From amazing display rooms at Shanghai Fashion Week to a strong new showcase at the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, Kenyan entrepreneur and previous diplomat Hannah Ryder is redefining what it implies to use culture with pride.
In this interview, Ryder shares how she and her group select designers who embody both tradition and innovation.Even on-site, the fusion shows up: Chinese staffer Chen Huiyi sets a Rwandan-designed blouse with hanfu in effortless consistency.
The finest method to protect a standard culture is to wear it out, letting more people see it and also fuse it with life, she states.
Thats likewise what our African designers wish to do.