Talking Trade: African Fashion and International Business: Creative Economies Powered by Capacity Building, Education, Entrepreneurship, Women Empowerment, and Innovation
International Trade and Marketing for the Fashion Industries
About
- Title
- Talking Trade: African Fashion and International Business: Creative Economies Powered by Capacity Building, Education, Entrepreneurship, Women Empowerment, and Innovation
- Contributor Names
- Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). International Trade and Marketing for the Fashion Industries Department
- Annan, Roberta
- Nfi, Kibonen
- Date
- 2015-09-24
- Description
- African fashion is on the rise. Africa is making waves in the commercial fashion industry with the use of traditional patterns and textiles. Yet, failing economies and lack of investment opportunities have put African Designers out of focus and exclusion from the global fashion market. Join Roberta Annan, Founder of Fraillain, as she discusses the Frallain Initiative and its role in creating a platform for African designers through capacity building, education, and women empowerment.
- Subject
- Clothing trade
- Fashion merchandising
- African American fashion designers
- Fashion design
- Fashion
- Fraillain
- Africa
- Rights
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- This video was produced by the Fashion Institute of Technology ("FIT") and is the property of FIT. FIT expressly prohibits the copying, displaying, or uploading to a website of any portion of this video, except for the purposes of fair use as defined in the copyright laws, without express written permission from FIT. This video has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for content in this video and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
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- FIT Repository ID: aod_000916
Citation
Fashion Institute of Technology. (2015, September 24). Talking Trade: African Fashion and International Business: Creative Economies Powered by Capacity Building, Education, Entrepreneurship, Women Empowerment, and Innovation [Video]. Archive on Demand. https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/26744
Fashion Institute of Technology. "Talking Trade: African Fashion and International Business: Creative Economies Powered by Capacity Building, Education, Entrepreneurship, Women Empowerment, and Innovation." Archive on Demand, 24 Sep. 2015, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/26744
Fashion Institute of Technology, "Talking Trade: African Fashion and International Business: Creative Economies Powered by Capacity Building, Education, Entrepreneurship, Women Empowerment, and Innovation," Archive on Demand, September 24, 2015, video, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/26744