…you? Stephanie: I am from Nigeria, and we are very colourful. We love to wear vibrant African prints, for example, the Ankara fabric. Our mothers wore the Ankara fabric and…
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…the owner and designer for Billie Jean Bowties & Designs http://shop.nikkibilliejean.com/. She shares her personal style on her blog http://www.allthingsankara.com/. Would you rock this look? Find out more: w: http://www.allthingsankara.com/…
…and so I thought “why not try the combination of silks and African prints?“. So we decided to design our own prints by drawing inspiration from Ankara prints and using…
…started fusing some Ankara prints with other fabrics when Mina Evans was launched back in 2010, to add an extra dimension to some pieces in my collection. APiF: How do…
…spoke Binny is just one woman and her sewing machine, with a love for sewing, home interiors and all things Ankara. APiF: How does your heritage inspire/influence your designs? Bespoke…
…start designing with African Prints and Fabrics? Loza: I have been designing with “Ankara prints” since I was 13. I grew up in Ivory Coast where “African prints” are a…
…APiF: How do u feel about the current African Prints/Fabric trend? Sharmay: It is exposing a wider audience to beautiful prints and getting people interested and enthusiastic about following the…
APiF: Please introduce your business and your designs. Adebayo Oke-Lawal: My label is called Orange Culture, a unisex label that celebrates people with colorful dispositions. APiF: How does your heritage…
…and create pieces that fit the contemporary lifestyle. We recently launched a summer line of prêt-à-porter Ankara skirts. This line fuses the vivaciousness and eccentricity of prints into basic, ready…
…Prints and Fabrics? Pooja: It wasn’t an easy task to just start designing with African prints. With such a wide variety of printed cotton mixes in the market, there were…