中文简介：

从美国《Vogue》封面上穿着肯特布（由维吉尔·阿布洛（Virgil Abloh）为路易威登设计）的阿曼达·戈尔曼（Amanda Gorman），到娜奥米·坎贝尔（Naomi Campbell）穿着时尚品牌Kenneth Ize出场，非洲时尚在全世界范围内产生了影响。本书探讨了独立后激进的社会和政治重新排序是如何在整个非洲大陆引发文化复兴的。诸如沙德·托马斯-法姆（Shade Thomas-Fahm）、克里斯·塞杜（Chris Seydou）、科菲·安萨（Kofi Ansah）和尼娜·格索斯（Nina Gessous）等设计师借鉴了过去的传统，恢复并重塑了它们，从而为今天的时尚革命奠定了基础。作者随后介绍了新一代创意人的作品，如尼日利亚时装设计师丽莎·福拉维约（Lisa Folawiyo）、索马里视觉艺术家古莱德·艾哈迈德（Gouled Ahmed）、加纳编织袋制作者AKS和肯尼亚珠宝商阿米·多希·沙阿（Ami Doshi Shah）。他们的作品表明，没有一种方式可以成为非洲人，也没有单一的非洲美学。当代非洲时尚界就像非洲大陆本身一样多样化和充满活力。这本鼓舞人心、引人入胜的书提供了一个窗口，让人们了解当今最创新、最令人兴奋和最有思想的时尚领域之一。

英文简介：

From Amanda Gorman in kente cloth (courtesy of Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton) on the cover of US Vogue, to Naomi Campbell’s outings in Kenneth Ize, African fashion exerts worldwide influence. Africa Fashion explores how radical post-independence social and political re-ordering sparked a cultural renaissance across the continent. Designers such as Shade Thomas-Fahm, Chris Seydou, Kofi Ansah and Nina Gessous drew on past traditions, recovered and reinvented them and so laid the foundation for today’s fashion revolution. The authors then present the work of the new generation of creatives such as Nigerian fashion designer Lisa Folawiyo, Somali visual artist Gouled Ahmed, Ghanaian woven bag maker AAKS, and Kenyan jeweler Ami Doshi Shah. Their work shows that there is no one way to be African and no single African aesthetic.The contemporary African fashion scene is as diverse and dynamic as the continent itself. With contributions from experts on cloth, fashion and cultural history as well as the voices of makers and designers, this inspiring and arresting book offers a window into one of the most innovative, exciting and thoughtful areas of fashion today.