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When it comes to sustainable fashion, “if it’s tacky, people won’t buy it,” says Kelly Drennan, founder of the nonprofit Fashion Takes Action.The group held a runway show in Toronto this week featuring sustainably made clothing.While social concerns may lead designers and consumers to consider environmentally friendly and responsibly made clothing, “sustainable fashion should always put fashion first.” says Drennan.The “Fashion Takes Action” show aimed to challenge negative stereotypes about eco-fashion, which often evokes images of hippies and notions of poor quality.The event featured 10 Canadian labels that incorporate ethical practices and designs that range from high-end haute couture ball…
African Voices is a weekly show that focuses on Africa’s most fascinating personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves to the camera. Follow the team on Twitter. Story highlights Adama Amanda Ndiaye is best known as the founder of the fashion label Adama Paris. Senegalese designer wants to reinvent the way African fashion is showcased Fed up with the lack of black models on the catwalk, she founded Black Fashion Week. Dakar, Senegal CNN — Wearing a stylish red dress and a beaming smile, famed fashion designer Adama Paris sits comfortably in her spacious living…
The groundbreaking work of 10 contemporary black fashion designers (established and up-and-coming) based in New York City will be showcased in an unprecedented exhibition, Black Dress, celebrating the creativity and entrepreneurship of the field. : Ten Contemporary Fashion Designers”. Organized by Pratt Institute fashion professor Adrienne Jones and coinciding with Black History Month and New York Fashion Week, the exhibition features international fashion superstars Tracy Reese, Byron Lars, and Omar Lars. It includes designs by Salam and Pratt Institute alumnus Jeffrey Banks. A fashion-forward video created especially for the exhibition by renowned artist and 2013 MacArthur Fellow Carrie Mae Weems.…
After ten years of leading the hugely successful Dakar Fashion Week, Senegalese designer Adama Ndiay, founder of the Adama Paris line, sensed an opportunity when he saw it. “Paris is the capital of fashion. It’s very important for designers to show here,” she said.But recognizing that it was rare for African designers to appear at mainstream Paris fashion week, Ndiaye took matters into his own hands. For the first time ever, Paris welcomed Black Fashion Week.”It’s a combination of everything. We have over 15 designers from Egypt, Martinique, Senegal and the United States. That’s what I love about fashion,” Ndiay…
by AFP issued October 8, 2012 The Senegalese-born French fashion designer has realized a long-held ambition by hosting the first Black Fashion Week in Paris, which aims to bring African talent to a global audience. Models wearing Adama Paris creations wait before the Black Fashion Week show in Paris on October 5th (AFP) Adama Ndiaye launched the event to showcase the best the continent has to offer, but dismissed criticism that it excluded non-black people.”Some people ask, ‘Why don’t we have a white fashion week?’ But Paris Fashion Week is already white!” She is behind the show label Adama Paris…
by AFP issued October 8, 2012 The Senegalese-born French fashion designer has realized a long-held ambition by hosting the first Black Fashion Week in Paris, which aims to bring African talent to a global audience. Models wearing Adama Paris creations wait before the Black Fashion Week show in Paris on October 5th (AFP) Adama Ndiaye launched the event to showcase the best the continent has to offer, but dismissed criticism that it excluded non-black people.”Some people ask, ‘Why don’t we have a white fashion week?’ But Paris Fashion Week is already white!” She is behind the show label Adama Paris…