From the streets to the runway: 'As African people we’re inherently born with the love of looking good'

Youth unemployment and high fashion are intertwined, writes Mikhail Brown

01 May 2022 - 00:54 By Mikhail Brown

You’re young, unemployed, fashionable, and your swagger gets jacked by high fashion houses because of it. This is the relationship that goes from the street to the youth all the way up to the runway. ..

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