Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappTelegramEmail 14.2K Ethiopia Trends Culture More Articles You Would Love Ghana Fashion & Design Week Announces 2014 Event Dates & Venue Nigeria’s Ejiro Amos Tafiri SS15 Luxury Resort Collection – “The Madame” Africa is a complex continent. Granted there are shared similarities amongst its citizens, each country has its own blend of cultural and lingual framework. On FashionGHANA, we have mainly looked into style from Ghana and Nigeria, and at times Ethiopia and South Africa, but don’t underestimate the trends and fashion being executed in other regions. Take for example, Ethiopia. It has over 80 ethnic groups with their own cultures, customs, dialects, lifestyles, and traditions. Enough to give birth to a whole new generation of style influencers. The country may have a variety of textile products to choose from, but there are few notable pieces that are ubiquitous. One such piece being our very loved Habesha Kemis, mainly because it feels like African print on white fabrics. It’s considered the traditional dress of Ethiopia, as well as, a cultural dress in Eritrea. The Habesha Kemis is a white hand-woven cotton clothing that is made from shemma by traditional weavers known as Shemane. This is a cloth made by sewing together long strips of woven fabric. And although the colour segments are seem as print, they are actually hand-made patterns known as Tibeb, made using woven shiny threads and are added to the Kemis on the waistband and edges. However, the way the Kemis is presented can differ by community and ethnicity. The Shewa version can choose to place the embroidery on the bottom, cuffs or waist of the dress. Sometimes, it will feature on all three places. On the other hand, the Gondar version positions the embroidery on the bottom hem, only at the back of the dress. Traditionally, the Kemis is ankle-length and uses a white shemma. Nevertheless, there is a more and more increase of modernised versions which have adopted different structures and styles. For instance, designers have been working with dyed versions of the shemma and utilizing modern dress silhouettes. For now, check out some lovely pieces below culled from the creators instagram pages. To get your hands on some of these beautiful Habesha Kemis follow their pages. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dirmug®️ (@dirmug) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐔🅓 (@semfurtu___official) View this post on Instagram A post shared by habesha Forever 🇪🇹🇪🇷 (@habesha_forever_) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eyerusalem Chane (@eyu_tibeb) View this post on Instagram A post shared by SELAM TEKIE (@selamtekie) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 👇🏾Ethnic Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia (@modernhabesha) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐔🅓 (@semfurtu___official) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐔🅓 (@semfurtu___official) View this post on Instagram A post shared by AbeshaSuk (@abeshasuk) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dirmug®️ (@dirmug) View this post on Instagram A post shared by @mary_habesha_ UPCOMING TOP EVENTS! VIEW ALL EVENTS Click Here To Submit stories Email: [email protected] or HashTag #FashionGHANA fgstyle Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappTelegramEmail Nana Tamakloe Founder of FashionGHANA.com and Accra Fashion Week. I'm grateful you visited, I hope you share, subscribe and share your comments or opinions below. More For You #BeautyOfTheWeek: Proud Jamaican Influencer Anthena, Scoops Our BOTW of the Week With Her... Fashion Week Organizers from Across Africa Assemble in Ethiopia to Forge A Cohesive... Leading Ghanaian Menswear Brand ‘Kustom Looks’ Takes Over ‘All Africa Games 2023’ With... #OOTD: Berla Mundi Serves Haute Couture As She Shakes The Net With A... VIDEO: Arisar (Barbados) @ Accra Fashion Week 2023 VIDEO: Wig Wearing Black Mom Hospitalized With Horrific Skin Reaction & Illness After... A Detailed Insight Into Ethiopia’s TechStitched Fashion Program & The Participating Fashion Weeks... Cornrows With Cowry Shells: A Red Carpet Show Stopper & A Modern Twist... PICS: To Much Glamour; Check Out Bonang Matheba, Swanky & More At The... AFI Reschedules Cape Town Fashion Week For 2024 Leave a Comment Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.