New African Fashion

A colourful guide by Helen Jennings

5th November 2011 I was recently sent a copy of this guide to African fashion by journalist Helen Jennings, an expert in the field and editor of Arise magazine. Published by Prestel (£15.99) the book celebrates a new wave of fashion designers with international recognition. Profiling lines such Black Coffee and Ozwald Boateng, Jennings also presents a detailed history of African fashion, beauty and style. An inspiration if you love fashion, trend developments or have an interest in African style and its place on the international fashion stage today….the book includes Duro Olowu, who designs chic, attention-grabbing colourful prints (one of my favourites), through to catwalk models such as Alek Wek and photographer Chris Saunders. www.prestel.com CN

 

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Duro Olowu, Photography by John-Paul Pietrus