"I felt like a princess," says US teenager Brianna LeDoux about her prom gown which she specially commissioned from Nigeria. "I wanted my dress to stop people in their tracks." The 18-year-old from ...

The launchpad of brands like Maki Oh, Kenneth Ize and Orange Culture, the showcase is carrying on strong in its mission of ...

Children living in the most impoverished areas of Kenya and Ethiopia wear tattered garments that are hardly fit for scrap by American standards, according to Patt Bartig. “Most of us would scrub ...

NORRISTOWN – It was an ad at Steve’s Sewing, Vacuum and Quilting in King of Prussia that first caught Nancy Hundley’s attention. The listing was for a charity sewing class called ‘Little Dresses for ...

Less than 24 hours after our original story aired, Rachel O'Neill sent me a text message: "Crazy! Love it! $2200 in donations so far and emails by the truckload! Lots of great leads to get dresses to ...

A new show at the Fowler Museum at UCLA explores the ideas of appropriation and ownership of African dress, and how African history and culture is communicated through the printed fabrics. African ...

Shortly after taking the oath of office as South Africa's first democratically elected President, Nelson Mandela stormed the uptight fashion world of statesmen and dignitaries with the most ...

THE AFRICAN LOOKBOOK A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women By Catherine E. McKinley DRESS CODES How the Laws of Fashion Made History By Richard Thompson Ford When it comes to fashion history, ...