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Singeleza Lace: The art that transforms Brazilian lives

For Over the past 8 years, the Artecer association in Paripueira, Maceió (AL), has been gathering women from the community to learn and develop clothing. The women work with Singeleza lace, and are supported by the Sebrae, the Brazilian support service for small enterprises. Most likely originating from Portugal, the lace is made with a needle,...

21 Dec 2021

People |Interview Featured

Colombian designer Claudia Gontovnik talks sustainable fashion and female empowerment

Colombian sociologist, designer and multidisciplinary artist, Claudia Gontovnik dedicates her work to fair and sustainable fashion. Born in the city of Barranquilla, she is now based in Miami, United States, where she creates unique garments that each hold important social commentary. With prices sitting between 395 dollars and 1,200 dollars,...

16 Sept 2021

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New subscription box brings African textiles into your closet

Jacqueline Shaw has built her career helping entrepreneurs and fashion brands build sustainable businesses with African-made goods. Her mission has been to open up the African opportunity; to help brands reimagine their supply-chain; and to interpret centuries-old textile traditions and techniques for the global market, specializing in creating...

17 Feb 2021

Fashion |REPORT Featured

How are independent African brands coping with Covid-19?

In mid-March 2020, the magnitude of the Covid-19 pandemic became clear to the world. Authorities worldwide called for the closing of schools, restaurants and shops. This has also strongly affected the fashion industry, which has had to cancel fashion events around the world, postpone meetings and close showrooms. Although less influenced by the...

14 May 2020

Business |Interview Featured

Russian luxury shopping center cancels rental payments of tenants during Covid-19

It’s no mystery that the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on the fashion industry. Countless fashion events were postponed or cancelled, while retailers saw their sales revenue drop as they closed shop. Russia is no exception. The country has seen 209,688 confirmed cases, making it the fifth most affected country in the...

11 May 2020

Fashion |INTERVIEW Featured

Uniwax: After a collaboration with Dior, the company is pursuing its international ambitions

For half a century, Uniwax has made its mark as one of the main manufacturers of the famous wax print. In West Africa and more specifically in Ivory Coast, this brand is among the leaders. In April 2019, Uniwax made its debut in the luxury fashion world by collaborating with Dior. At the cruise collection 2020 show in Marrakesh, the famous house...

6 Mar 2020

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Imane Ayissi: "Africa is no longer excluded from international fashion"

Imane Ayissi, a multidisciplinary artist inspired by dance and fashion as a way of life will participate as a guest presenter in January on the official calendar haute-couture week in Paris. Native of Cameroon, and son of African boxing champion, is asserting himself as the first sub-Saharan creator by joining the ranks of the fashion elite. The...

20 Jan 2020

Fashion |INTERVIEW Featured

Vegan cactus leather from Mexico: new favorite for luxury at Lineapelle Milan

CDMX - With the purpose of creating an alternative to animal leather, Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez, both hailing from Mexico, developed vegan leather made with nopal (a cactus), which they successfully showcased in the last edition of the International Leather Fair Lineapelle 2019, which took place in October in Milan, Italy. The...

1 Nov 2019

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Meet Maydi, the knitwear brand using local Argentinian fibres

Behind each brand is a mind. Behind handmade knitwear brand, Maydi, is Maria Abdala Zolezzi, an Argentinian designer with a vision to create fashion processes that respect both workers and the environment. Maydi uses fibres traditionally found in Argentina, such as merino and camelids wool to create ageless contemporary designs. Before founding...

3 May 2019

Business |INTERVIEW Featured

Isabel Rott started a minimalist, genderless brand without previous fashion experience

You don’t necessarily need a fashion degree or previous fashion experience to start a fashion label as bachelor degrees are no longer a guarantee of success in the industry: self-taught talents can go just as far, if not further. Just look at Virgil Abloh, a graduated architect who currently serves as menswear designer at Louis Vuitton’s...

26 Apr 2019

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Vegan fashion: Brazilian brand Insecta Shoes wants to take over EU and North America

It all started in 2014 at Urban Vintagers, a secondhand store in the city of Porto Alegre, in the southern tip of Brazil. Pam Magpali, then CEO of the now extinct eco-friendly shoe label MAG-P Shoes, couldn’t help but notice the pile of clothes that the store’s owner, Barbara Mattivy, had put aside for repair. She fell in love with the prints...

5 Apr 2019

Fashion

Social project meets fashion brand, South America's Ruralanas

With the attempt to improve the quality of life of rural women in Uruguay, the fashion brand Ruralanas was created in 2003 by the Gastesi Foundation Marticorena. The company produced items made by local women using traditional techniques, including weaving 100 percent wool. In 2009 the Ruralanas became independent, remaining in the hands of...

4 Apr 2019