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THE FASHION INDUSTRY IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

Fashion | Posted by admin August 3rd, 2009

The fashion industry has gone world wide since the ages began. Today, most continents of the world beginning with America and Europe, down to others like the Australia, Asia and Africa have a lot to tell about the fashion industry. In Africa for instance, the fashion industry is still coming up.

The African continent is witnessing a gradual revolution in the world of fashion. Most Africans has been great local inventors and manufacturers when it comes to the area of fashion. For instance in Nigeria, the Textile industry and the art of weaving are very much on. In the Northern Nigeria, the fashion art of “Tie and Die” is the order of the day. There is always the constant production of the wrapper materials all over the place. African women are generally wrapper lovers. No woman in African can live without the wrapper. The wrappers come in their droves and exotic colors.

In the area of fashion merchandising, Africa is also doing well. Most big time fashion dealers in Africa do engage in the importation of fashion products from other nations of the world. Read the rest of this entry »