African Street Print Hunter

People is wearing African prints on the street

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« Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening » (Coco Chanel).

Walking in the streets of Paris, we could observe that our African Printspiration is also visible everywhere, and the most interesting, by both men and women. Prove that Africa is lately on the top of  fashion and way of living trend subjects.

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We also could observe that the most Fashion influencer people also succumbed to the African wax prints; from Charlotte Casiragui, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Gwen Stefani or the English editor-in-chief of American Vogue, Anna Wintour, they’re all wearing wax prints.

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One of my new favorite ecclectic fashion brand is Stella Jean. She is an emerging Haitian-Italian Fashion Designer, and her mixed cultural identity has inspired her style and eponymous label.

Some if the pictures below are from her past collections  and some others are from our Pinterest board.

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Other exemples of this trendy African Printspiration is the 18 years old Prom girl who broke the internet, Kyemah McEntyre. She designed one of the most viral prom dresses at the point he was contacted by actress Naturi Naughton to design her Red Carpet dress. She has a great future!

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An because men also have style, one clip about Men wearing African prints:

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And for the end, a short video about the significance of the Wax prints (in French) and their political/economic/cultural meaning. And if you’re more curious, you can also check this very interesting website where all the historical context is very well explained.