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African designers make business case for ethical fashion

South Africa's Sindiso Khumalo hopes that people like the fact that her clothes are made in Cape Town and "sweatshop free". But most of all, the London-based designer hopes they want to buy them because you love wearing the signature graphic prints inspired-by and made in her homeland. "I think people should buy into my stuff because it is good,...

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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...