Historically, African consumers don’t care about flawless precision, but tend to see other values in textiles like the fabric’s origins, colors, patterns and signs, Sarlay thinks.

Celebrate Heritage Month by exploring how South Africa's vibrant cultural diversity shapes its fashion industry, blending ...

The African continent is so diverse that colors and patterns have different meanings depending on where you live Kente clothe is the most popular handwoven African fabric, dating back to the 17th ...

Adire fabric art is a traditional textile dyeing technique that comes from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It involves creating ...

“Crackly” or “jazzy”, whatever you make of them wax-resist patterns are a look in homewares right now. Sign us up.

The European monopoly on wax print textiles in Central and West African markets is being undermined by Chinese companies. But now designers in Ivory Coast are embracing traditional patterns in a ...

Dutch take on China in African fabric war ‘AFRICA WAX’ The colonial-era Dutch fabric maker Vlisco has dominated the Africa market with its own floral patterns for 160 years, but faces cheap imports ...