Cameroon-born designer Imane Ayissi fused sumptuous satin and taffeta with ancestral African crafts in a couture collection ...

From embellished quilts to breezy linen sheets, here's how to upgrade your sofa with a throw blanket instead of a boring ...

Norovirus microbes can silently lurk in clothes fabric for up to a month ... a microbiologist and author told the HuffPost: 'Your clothing is porous and therefore is essentially a solid petri ...

People try to salvage items from the burned down secondhand clothing market at Kantamanto in Accra, Ghana, on January 2, 2025. NIPAH DENNIS / AFP A raging inferno that swept through the bustling ...

We talked to experts about which germs tend to live on clothing the longest, the types of fabric that harbour germs and how to properly wash your clothes. How do germs spread to and from clothing?

Fabrics like Ghana’s kente, South Africa’s shweshwe, and Mali’s bogolanfini (mud cloth) are being reimagined for modern audiences. Designers like Adjoavi Style are part of this evolution ...

Co-owners Mira Kahindo and Joseph Maimomo share the inspiration behind opening their store. Inside you’ll find African men’s and women’s occasion clothes and kids' clothes and shoes.

We also happen to believe that the most beautiful and most dramatic fabric ... of Africa, and for Black people in general. Time was when the kente was a strictly royal cloth reserved only for ...

Two years ago, the clothing brand ... with a traditional African pattern. Many people told him it would make a great product to turn into a brand. "My mother had bought the fabric during one ...

Being a female entrepreneur, in some ways, is harder. Being a female entrepreneur working in sub-Saharan Africa trying to build a fashion or lifestyle brand is a herculean endeavor. At an event ...