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Panel talk and audience at the Taking Up Space pop-up in London — How Taking Up Space Pop-up Celebrated Black Sustainable Fashion During BHM

Three organisations, one store in Mayfair, and one shared message. During Black History Month in London, Taking Up Space brought together Black-owned sustainable fashion brands to show that Black voices have long been leading the sustainability conversation.

Female Black model wearing a black veil covering her eyes — FAD: The Creative Platform Where Authenticity Meets Longevity

FAD is the brainchild of Fatou Alhya Diagne, born in Dakar and raised between Montreal and New York. Part platform, part archive, part manifesto: an ecosystem built to give African fashion the context it has always deserved.

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From Senegal to South Africa, African Fashion Is In Full Bloom

When Chanel brought its Métiers d'Art show to Dakar, Western media treated it like a discovery. It wasn't. Here's what that moment actually revealed about where African fashion stands today.

Jewellery Telling Black Stories In Brazil

In 19th-century Brazil, Black women traders used jewellery to protect their dignity and buy freedom. Three contemporary designers are still listening to that history, each in their own material language.

Everything You Need To Know About Fashion Tech

Digital worlds are offering infinite possibilities as technology is reinventing fashion and opening new opportunities. Fashion Tech specialist Lauralee Darien walk us through everything we need to know about this fast-growing space.

Fashion Scout on Collaboration and Sudan Fashion Zine REVout

Sudan's fashion scene has existed under near-total global silence. REVout Zine changed that. Fashion Scout director Billie Roberts talks scouting talent across Africa and the power of cross-border collaboration.

Discussing Africa’s Fashion Futures with Sustainability Pioneer Nkwo Onwuka

Nkwo Onwuka has been building a circular fashion brand in Nigeria since 2012, long before "sustainable" became a marketing fixture. She talks waste, craftsmanship and why Africa should be leading the charge.

Deep Dive Into Fashion Content Writing In Africa With Innocent Ndlovu

The stories are there. The designers are there. South Africa-based fashion writer Innocent Ndlovu speaks plainly about the gaps, and what it actually takes to report on African fashion from within it.