Africa one can imagine the gorgeous custom and luxury, but recently held in Rome at the 12th International Herald Tribune luxury Conference, many people believe that Africa has the potential to be the next luxury spa.
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Sitting in front of her audience of about 600 designers and critics, including fashion bigwigs--Vivienne Westwood, Manolo Blahnik, Jean Paul Gaultier--they gathered in the drowsy dark halls, is a discussion on two seemingly unrelated topics: luxury and Africa.
Vivienne Westwood fall/winter 2011-large
Said African fashion may also wants to not up what, but has many Designer are to African for inspiration source created out a quarter and a quarter of China clothing, like Vivienne Westwood on had on African East of Kenya shooting large, and that once shooting also to all love Vivienne Westwood of people left has deep of impression, back of creation also more see has many African of national Totem and crafts, and for African of love also not only West Queen a people.
With a growing number of fashion designers and industry experts – Central Africa as the production of luxury goods will eventually become a consumer centre. While the fashion industry has been aware of this continent, but high expectations will quickly be already in China and replaced by capital exploitation and sweatshop in Bangladesh, which is the industry concerned. "Virtue and desire a balance must be struck. "Bono,U2 the band's lead singer and social activist, said on the second day of IHT Conference. Recession changes Paris fashion do not believe
Africa will become a consumer centre
African consumption is not bad
Currently, only Ermenegildo Zegna dares to set up shop in Lagos, Nigerians in spending on luxury goods than people in any other country in Africa to be more, but only when they travel abroad, because at home there is little choice in the matter. "Africans are luxuries of the world's share, but not in their own countries to spend money," Italy Vogue editor Franca Sozzani says, "we need to help them solve the problem. "But she then warned:" Africa is a continent rather than a single country, must not be treated as a single market considerations. "
On the face of it, not everyone can eat, had access to drinking water on the land, invested garment factories seem to be no big deal. But a lot of people said that overseas aid is important, but at the same time may result in excessive reliance on. Fashion manufacturing investment is enough to keep the local people trained to become skilled workers, increase their income, enabling them eventually to become consumers.
Trine Lindegaard 2013 spring/summer
Into the traditional crafts of West Africa Ghana
Become a luxury African production, there are many concerns, one of the biggest concerns is that it will evolve into a myriad of sweatshops, the situation everywhere in the world of fashion prevailing in production. Many fashion industry activists warned industry leaders to take responsibility on the stage, on a humanitarian basis to open up new markets. And the African people in China and the mistakes of the Bengal, doesn't want Africa to be another of the slave trade. With the entrepreneurial spirit of the people of Africa as the next luxury spa is not impossible.
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