African dresses vary from brightly colored textiles to abstractly embroidered robes, to colorful beaded bracelets and necklaces.

There are numerous African dress designs that come in all forms. African dress designs are gaining huge popularity in the fashion world across the globe.

A range of fabrics is used to design African dresses. Among them are Ankara styles, kitenge, kente cloth, dashiki styles, Aso Ebi, batakari/fugu, etc.

Since Africa is such a large and diverse continent, African traditional dresses differ throughout each country.

For example, many countries in West Africa have “distinct dress styles that are the products of long-standing textile crafts in weaving, dyeing, and printing”, but these traditions are still able to coexist with western styles.