i think because he wasn t frightened of doing the unusual and pushing boundaries. i love this piece in kente, but of course, it wasn t the thing to do to tailor kente when he was working. he is seen as one of the first people to tailor and cut and make a garment from kente. traditionally, it would have been wrapped. in this period, it would have been wrapped. the other thing that i love is that apparently he made a pair ofjeans in kente which must have been scandalous then, because you re not supposed to do it. kente, originally, it s the fabric the aristocracy. the significance of cloth in many african countries is the focus of a particular section of the show. you can t think about african fashions without first thinking about the place of the cloth. of course, the african continent has this long and industrious history of multiple fabrics and textile traditions, whether that is kanga, kente, ajare, print cloth. we wanted to show a glimpse of that breadth of techniques and that long
you ve got mixologists, as it were, your co creators. have you put the exhibition in sections that tell the story that you want to tell? absolutely. so, the exhibition is split across two floors. we re up here on the mezzanine floor at the moment. downstairs, the exhibition jumps from the era of independence. downstairs we have cloth from independence, we have the vanguard designers from independence. we have photographers, so this idea of self definition through cloth, through fashion, through photography downstairs. so the historical period is from 1957 to the mid 1990s to coincide with the end of the apartheid era. the story of agency begins in that swell of creativity that was the cultural renaissance. archive: my name is africa. gather round me. gather round my writers, musicians, artists. the 1966 film by william grays of the first world festival of black arts.
the exhibition. traditional cloth and artisanal craft are revisited in the modern designs aisha ayensu s christie brown label. her architectural silhouettes have resonated with a global audience and seen the ghanaian designer dressing celebrities and entrepreneurs with her new take on power dressing. africa fashion once again defining itself. the whole idea around the brand is to use our our tradition or inspiration from our tradition, our culture, our textile and all this all this influence that we see around us every day. and create, like, interesting pieces modern, contemporary pieces that women all the whole world round gets to experience and love, because it fits into her closet seamlessly, but still pays homage to that african heritage. there was an interesting period in african history, when you think about it,
fashion, wasn t he? why was that? i think because he wasn t frightened of doing the unusual and pushing boundaries. i love this piece in kente, but of course, it wasn t the thing to do to tailor kente when he was working. he is seen as one of the first people to tailor and cut and make a garment from kente. traditionally, it would have been wrapped. in this period, it would have been wrapped. the other thing that i love is that apparently he made a pair ofjeans in kente which must have been scandalous then, because you re not supposed to do it. kente, originally, it s the fabric the aristocracy. the significance of cloth in many african countries is the focus of a particular section of the show. you can t think about african fashions without first thinking about the place of the cloth. of course, the african continent has this long and industrious history
as it were, your co creators. have you put the exhibition in sections that tell the story that you want to tell? absolutely. so, the exhibition is split across two floors. we re up here on the mezzanine floor at the moment. downstairs, the exhibitionjumps from the era of independence. downstairs we have cloth from independence, we have the vanguard designers from independence. we have photographers, so this idea of self definition through cloth, through fashion, through photography downstairs. so the historical period is from 1957 to the mid 1990s to coincide with the end of the apartheid era. the story of agency begins in that swell of creativity that was the cultural renaissance. archive: my name is africa. gather round me. gather round my writers, musicians, artists. the 1966 film by william grays of the first world