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Africans Influence Global Fashion This Year
The era of Africa in design spreads from interiors to runways with African inspired dresses seen in Florence and Rome. Dior under Marc Bohan drew from L Art Negre in Paris, using native colors, masks and fabrics. Avia Ward, Seattle born, lived in French Guinea for five years shaping Western tastes with Kente cloth motifs and hand woven fabrics now popular in New York and across the country.
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Africa
Avia Ward
Avia
French Guinea
Ghana
Conakry
New York
Greenwich Village
United Nations