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Five Black women models walk a runway in a curved white-walled venue, wearing handwoven heritage textiles tailored as contemporary luxury garments. The model in the foreground wears a pink and red kente coat with a long fringed skirt and metallic boots. Beside her, a model in a grey and black patchwork coat with appliqué motifs. Behind them, three more models in striped, geometric, and embellished handwoven pieces. Lagos runway lighting, audience visible at the edges.

After the Applause: Heritage Textiles and the Economics of the Runway Moment

BAKUSORAYA Coton Brut — final-collection portrait, Porto-Novo.

At BAKUS ORAYA, Cotton in Its Final State

Designer Huguette Tchiapi, photographed in London.

Huguette Tchiapi’s Debut Begins in Yaoundé

Tia Adeola From Lagos With Love editorial — Nigerian fashion designers reshaping femininity, photographed by Danielle Mbonu

Nigerian Women Are Dressing Against the Code

A 20th-century Bògòlanfini tunic from Tenenkou, Mali, with cream geometric motifs on a dark mud-dyed ground, fringed sleeves, and bell tassels, photographed against a black background. Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Understanding Bògòlanfini: The Malian Textile Written in Mud and Cotton

Antonia Julies wears a Chelsea Jean Lamm garment with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm collage detailing in a verdant garden, photographed by Nina Zimolong.

What the Met’s 2026 Theme Means in an African Context, and the Designers Shaping the Narrative

Funky Cool Medina founder Fahd Al Marsaoui seated on a sofa in green geometric pants and blue cap against green zellige tiles in Marrakech

Funky Fahd Will See You Now

Detail shot of a handwoven Léppi textile, displaying the deep indigo dye and narrow-strip cotton weaving traditional to the Fouta-Djalon region.

Guinea: A Textile Civilization in Four Systems

Model wearing a brown tiered skirt and intricate multi-layered clay bead statement necklace from Hertunba's Akaoru collection, standing among traditional terracotta pots.

Hertunba’s ‘Akaoru’ Collection Is a Lesson in What Craftsmanship Actually Costs

Side-by-side comparison of two similar dark brown slip-on shoes. The left side features Lemaire and the right side features Kkerelé.

If This. Then That: Shoes — Lemaire → Kkerelé

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