African Fashion Designer On Rehabilitation Of Textile Industry
August 19, 2004 | Levent OZLER
The Angolan fashion designer Doroteia Carvalho appealed Wednesday, here, for the rehabilitation of the textile industries of the country, with a view to stimulate the fashion market in Angola and open new horizons of choices to consumers of African clothes.
Speaking to Angop, Doroteia Carvalho guaranteed that the reactivation of the textile industries will be profitable for fashion creators, since they will have at their service a portion of national products which are more accessible.
"Currently, we practice prices that many people who like also African fashion cannot afford, due to high cost of the material, a fact that prejudice all designers of African clothes"- she underlined.
According to her, lack of textile industry in Angola forces the creators to turn to the markets of the Western African countries, in order to get the necessary material for the execution of their activities.
For the acquisition of the material which is used to make the clothes, Doroteia Carvalho informed that she obtains from the markets of both Congos, Democratic and Brazzavile, Senegal and C¶te D'Ivoire.
"These are the markets that presents good guarantees, both in terms of quality material and prices, which allow us to sale the final poduct at an accessible price", she emphasized.
Besides defending the textile industries, she a
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