Africa is the future of black culture’s influence on fashion

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28 August 2023 - 20:50 By Sandiso Ngubane

As a child growing up in a South African township, my style references were mostly through my fashion-loving mother, who had huge collections of titles such as Cosmopolitan, ELLE and the occasional issue of Vogue. On the walls of the small bedroom I shared with my two male cousins were posters of Yves Saint Laurent fragrance ads and racy Tom Ford-era Gucci campaigns. ..

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