Fashion
Hair & beauty salons, advice, magazines, celeb gossip, vibrant textiles, boutiques...
Hair & Beauty
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Afro Centric Hairdressers
South Yorkshire
Open 9.30am-6pm Mon-Sat.
- 144 London Road
- Sheffield
- S2
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Afro Hair Care
Manchester
Open 9am-5.30pm Mon-Sat
- Unit 110 Arndale Market
- Manchester
- M4 2EB
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Kinky Afro
Manchester
Mon-Thurs 9.30am-5.30pm; 9.30am-7.30pm Fri. Closed Sun & Mon.
- 118 Shrewsbury Street
- Manchester
- M16 7N4
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Pure Health Ltd
Bedfordshire
A natural cosmetic and complementary health manufacturer and distributor with an emphasis on products sourced from Africa, which includes Shea butter and Royal Bush Tea.
- 178 Biscot Road
- Luton
- LU3 1AX
Magazines
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Black Beauty & Hair Magazine
Leading magazine on black hair and beauty and has been around for 21 years. Published every two months, it's packed with celeb gossip, hair care and beauty advice. Its website offers a handy directory of black beauty salons and hairdressers across the country.
Shops
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African Connection
London
AC's shop front displays a modest selection of African fabrics that can be bought from this small venue where staff offer advice on the best fabrics for particular occasions. Gold plated costume jewellery also goes down well with customers. Open 9.30am-6pm Mon-Fri; 9am-5pm Sat.
- 6 Tunstall Road
- London
- SW9
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Gisella Boutique
London
A family-run enterprise offering a strong and stylish range of women's (and minimal men's) clothes using world textiles from Africa, Asia and South America. Most pieces are made to measure, including one-off items for all manner of occasions, including those made from customer's own fabrics. 10am-6pm Mon-Sat.
- 95 Peckham High Street
- London
- SE15
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Joss Graham Oriental Textiles
London
Antique and contemporary clothes, objects and handmade textiles from Africa. Fabric comes in complete pieces, with orders taken from specific areas like Mali. There are also gorgeous objects from Asia and parts of India. Open 10am-6pm Mon-Sat.
- 10 Eccleston Street
- London
- SW1
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Nasseri Fabrics
London
Relentlessly busy, this shop attracts a huge overspill from the nearby Brixton market and caters to a knowledgeable African clientele. The shop offers a full selection of printed or embroidered West African-style fabrics. 9.30am-5.30pm Mon-Sat.
- 38 Atlantic Road, Brixton
- London
- SW9
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Rontex
London
Textile shop offering free calendars for customers to plan around significant religious holidays. Staff are extremely knowledgeable about fabrics and offer plenty of advice on which are best suited to special events. Open 9am-5.30pm Mon-Thur; 9am-3pm Fri. 9am-2.30pm Sun. Closed Sat.
- 11-15 Cricklewood
- London
- NW2
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Africa 2 U
Merseyside
Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Across the road from its sister enterprise Jabula Restaurant, this gift shop sells imported South African art and gifts as well as food products.
- Unit 6, Craft Workshop South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port
- Merseyside
- CH65 4FW
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African Batiks Ltd
Norfolk
Momodou Kamara runs this small online company that provides African batiks, crafts and drums while supporting African craftsmen. Items include batik wall cloths, tablecloths, jamb drums, tribal masks, wood carvings and jewellery.
- Street Farm,The Street, Metfield, Harleston
- Norfolk
- IP20 0LA
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The Black Store
Hertfordshire
A website offering products and services from a black perspective, with everything from African-inspired jewellery, shear butter-based beauty products to posters of black icons and specialist hair products.
- Hamilton House, 111 Marlowes
- Hemel Hempstead
- HP1 1BB