FIMA and the Future of African Fashion

Victoria L. Rovine is an associate professor in Art History and the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida. Her current research concerns African fashion designers in global markets and the influence of African forms on Western fashion designers, past and present. Her book Bogolan: Shaping Culture through Cloth in Contemporary Mali (2001) was republished in an updated edition by Indiana University Press in 2008. [email protected]