Kilubukila: Crafting a New Congolese Narrative Through Heritage, Design, and Women’s Empowerment
In the heart of Kinshasa, where the pulse of the city meets the echo of ancestral memory, a quiet revolution is unfolding — not with fanfare, but with fiber. In a modest workshop humming with laughter, looms, and purpose, Congolese women are weaving more than raffia. They are weaving futures. Identity. Power. And pride. This […]
Waste Not, Wear More: African Designers and Artists Upcycle the Future
As the global fashion industry reckons with its massive environmental impact, Africa is quietly leading a creative revolution — one where waste is not discarded but reborn. On this World Environment Day, we turn the spotlight to a growing community of African designers and artists transforming textile scraps, plastic, and secondhand clothing into vibrant works […]
A Decade of Design: Roselyn Silva on Intentional Elegance and Her São Tomé Roots
At the United Nations: Fashion, Culture, and the Urgency of Collective Action
This week, the UN Fashion & Lifestyle Network convened its annual meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Hosted by the United Nations Office for Partnerships and the Fashion Impact Fund —a program of PVBLIC Foundation in collaboration with the UN Sustainable Fashion Alliance and supported by Lenzing, this edition of the UN Fashion […]
Inside Éki Kéré: The Brand Reclaiming Raffia, Masquerade, and Meaning
In an industry obsessed with velocity: new drops, new aesthetics, the endless sprint for the next big thing—Abasiekeme Ukanireh dares to move differently. She has become one of the most sought-after designers on the continent, renowned for her exquisite craftsmanship that blends vernacular materials and transforms the mundane into the extraordinary. As evident as it […]
Earth’s Palette: African Designers Crafting Ultra-Sustainable Fashion with Natural Dyes
As Earth Day 2025 dawns under the theme “Our Power, Our Planet,” African fashion is blooming with colors drawn straight from the earth. Forget fast fashion’s toxic legacy—20% of global wastewater and 10% of CO2 emissions. An Adire dress steeped in Yoruba indigo, a Kente gown dyed with Ghanaian kola nut, or a recycled denim […]
Guzangs Joins the UN Fashion and Lifestyle Network
Fashion is more than fabric. It is history, movement, and resistance stitched into silhouette. It is storytelling in motion, a language spoken through thread, texture, and the way a garment shapes the body. At Guzangs, we have always believed that fashion is a cultural force, an archive of identity, and a bold statement of where […]
Ilkhe du Toit on Material-First Design and the Journey of Salt
Image credit: Liezl Zwarts. Ilkhe du Toit’s collection Salt begins with a contradiction. The designer grew up on a sheep farm in South Africa where her family exported wool to European mills, surrounded by raw fiber that would eventually become garments. Yet the connection between the two felt invisible. “I didn’t understand how wool became […]
Guzangs Holiday Gift Guide:Thoughtful Pieces for Every Style Lover
This holiday season, Guzangs presents a curated selection of luxurious, statement-making gifts from African designers. Perfect for the style-savvy and sustainably minded, these pieces go beyond accessories—they’re wearable art. From a regal cape to a bold Western hat and an elegant scarf, each item inspires confidence, celebrates African craftsmanship, and adds a touch of […]
Kente Gentlemen: Crafting a Legacy of Boldness and Culture Through Fashion
It began with two shirts. When Aristide Loua, a math graduate living in South Carolina, received two wax-print shirts from his mother in Côte d’Ivoire, something stirred in him. The shirts were not just garments. They were memories, fragments of home — the colors, the patterns, the stories. Aristide could almost hear the laughter of […]