EDUN African Design Inspiration #1

EDUN African Design Inspiration #1

In this new blog series, the designers over at EDUN open up their collection of inspirational images they use to help shape and design new items and collections. EDUN, started by Ali Hewson and husband Bono, was founded on a commitment to encourage sustainable trade with Africa and promote local economic opportunities. With T-shirts made from cotton in Uganda, and using factories in Kenya, Madagascar and Tanzania, EDUN strives to be a socially responsible fashion brand creating positive change in the world. To learn more about their clothes and work in Africa, check here.

After the jump are more captioned images that give insight into how the designers over at EDUN work. These images are all pulled from photographer Phyllis Galembo's stunning work on African masquerade rituals.

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A photo of three models wearing Dye Lab’s pieces.
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