African Fashion Hits the Catwalk

By Anna Boiko-Weyrauch on Tuesday, August 4, 2009.
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Did you hear the news? Tribal is in this season. The New York, Paris, Milan and shows presented Louis Vuitton doing grass skirts! Galliano’s cheetah prints! Ralph Lauren’s Egypto-sheaths!

African themes come and go on the runways. Some fashion watchers think African designers will soon be starting their own trends.

In Accra, Ghana, Anna Boiko-Weyrauch takes us through the world of up-and-coming African designers.

(Photo by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch)

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