Dakar Fashion Week

Africa rewrote fashion in 2025. A $15.5 billion industry turned fishing boats into runways, elders into icons, and market waste into luxury.

Senegal celebrated in style 20 years of Dakar Fashion Week on Saturday with a show at the historic island of Gorée, once associated with slavery. The event was organised by Adama N’Diaye, a French designer with Senegalese roots and owner of French label Adama Paris. “I’m completely happy, my baby (Dakar Fashion Week) has grown up...