In the past few years the Fashion Africa Industry has developed a lot, now there are Fashion Weeks in many African countries; Kampala Fashion Week, Dakar Fashion Week to name a few. Fashion Industry related activities and workshops about the business of fashion are increasing and the media coverage is booming too. New fashion platforms, more and more influencers and online magazines are at the forefront, focusing on the African Fashion industry. International magazines like Vogue Italia or Business of Fashion have already highlighted several African fashion players based around the globe.

Fashion Africa Now wanted to know more about this positive development, and so we went about organising the incredible Fashion Soiree on the topic of The politics of African Fashion in collaboration with the Museum am Rothenbaum Hamburg. The soiree took place on the 12th of July 2018 and there were a number of remarkable outcomes that Fashion Africa Now saw come from the event.