A History of African Fashion: 10 Skills in 90 Seconds
· Episode 7 of 10
Episode 7 / 10
African Designers Rise: Building a Global Industry
Name three pioneering African fashion designers from this episode and one specific contribution each made to building African fashion as a global industry.
Alphadi (Niger) co-founded the FIMA festival in 1998, one of the first major international fashion platforms on African soil. Ozwald Boateng became the first Black designer to open a bespoke tailoring house on Savile Row, fusing Ghanaian color sensibility with British tailoring. Deola Sagoe of Nigeria built structured couture from aso-oke and adire textiles and presented in Paris and New York from the 1990s onward.
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