African catwalk

Name/Title

African catwalk

Entry/Object ID

TT504.6.S6.P48

Description

Award-winning Swedish photographer Per-Anders Pettersson shows a new and unexpected side of the African continent as he examines the fast growing fashion industry in Africa. This book is the first time the emerging African fashion industry has been documented in exclusive behind the scenes photographs. The series was taken in 15 countries around Africa from 2010-2015 and celebrates a new, vibrant, colourful and unexpected view of the African continent.

Lexicon

Search Terms

fashion--south africa, fashion design--south africa, fashion industry--south africa, fashion shows--south africa

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Per-Anders Pettersson

Publisher

Kehrer

Place Published

City

Heidelberg

Date Published

2016

Call No.

TT504.6.S6.P48

ISBN

3868286608, 9783868286601

LCCN

2016418663

Notes

Length: 167

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

African catwalk / Alessia Glaviano -- African fashion as cultural preservation / Allana Finley -- Captions -- Africa: incubator of the world of tomorrow / Simon Cipriani -- In the shadows of a baobab tree / Stella Jean.