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Adidas partners with African Skate Community Waf. for Superstar ADV

Adidas has partnered with African skate community Waf. (Wafflesncream) to create a collaborative edition of the Superstar ADV. Marking the sportswear brand's first partnership with a Nigerian brand and its first with an African skate community, presale for the sneaker launches today ahead of its global release in October. Waf. was co-founded in...

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5 Unexpected Emerging Fashion Capitals

When one thinks of fashion capitals, images of Paris, New York, Milan, and London immediately spring to mind. These Western cities, icons in their own right, are seen as the definitive and leading hubs each Fashion Week. However, new evidence indicates that the global fashion landscape is slowly changing, with new, upcoming fashion centers...

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Nigerian designer pushes 'Afro-lux' onto the global fashion scene

Its modern architecture complemented by latticework inspired by local Yoruba textiles, Alara, west Africa's first fashion and design "concept store", is an imposing sight in Lagos, Nigeria's bustling economic capital. Founder Reni Folawiyo is now 10 years into forging what she calls "Afro-lux", Alara serving as a homebase for designs that "play...