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‘Fashion Can Change Africa’: The Pioneering Designers Chasing a World of Opportunity

Global interest in African-made goods has grown in recent years but designers on the continent continue to face production challenges.

Two models pose in pink gowns in front of a boat. — Global interest in African-made goods has grown in recent years but designers on the continent continue to face production challenges. (Courtesy)

The Guardian

01 January 2024

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At a small fashion studio in Lagos, the designers and tailors are busy cutting clean lines through the swathes of fabric. “Cotton T-shirts were the first item we produced,” says designer Oroma Cookey-Gam, co-founder of This is Us, which makes contemporary Nigerian designs, from oversized shirts to jumpsuits and kaftans, using locally produced cotton.

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