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  2. Vlisco - Wikipedia

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    Four times a year, the Group launches a new collection of fashion fabrics under their premium luxury flagship brand Vlisco, designed and produced in Helmond. Since it was established in 1846, Vlisco designs and fabrics, have grown to become an essential part of African style culture, with deep-rooted influences across all layers of society.

  3. Kuba textiles - Wikipedia

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    Among the Kuba it is the men who do the weaving, and the women do the embroidery and applique' work to their textiles. An embroidered raffia cloth from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum Kuba textiles are a type of raffia cloth unique to the Democratic Republic of the Congo , formerly Zaire , and noted for their elaboration and complexity of ...

  4. Kente cloth - Wikipedia

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    Historically the fabric was worn in a toga-like fashion among the Asante, Akan and Ewe people. According to Asante oral tradition, it originated from Bonwire in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In modern day Ghana, the wearing of kente cloth has become widespread to commemorate special occasions, and kente brands led by master weavers are in high ...

  5. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] [14] [15] Xhosa women have also incorporated the fabric into their traditional ochre-coloured blanket clothing. [ 7 ] [ 16 ] Aside from traditional wear, shweshwe is used in contemporary South African fashion design for women and men from all ethnic groups, [ 5 ] [ 9 ] [ 12 ] as well as for making accessories and upholstery. [ 17 ]

  6. Kanga (garment) - Wikipedia

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    The kanga (in some areas known as leso) is a colourful fabric similar to kitenge, but lighter, worn by women and occasionally by men throughout the African Great Lakes region. It is a piece of printed cotton fabric , about 1.5 m by 1 m, often with a border along all four sides (called pindo in Swahili), and a central part ( mji ) which differs ...

  7. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    This African textile is used to weave the Ghanaian Smock. Queens, princesses and women of Dagbon wear the Chinchini. The weaving of the chinchini is done by the 'Kpaluu', one of the traditional professional in the Dagbon society that has existed until today. The smock made from the Chinchini of Dagbon is the most worn traditional cloth of Ghana.

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