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How a Mobile sewing group is clothing people in Africa

What started as a few friends with a love of sewing has grown into a mission of giving that’s reached across oceans. The ...
NPR

How The Sewing Machine Gave Power — And Fashion Cred — To African Women

In the fashion world, a "lookbook" is a collection of photos highlighting, say, a fashion designer's work or a fashion model. The African Lookbook has a different agenda: images that present a ...
Willamette Week

Portland Art Museum Presents the Globally Acclaimed “Africa Fashion” Exhibit

Africa Fashion Africa Fashion showcases the expansiveness of the contemporary African fashion scene through its display of more than 50 outfits designed by over 40 designers. This story is published ...
The New York Times

We Wore What? Centuries of Global Fashion as a System of Power

THE AFRICAN LOOKBOOK A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women By Catherine E. McKinley DRESS CODES How the Laws of Fashion Made History By Richard Thompson Ford When it comes to fashion history, ...
Los Angeles Times

For African first ladies, health issues are a chance to remake their image

Dressed in sleek suits and eye-catching robes, 13 African first ladies stepped onto a Westside red carpet this week, mingling with Hollywood celebrities and waving to the paparazzi. While they ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Prom dresses, African-influenced designs build fan base for Mississippi's Nadine Hancock

GULFPORT — In an unassuming building on Dedeaux Road, Nadine Hancock transforms material into the stuff of which dreams are made. Lace, satin, velvet, jersey, chiffon — bolts of fabric used to spin ...