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2. Category:Lace - Wikipedia

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   Lace is lightweight openwork fabric, patterned, either by machine or by hand, with open holes in the work. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often lace is built up from a single thread and the open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric.

3. Akwete cloth - Wikipedia

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   Akwete fabric is used by both people in Nigeria and exported to other countries. [6] The Akwamiri style of Akwete cloth was used by other people groups as waist ties for men, but also as towels, coverings for chairs, and as material for bags.

4. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The fabric became popular among some West Africans. The igbo people are known for their George wrappers. [11] Lace—also known as shain-shain cloth'. Linen—linen kaftans are a formal style. Satin—satin fabrics are suitable for formal wear. [12] African wax prints—traditional cloths in Africa. Most of them are printed in West Africa and ...

5. Lurex - Wikipedia

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   Lurex yarn Cheryl Cole wearing a Lurex dress while performing with Girls Aloud at Battle Abbey, Hastings African lace made with Lurex. Lurex is the registered brand name of the Lurex Company, Ltd. for a type of yarn with a metallic appearance. The yarn is made from synthetic film, onto which a metallic aluminium, silver, or gold layer has been ...

6. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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   African waxprints, West Africa Waxprints sold in a shop in West Africa Lady selling colourful waxprint fabrics in Togo "Afrika im Gewand - Textile Kreationen in bunter Vielfalt", African Textiles Exhibition Museum der Völker 2016. African wax prints, Dutch wax prints [1] [2] or Ankara, [3] are a type of common material for clothing in West Africa.

7. Korhogo cloth - Wikipedia

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   Korhogo cloth is an African textile made by the Senufo people of Korhogo, Ivory Coast. Often described as being in the shadows of bogolafini (mud cloth) and kente, [1] korhogo comes in neutral and earthy tones like browns, blacks and creams. Korhogo is made by hand painting designs on hand woven and hand spun cotton fabric.