Lagos Fashion Week returns, celebrating craftsmanship from Africa
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Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha African craftsmanship is the next big thing in the continent and fashion continues to take a large chunk of this. Africa has functional and utilitarian crafts along with textiles, fetishes, idols and cultural artefacts. Within their own communities they were valued for everything that their African craft represented which was not just visual; their symbolism and spiritual dimensions alongside their decorative and aesthetic qualities.
Lagos Fashion Week returns, celebrating craftsmanship from Africa
Lagos Fashion Week returns, celebrating…
Lagos Fashion Week returns, celebrating craftsmanship from Africa
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha African craftsmanship is the next big thing in the continent and fashion continues to take a large chunk of this. Africa has functional and utilitarian crafts along with textiles, fetishes, idols and cultural artefacts. Within their own communities they were valued for everything that their African craft represented which was not just visual; their symbolism and spiritual dimensions alongside their decorative and aesthetic qualities.