Denim jeans with metallic gold stripe letters emblazoned on the back pockets, pan-African flags embroidered onto knitted sweaters, and caps covered with cotton wreaths are a few of the designs you may recognize as being part of “DenimTears,” Tremaine Emory’s self-described African-American sportswear label.
For lovers of African culture, design and art, an event held this past October is one worth looking into. The Joburg Fashion Week was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, and it was the continent’s premier fashion event, which exhibited some of Africa’s finest fashion, beauty, music and more.
When Ryan Lobo and Ramon Martin met at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia back in the 1980s, they created a strong friendship and that friendship led to something special. Fast forward to 2011 and their fashion line, Tome, was born. Prior to Tome, Lobo and Martin worked their way through the fashion industry. After they graduated from college, Martin became a fashion designer and Lobo became a fashion buyer but they managed to maintain their friendship and eventually decided to work together.
Selen Akyuz is a distinctive force in the ever-changing realm of fashion, weaving a narrative that transcends traditional boundaries and challenges the status quo. Akyuz’s fashion design represents not just her unique identity as a female fashion designer from Turkey but also her initiative to bring “simple, easy, nature, sustainable fashion” to life.
Recipients of the ANDAM Prize, H&M Design Award and Galeries Lafayette Prize, a semifinalist at the 2020 LVMH Prize and a finalist at the 2018 Hyères Festival, Ester Manas has made it their mission to create clothing for all bodies.
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