DC Fashion Week boasts several African designers
DC Fashion Week will grace Washington DC from February 18 – 24. This Fashion Week is the 4th largest Fashion Week in the United States.
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Jamhuri Wear wants to help you travel in style with Buyu
Jamhuri Wear, designer of the unique ethnic-pride wear, have come out with a luxury travel collection, Buyu.
Thando Hopa helps open more doors for albino models
Thando Hopa is no stranger to controversy. As an albino growing up in Africa, she has been seen as some as a good luck or bad luck depending on who the person was.
Refilwe Modiselle redefines model beauty
Refilwe Modiselle is a model and entertainer born in Rockville, Soweto. She started her modelling career at the age of 13 when she was approached by “Y!” magazine. She also appeared as a runway model in 2005 for star South African designer David Tlale, making her the first albino model to appear on a runway in South Africa. She is widely credited as the first working albino model in South Africa and was recently selected as the new face of clothing brand LEGiT’s summer collection. Speaking about her monumental feat in this interview Refilwe says ” The rules that defined what a ‘normal’ girl should look like have been broken. I’m glad LEGiT picked me because it’s taken fashion to another level. That they chose to do something different shows how feisty the brand is.”
Festival for Fashion and Arts readies for big show
The Festival for Fashion and Arts (FAFA) is slated to take place on November 17, 2012at 6 p.m. at Silver Ring, Ngong Race Course, in Nairobi, Kenya. This year’s theme is FAFA Insight 2012 : Rebranding Africa.
Salieu Jalloh – Sierra Leone’s male supermodel
Salieu Jalloh is a male model from Sierra Leone who is in great demand for both print work and the runway. His chiseled looks and photogenic style have helped to make him quite the star.
Salieu Jalloh works with Red Model Management in New York, and Ford Models Europe, in Paris. He has walked the runway for, among others, Calvin Klein, Moschino, Corneliani, Dsquared2, Kenzo, and Songzio.
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Jared Okeyo paving his way in Atlanta
Jared Okeyo, a model based in Atlanta, has been on reality shows Real Housewives of Atlanta and the TI and Tiny Show on VH1, and was part of the fashion show by the AKOO clothing line owned by rapper T.I. He also did a Macys and Sean John fashion show.
To learn more about him, or just stay in touch, follow him on Twitter or friend him on his Facebook page.
Zainab Sheriff, Sierra Leone’s leggy beauty
Zainab Sheriff is a Sierra Leone fashion model, currently based in Istanbul Turkey.
Zainab started her modeling career at age 14 in the local area of Freetown Sierra Leone. She relocated to Istanbul Turkey in 2006, following her boyfriend (now husband), where she soon caught the eye of several high-end fashion designers. In an interview with Because I Am Fabulous, she detailed how some agencies were initially reluctant to work with her since there were ‘…not many black people in Turkey’, so therefore the demand for black models would not be high. Her big break came when she worked at a golden fair and subsequently met Cengiz Abazoglu, one of Turkey’s biggest designers. Through her work with him, she was exposed to other designers (Cemil Ipekci, Arzu Kaprol, Christian Loboutin) who included her on their runway rosters.
Her career portfolio includes extensive runway shows, features in top magazines including Elle, Marie Claire, and Vogue. Some of you may remember her as a contestant in the 2012 Big Brother Africa TV Reality Show. She unfortunately didn’t make it to the final for controversial reasons.
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Anggy Haif highlights African culture in fashion and music
Anggy Haif is a Cameroonian designer and singer who promotes African culture in his music and designs.
His designs use natural materials including raffia, roots, palm leaves and recycled materials. These products are woven into unique, creative, elegant designs that incorporate traditiona African patterns. His style is in such demand that he provides outfits for national and international beauty pageants. He also uses his own music as the backdrop to his fashion shows.
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Oswald Boateng showcases African print suits at New York Fashion Week
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British-Ghanaian fashion designer, Ozwald Boateng on Thursday took over the Big Apple in style when Arise Magazine hosted its African Icons Collective including Gavin Rajah (South Africa), Tiffany Amber (Nigeria), Tsemaye Binitie (UK/Nigeria) and Maki Oh (Nigeria) at the Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week
Kustom Looks showcase their Miaka Collection
Kustom Looks founded by Kwab Asamoah has clothed several local celebrities/personalities, including news anchor, Leon Harris; head of Republicans’ Michael Steele; Brian Mitchell, former NFL Football Athlete; and TOP Black CEO, Russell Wright.
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