While rummaging through thrift shops, look for prints that appeal to you personally. These patterns can serve as statement ...

More than just clothing material, African textiles, vibrant pieces of cultural heritage, are stories, traditions, and ...

Historically, African consumers don’t care about flawless precision, but tend to see other values in textiles like the fabric’s origins, colors, patterns and signs, Sarlay thinks. More than a ...

Black-owned businesses make amazing clothing inspired by African patterns. What happens when, ... Ms. Young wrote her dissertation on the Dutch origins of African wax fabrics.

The patterns found on Dutch wax prints. Dutch wax is a kind of resin-printed fabric that has long been manufactured in the Netherlands for a West African market.

In Shonibare’s work, the fabrics do conceptual double duty: they act as a symbol of “African culture,” for those who perceive their patterns to be indigenous, and as a symbol of our ...

Historically, African consumers don’t care about flawless precision, but tend to see other values in textiles like the fabric’s origins, colors, patterns and signs, Sarlay thinks. More than a ...