In this numero, you will find Fashion Designers Portfolios of :

Chris Seydou, Alphadi, Katoucha, Imane Ayissi, Oswald Botaeng, Xuly Bët, Adzedu of Shapes, Michael Kra, Kofi Ansah, Mawuli Okudzeto, Aïssa Dione…

Also subjects/essays as :

The Costume is Naked - Materials, Styles, Industry and Finance - Rebirth of an African Style - Fashion, Fashion, where are you ? - Spoilt for Choice - The in Thing - Sape On the Soul - Look - Hairstyles - From Linguère to Naomi via Mireille - Attraction - Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Touching and… the imagination of taste - Jewellery - Properties - The Scissor’s Cut - Photo Romance : Soumaïla, The Tailor of de Bamako - A Winning Strategy - Materials and Woven Fabrics - Dieyings of Mali - Indigo from Guinea - Woven Fabrics of Ghana, Mali, Cameroon - Fabrics of Kassaï - Facts and Figures on African Textiles - Industrial fabrics - On the Name of the European Commission - Address

Editors Jean Loup Pivin and N'Goné Fall

Published in December 1997

Texts in English & French - 133 Pages