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Vlisco wax print, Angelina Courtesy Fowler Museum at UCLA Photo: Don Cole
Lekan Jeyifo (b. Nigeria) and Walé Oyéjidé (b. Nigeria, 1981)
Johannesburg 2081 A.D.
Africa 2081 A.D. series, 2014
Digital print
Courtesy Ikiré Jones
Francis K. Honny (b. Elmina, Ghana, 1914–1998)
Portrait of man and woman, Elmina, Ghana, circa1975
Black and white photograph
Courtesy Tobias Wendl
African-Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style introduces visitors to a dynamic and diverse dress tradition and the increasingly interconnected fashion worlds that it inhabits: "popular" garments created by local seamstresses and tailors across the continent; international runway fashions designed by Africa’s newest generation of couturiers; and boundary-breaking, transnational and youth styles favored in Africa's urban centers. All feature the colorful, boldly designed, manufactured cotton textiles that have come to be known as "African-print cloth."
An introductory section of the exhibition is followed by four areas exploring the global stories of these textiles; studio-based portrait photography, the diverse popular styles worn across the continent, groundbreaking runway fashion, and transnational interpretations of African-print. Throughout, African-print fashions can be seen as creative responses to key historical moments and as reflections of ever-changing stylistic preferences. The exhibition will include works from the archives of the Dutch company Vlisco, the maker of the finest African-print cloths, private lenders, in addition to those drawn from the Fowler Museum’s own holdings. New works by artists and designers have been commissioned for the exhibition.The exhibition features 250 objects: one-hundred and thirty cloths, sixty tailored ensembles, twenty photographic works, twelve works of contemporary art, and objects from archival collections. Organized by the Fowler Museum at UCLA, the curatorial team includes includes Suzanne Gott, Kristyne Loughran, Betsy Quick, and Leslie Rabine and is accompanied by a fully illustrated scholarly catalogue.
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To highlight the poor living conditions in the shanty towns of Lagos, Nigeria, Jeyifo created images of a futuristic, dystopian version of a shanty town located right in the center of the city.
Regina Konadu
Designer and Seamstress based in Kumasi, Ghana
Amelie Kouadio
Designer and Seamstress based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Delphine Kouassi
Designer and Seamstress based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
This article from Cosmopolitan depicts how McEntyre first gained recognition as designer at eighteen when her African-print prom dress went viral online in 2015. After that, she was soon contaced by actress and singer Naturi Naughton to make an African-print dress for her to wear to the BET Awards that same year.