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Amhara man wearing Gabi. The Gabi (Amharic: ጋቢ) is a handmade cloth worn by Ethiopians mainly over the shoulders and upper body, and is made out of cotton.Unlike the two-layered kuta (worn by men) and netela (worn by women), it consists of four layers.
Fikirte Addis (born August 3, 1981) is an Ethiopian fashion designer. [1] In 2009, Addis formed her own label–Yefiker Design–which creates clothes that are modern interpretations of traditional Ethiopian dress. [2] Her work rose to prominence by 2011, when she was a featured designer in the second annual Africa Fashion Week in New York City ...
The use of the boubou/babban-riga/Kulwu as clothing became widespread among West African Muslims with the migration of Kanuri, Hausa,Fulani and Dyula long-distance traders and Kanuri Islamic preachers in and around Muslim regions of West Africa in the 1400s and even more rapidly in less Islamized areas after the Fulani Jihads of the 19th ...
In 2011, she founded Mafi Mafi, an Ethiopian fashion label. She uses hand-woven fabrics made by women from Ethiopia's rural areas to create clothing and accessories. [1] [4] She has collaborated with cult UK designer Markus Lupfer and has exhibited at London college of fashion, European Fashion Day in Addis and Africa Fashion Week New York. [2] [5]
This category describes traditional and historic Ethiopian clothing. Modern Ethiopian clothing should be categorised under Ethiopian fashion or Clothing companies of ...
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Amsale Aberra (1 March 1954 [1] – 1 April 2018) [2] was an Ethiopian American fashion designer and entrepreneur.Her main field of design was in couture wedding gowns, and her flagship store is located on Madison Avenue in New York City.
In West Africa, a kaftan or caftan is a pull-over woman's robe. [1] In French, this robe is called a boubou [citation needed], pronounced boo-boo. The boubou is the traditional female attire in many West African countries including Senegal, Mali and other African countries. The boubou can be formal or informal attire.