EDT | Updated November 29, 2015 4:55pm EST Facebook ...

When her white teacher told her that an Ankara-print gown would be "tacky for prom", 18-year old Makalaya Zanders of Cleveland, Ohio, didn't get mad — she just showed up to prom looking bad as ...

Shoppers perused the vendors’ racks and tables, trying on a turquoise Ankara print shift dress here, admiring a brazen red and pink purse there, as Afrobeat played over the sound system.

The little black dress is a fashion staple is so iconic that it even has an acronym. There are LBDs for every occasion, from work to play. One category that’s practically a wardrobe requirement ...

Catherine E. McKinley’s “The African Lookbook” and Richard Thompson Ford’s “Dress Codes” revisit the rules and repression imposed by the clothes we wear.

Alfred Street Baptist Church hosts fashion show featuring hats donated to the National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) by Philadelphia hat designer Mae Reeves Saturday, May ...