Fashion Design

With traditional fabrics, Nigerian designers fashion a new aesthetic

Nigerian Tsemaye Binitie's material of choice is Aso-oke, a handwoven cloth indigenous to the Yoruba people and historically used on special occasions.

Innovative fashion designers lead the way on sustainability

While more consumers are paying closer attention to how the production of goods impacts the environment, old habits die hard. A buy-and-toss mentality persists despite a boost from celebrities helping to drive the upcycle and vintage movements.

Paris names street after designer Sonia Rykiel

It is the first time the French capital has named any kind of thoroughfare after a fashion designer.

Made in Turkey fashion: "The New Cool"?

With Istanbul quietly creeping onto the map of global fashion capitals, we chat with Turkish fashion designer Canan Cullu about the growing global trend for modest — yet powerful — clothing

First International Modest Fashion Show wows audience

Brightly coloured head scarves, flowing gowns and adornments of all kinds dominated Turkey's first modest fashion show,