The bespoke couture designer Ozwald Boateng, one-time favourite of London’s Savile Row, has staged a show at the historic Apollo theater in New York to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. Boateng treated his guests to an explosion of colour and African-inspired prints and textures with his first womenswear collection. He said he had chosen the Apollo, the ‘epicentre for African American culture’, because he was committed to building a bridge between Africa and the African diaspora. A live stream enabled viewers to buy items on Vero.