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Tailoring peace: Colombian ex-rebels turn to fashion

Once dressed to kill as they stalked the Colombian jungle, a group of young former FARC rebels have shed their camouflage fatigues, boots and guns to help ease their way back into society following a 2016 peace deal. The ex-guerrillas held a fashion show in Bogota this week, with colorful outfits and overt messages of peace pressed into service...

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The emerging designers putting Colombia on the fashion map

For years, Colombia has been working hard to shed its former reputation. Once commonly thought of as the world's capital of cocaine, with the Medellin drug cartel led by the infamous Pablo Escobar and the FARC rebels guerrillas painting the streets red, this aged image of a country which is currently South America's third largest economy has...

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Fashion takes center stage in Bogota at BCapital

Medellin, Colombia - home to Colombiatex de las Americas and ColombiaModa, the largest textile and fashion trade fair and fashion week in South America respectively - is widely thought of as the fashion capital of the country. With the 2014 edition of ColombiaModa generating a record amount of 308 million dollars in business orders, Medellin's...

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Colombia's Amelia Toro: designer and teacher

Colombian designer Amelia Toro doesn't just dress elegant New York women. In her homeland, she is committed to training and employing single mothers in a bid to give back to society. During New York fashion week, she presented her latest capsule collection at her immaculate store in Manhattan, summing up the line as English schoolboy meets...

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Lia Samantha: Using Fashion to Counter Racism in Colombia

When looking at fashion emerging from Latin-America today, traditional African prints, with vivid reds, magentas, emeralds and blue may not spring to mind straight away. But it is these contrasting and bold colours that are at the center of Lia Samantha Lozano Rendón collections, a rising singer/designer whose designs are increasingly in demand...