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Africa Fashion Up launches call for applications for its fourth edition

For its third consecutive edition, the Africa Fashion Up initiative, a showcase of contemporary African fashion in France, will present the creations of emerging African brands during a fashion show in Paris. To select these young designers, a call for applications has been launched. Since February 15 and until April 15, 2023, young African...

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Vlisco Fashion Fund invites young African designers to a training course in Amsterdam

For over 100 years, the Dutch group Vlisco has positioned itself as a benchmark for fashion and luxury in Africa. Well established in the west and centre of the continent with its four brands, Vlisco, Woodin, Uniwax and GTP, the company has a large part of its customers but also its employees there. In addition to the marketing of loincloths,...