Interviews is a brand new series celebrating the most compelling voices in African fashion, design, and culture. For our debut edition, Innocent Ndlovu chats to Abiola Olusola. Abiola Olusola Abiola, what’s the hardest thing about working in fashion and running your own brand as a self-confessed shy person with a reserved demeanour? The landscape has […]
Fruche SS27. Photo via Fruche. If you’ve ever heard the words, “it’s always fashion week somewhere” its probably true. Before the Big Four fashion weeks (New York, London, Milan, and Paris) take place each September, there’s Berlin, Copenhagen, and others—the so-called “alternative” platforms. Like most fashion weeks, they showcase local and international brands alike. In […]
Imane Ayissi Autum/Winter 2026 Haute Couture Collection. Courtessy of The Impression In January 2020 at the start of fashion week season and exactly a week before the World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 pandemic a public health emergency, Imane Ayissi, the Paris-based womenswear designer became the third African designer and first from Sub-Saharan Africa to […]
From wallets to card holders to smart devices There was once a time when wallets measured manliness and social status. Growing up, I saw them everywhere being used by gentleman in the movies and advertisements to my own father and uncles. As a man, there’s a particular prestige tied to dipping your hands into your […]
