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Image from Virgil Abloh's Instagram account

“Cheat codes” for creativity: Designer Virgil Abloh leaves behind a provocative legacy


The fashion world is mourning the passing of Virgil Abloh, the 41-year-old artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection, from cancer.
He leaves behind a formidable legacy. When he began his tenure at Louis Vuitton in 2018, Abloh – the son of Ghanaian immigrants who had made their new home in the United States – became the first black man to take on the artistic direction of tha

Images from the Instagram accounts of Bayanda Khathini (left) and Tamaryn Green (right)

Rip-off or not: A tale of two blue dresses

African fashion designer Bayanda Khathini, who specialises in high-end traditional beaded wedding dresses, has sent a letter of demand to Sello Medupe, the owner of fashion label Scalo. The issue: Khathini believes that a dress Scalo designed for former Miss South Africa, Tamaryn Green, copies a dress designed by Khathini in 2019. 
Khathini asserts that his unique aesthetic style is due to his

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The disputed IP of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Met Gala dress

The annual Met Gala is a signature fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. Celebrities who attend always dress to impress, and this year, one of the most talked-about outfits was worn by politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Popularly known as AOC, she is the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, and made her debut at the

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