African fashion designers are increasingly incorporating upcycled and recycled materials into their collections, highlighting sustainability in the face of textile waste dumping on the continent. Designers showcase innovative creations made from discarded textiles sourced from flea markets, landfills, and even repurposed curtains, promoting ethical sourcing, cultural heritage, and environmental responsibility.
As the dumping of textile waste continues in African countries, designers are making a feature of reusing and recycling – from flea markets, landfill or upcyled curtainsThe annual event, which began in 2013 to promote Africa’s then nascent fashion industry, has grown to become a showcase for sustainability in recent years amid, have shown collections this year. The label makes designs by hand from discarded textiles sourced at flea markets, wholesalers, recycling factories and landfill.
Sustainable fashion is about more than just being environmentally responsible, it’s about ethical sourcing and labour practices and passing on African cultural heritage through designs, according to designers showing their work., uses repurposed or recycled materials to make his range, working with local artisans to source and tailor the clothing.
The Cameroonian designer Sikoti Mbaitjongue, who has showcased playful cotton pastel designs at the fashion week, says a big challenge she has faced running her Dakar-based label,, since 2022 has been sourcing and processing raw cotton. While west Africa is a major producer of cotton, many countries on the continent, which is processed elsewhere and re-imported as fabric.
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