TY - GEN AU - Rovine, Victoria TI - African Fashion, Global Style: Histories, Innovations, and Ideas You Can Wear SN - 9780253014092 U1 - 746.92096 ROV PY - 2015/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Fashion--Africa KW - Clothing and dress--Africa KW - Fashion--African influences N2 - African Fashion, Global Style provides a lively look at fashion, international networks of style, material culture, and the world of African aesthetic expression. Victoria L. Rovine introduces fashion designers whose work reflects African histories and cultures both conceptually and stylistically, and demonstrates that dress styles associated with indigenous cultures may have all the hallmarks of high fashion. Taking readers into the complexities of influence and inspiration manifested through fashion, this book highlights the visually appealing, widely accessible, and highly adaptable styles of African dress that flourish on the global fashion market ER -