The fashion fund aims to offer relief and economical exposure to African fashion businesses AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER Ghanian businesswoman Roberta Annan has announced that the African Fashion Fund with the United Nations (UN) will invest a large portion of their funds into the businesses of African fashion designers affected by COVID-19.  Annan spoke to the UN on Tuesday about the decision and how the funds will be coordinated to various African designers, brands and fashion organisations from August this year.  “We must use the COVID pandemic as an opportunity to redefine sustainability – not just for Africa but for the…

The Editor-in-Chief of the elite fashion magazine recently apologized for past ‘hurtful and intolerant’ stories.  AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ANNA WINTOUR - Editor-in-Chief of the international renowned Vogue Magazine for the past thirty years - has admitted to its racist practices. Following a social media outrage about Vogue’s treatment of black models, stylists, writers and employees, Wintour conceded that practices at Vogue were hurtful. She said Vogue had not done enough to promote black faces in the fashion industry or promote black staff within the magazine. The admission was part of an internal memo sent by US Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief last week,…

THE SOUTH African luxury designer has created a line of face masks to contribute to Covid-19 relief.  The fashion industry has continued to display its humanitarian efforts of contributing to the relief of the coronavirus pandemic, and South African fashion designers joined the pledge of protecting their customer and making it fashionable after the South African government lowered the national lockdown to level 3 at the beginning of June.  Rich Mnisi recently launched his limited collection of luxury face masks, titled ALKEBULAN which means “mother of mankind”, on his online pop-up store. The Award-winning designer created a thoughtful collection of…

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER    THE declaration of national lockdowns by governments across the continent, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has restricted the movements of people and increased their online presence on platforms like Youtube, Instagram, Tik Tok and Facebook. They flocked by the masses to the digital platforms has led to upcoming black influencers and creatives upping their games considerably and doing new things to attract and keep their followers. As the list of international black artists and influencers continues to grow, AFRICAN MIRROR  highlights some of the interesting names who are slaying in the beauty industry. Dimma Umeh…

U.S.-BASED Congolese fashion designer Anifa Mvuemba was excited about debuting her fashion line, Hanifa, at this year's New York Fashion Week. But when her show was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mvuemba got creative. The 29-year-old designer held a virtual show on May 22 for her latest collection called 'Pink Label Congo', and the 3D animated event was watched by tens of thousands of people who streamed it on her Hanifa Instagram Live page. "We didn't know that it was going blow up the way it did. We were not prepared for this at all," she told Reuters via…