Children living in the most impoverished areas of Kenya and Ethiopia wear tattered garments that are hardly fit for scrap by American standards, according to Patt Bartig. “Most of us would scrub ...

"I felt like a princess," says US teenager Brianna LeDoux about her prom gown which she specially commissioned from Nigeria. "I wanted my dress to stop people in their tracks." The 18-year-old from ...

Social media is doing cartwheels over Beyoncé's nod to Africa. The native-Houston superstar, with husband Jay-Z and family, popped into the Menil Collection on Sunday after her "Formation" tour ...

There's "nothing like Black girl Magic," she wrote on Instagram. Makalaya Zanders, 18, is pictured here with her date to the prom for Garfield Heights High School in Garfield Heights, Ohio, on May 13, ...

One major theme that has defined this prom season amidst the march of celebrity red carpet replica dresses has been African-inspired designs. From the Black Lives Matter movement to bullied New Jersey ...

Somewhere in Africa, there is a little girl who will get to wear a new, size two dress with a pink bodice and a floral-patterned skirt, decorated with pretty lace, that was made in the Tri-Cities. The ...

NORRISTOWN – It was an ad at Steve’s Sewing, Vacuum and Quilting in King of Prussia that first caught Nancy Hundley’s attention. The listing was for a charity sewing class called ‘Little Dresses for ...

Pillowcases make a perfect sundress for little girls. No hemming required, and with a couple snips here and there for armholes, some bias tape for shoulder ties, and some elastic at the neck, nearly ...

THE AFRICAN LOOKBOOK A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women By Catherine E. McKinley DRESS CODES How the Laws of Fashion Made History By Richard Thompson Ford When it comes to fashion history, ...