AFRICA THE NEXT FASHION CAPITOL?? TAKE A LOOK AT THE FASHIONS AFRICAN DESIGNERS HAVE TO OFFER!

ETHNIC PRINTS ARE GRACING THE PAGES OF MAGAZINES, RUNWAYS,BOUTIQUES, AND EVEN DEPARTMENT STORES MORE FREQUENTLY WHICH LEADS ME TO WONDER, WHAT  ROLE IS AFRICAN FASHION PLAYING IN A WORLD DOMINATED BY HIGH END WELL KNOWN LABELS? I BEGAN MY RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED SO MUCH ABOUT AFRICAN FASHION THAT I POSED ANOTHER QUESTION FOR BOTH MYSELF AND MY READERS COULD AFRICA BE THE NEXT FASHION CAPITOL?

THERE IS SO MUCH TALENT AMONG THE AFRICAN DESIGNERS. NIGERIAN DESIGNER DURO OLOWU IS BASED IN LONDON AND IS ONE OF THE MORE MAINSTREAM DESIGNERS. HIS RANGE EXTENDS FROM A LINE HE JUST DEVELOPED FOR DEPARTMENT STORE JCPENNYS  TO CONTOUR. AFFORDABLE PIECES TO THE MORE EXPENSIVE HIGH END GARMENTS. HIS USE OF AFRICAN PRINTS AND COLORS SETS HIM APART FROM OTHER MAINSTREAM DESIGNERS. HE WORKS WITH PATTERNS AND TEXTURES WITH HIS SIGNATURE MIX OF FEMININE SHAPES. CHECK OUT SOME OF HIS UNIQUE DESIGNS...

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 SILK PANELED GORGETTE DRESS

 PRINTED SILK DRESS

 GOLD AND GREEN TEA FOR JCPENNY

 CLUTCH FOR JCPENNY

 PRINTED SILK SKIRT

 NARROW CUFF FOR JCPENNY

I ALSO DISCOVERED LINE NOT QUITE AS MAINSTREAM AS MR. OLOWU KNOWN AS ELLA & GABBY. THEY TWO HAVE VERY BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN PIECES, WITH BOLD COLORS, EYE CATCHING PRINTS, MADE FOR THE EVERYDAY WOMAN CHECK OUT A FEW OF ELLA & GABBY PIECES....