Fashion::Africa.China

Habesha, is the African- and Chinese-inspired collection of Shanghai-based Sheila Constance Sidney, which depicts Chinese designs made with African fabric, including the ubiquitous, instantly recognisable, timeless beauty of a stiff high collar with ornate concentric, swirly fastenings that form a subtle ‘S’ as they flatteringly drape across the top quadrant of the upper torso. Through her creations, Sidney mirrors her own multicultural heritage (Guyana & Haiti) and influences (living in China), labelling it with what I initially found to be a surprising choice of an Amharic name, by drawing parallels between Ethiopia, the only African country not to sucumb to European colonisation and the country of her parents’ birth, Haiti, the first black republic of African slaves.

http://sci-cultura.com/2009/02/05/fashion-africa-asia/