Holiday Dressing with Christie Brown
There’s an energy that shows up around the holidays. You feel
Africa Fashion Arrives in Montreal: A Global Conversation Continues
Walking into Africa Fashion in Montreal feels like arriving at the latest stop in a global conversation — one that began in London, traveled through Brooklyn, staged in Melbourne, and now lands here to shed new light on diasporic and local voices. Originally mounted at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London from July 2, […]
The Power of the Collective: Artisans Behind the Runway
In Ghana’s Bonwire village, kente weavers thread vibrant narratives into silk-cotton cloth. In Ethiopia’s Amhara region, women’s cooperatives spin cotton into minimalist elegance. In South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal, Zulu beadworkers craft intricate patterns. In Mali’s Bamako region, indigo dyers create mud-dyed bogolanfini. In Kenya’s Kitui County, the Shalom Pride community weaves raffia into sustainable basket bags. […]