Shipping

All pieces made by AphroChic ship free. Pieces are made to order and typically take 10-14 business days to arrive. For any questions about an order or shipping, contact us at orders@aphrochic.com.

We are not responsible for the shipping and lead times of our third party partners, including Bookshop.org.

Sizing

Every great look depends on a great fit. Visit our size guide for info on every piece of apparel in the AphroChic catalog. For shoes, furniture, decor and accessories, size information is available on the product’s individual page.

Returns

Every piece at AphroChic is made to order just for you. This allows us to offer the highest quality pieces, and ensure a sustainable manufacturing process. Due to the custom nature of each piece, items cannot be returned. However, if any item arrives with an issue, contact us immediately at orders@aphrochic.com. We will review the item, and will work with you to rectify the issue or replace the item as necessary.

Magazine Subscription

AphroChic magazine is a quarterly lifestyle publication that celebrates creativity from across the African Diaspora. We take you inside the worlds of design, art, fashion, food, scholarship and more, exploring them all through a Black lens. Annual subscribers receive four print issues of AphroChic magazine per year. Subscriptions will begin with the most recent issue published within the quarter that you subscribe, and will ship out in 10-14 days after an issue has dropped. Shipping, taxes and fees are included with your subscription. Annual subscriptions renew automatically.

Sustainability

Since our brand was founded in 2007, AphroChic has been committed to sustainability. Believers in slow fashion and home decor, all of our items are made to order to limit waste. We make it a point to work with artists, artisans, and master craftspeople from around the world who have sustainable practices. And we always use the highest quality materials available. You will see eco-conscious fabrics in our catalogue, like organic cotton, and eco-friendly manufacturing process, including working with reclaimed and recycled materials. We believe that as a brand, and as a people, we must do our part in protecting the planet.

Social Impact

Social justice and activism have always been core values of the AphroChic brand, which began in 2007 with a focus on increasing visibility for Black creatives in the design space and Black consumers as a meaningful audience within the design marketplace. Since then our work has expanded, using home as the lens through which to view all of Black life, its many histories and cultures, its myriad experiences, obstacles and triumphs — and the varied contexts in which it takes place.

AphroChic’s Design Against Hate initiative was established in 2016. With a focus on designing a better world, the brand has worked on several initiatives dedicated to diversity, voting rights, reproductive health and the preservation of democracy. In addition, AphroChic has worked on issues related to Long COVID. Co-founder, Jeanine Hays, has lived with the condition since 2020, and the couple are strong advocates for increased health care access and virus mitigation practices to protect people from contracting the virus. AphroChic donates a proceeds of sales monthly to organizations that work to bring about positive transformative change in our world.

Over the years, we have come to understand design, interior and otherwise, as cultural artifacts with deep historical, social and even political importance. Recognizing how much of a society — both its goods and ills — exists “by design,” we believe that there is much that each one of us can do to help design a better world. AphroChic exists to highlight all who are currently dedicated to this work in the African Diaspora, and to inspire those to come.