Africa Fashion

This fall, the McCord Stewart Museum will present Africa Fashion—in an exclusive Canadian showing—from September 25, 2025, to February 1, 2026. Organized by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, this exhibition—one of the largest ever dedicated to African fashions—invites audiences to experience the creative energy of designers from across the African continent. From the turn of the 1960s to today, the exhibition features men’s, women’s and gender fluid fashion and accessories, jewellery, textiles, photographs, music and art that together bear witness to both the foundational role that textiles, clothing and body adornment have played in African cultures, and how fashion became a powerful force for post-colonial self-expression, drawing international attention for its limitless creativity, just like Africa itself.

The exhibition will celebrate the talent and influence of pioneers such as Naïma Bennis, Shade Thomas-Fahm, Chris Seydou, Kofi Ansah and Alphadi, while also featuring contemporary designers including Imane Ayissi, IAMISIGO, Moshions, Thebe Magugu and Sindiso Khumalo.