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HERITAGE 1960: African fashion for the global consumer
During our recent trip to New York we had the pleasure to meet up with Nigerian fashionista Enyinne Owunwanne. Enyinne is the founder of the stylish e-commerce website HERITAGE 1960 that offers a curated view of global African fashion, lifestyle and design. Named after the year 17 African countries gained their independence in 1960, ...
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Hub of Africa Fashion
You can’t be on top of everything happening in Addis. We learned that last week when Iben Djuraas from our home country contacted us, because she was coming to Addis Ababa for the ‘Hub of Africa Fashion‘, taking place from April 24-27th. This event completely escaped our attention, and we are so happy that Iben ...
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Eco-friendly design from South Africa
To be quite frank with you, I don’t’ stumble across many designers from sub-sahara Africa. Maybe its because, unlike in Europe or the US, design is not really a blossoming area of business here – yet, that is. Several African countries are renowned for their colourful dresses, textiles, pottery, masks, hairstyles, and I could go ...