Table of Contents

Introduction: Fashion Matters
1. Indigenous Fashion: Embroidery and Innovation in Mali
2. Nubia in Paris: African Style in French Fashion
3. Reinventing Local Forms: African Fashion, Indigenous Style
4. Conceptual Fashion: Evocations of Africa
5. Fashion Design in South Africa: Histories and Industries
Conclusion: What Fashion Shows
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Victoria L. Rovine is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is author of Bogolan: Shaping Culture through Cloth in Contemporary Mali (IUP, 2008).

Reviews

"This book could be revolutionary. Victoria L. Rovine has provided a map of the African fashion terrain with sustained case studies that provide compelling evidence of the history resourcefulness, and personal creativity behind African fashion." - Heather Marie Akou, Indiana University Bloomington "A perceptive and thought-provoking inquiry into indigenous and international African fashion. Victoria L. Rovine demonstrates the relevance and special potential of fashion studies for providing new insights into the complex interconnections of African localities and global systems." - Suzanne Gott, University of British Columbia "African Fashion, Global Style is a fascinating and important book, based on extensive research and written in a clear, accessible style. Victoria Rovine is one of the world's greatest authorities on African fashion, and this A is unquestionably the single best book on the subject." - Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator, The Museum at FIT