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A collaboration with six contemporary African artists

As we celebrate Vlisco’s 180th anniversary, we mark this historic milestone with a collaboration bringing together six contemporary West African artists to reimagine some of our most iconic patterns through new, multidisciplinary works. For this commemorative project, we invited each artist to select the Vlisco pattern that resonated most deeplyContinue Reading

Textile Industry: Burkina Faso Invests $30 Million to Process Its Own Cotton in Bobo-Dioulasso

Burkina Faso inaugurated the TEXFORCES-BF complex in Bobo-Dioulasso on September 9, a fully integrated textile facility costing 17 billion CFA francs (30 million dollars) and built to supply uniforms for the country’s defense and security forces while also serving the civilian clothing market. The plant is designed to process moreContinue Reading