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  • DESIGNERS TO WATCH AT AFRICA FASHION WEEK LONDON 2015

    Innocent Messy The daughter of a seamstress, Messy’s  love for fashion started at a very young age. Messy arrived on British soil nine years ago from the Democratic Republic of Congo.Now at just 23 years old, she is a fashion design womenswear graduate from London College of Fashion and has interned with Ada Zanditon, Alice Horlick( AEVHA London),…

  • THE NAMIBIAN FASHION AND INDUSTRY RECEPTION OCTOBER 10TH 2014

    Then 10th of October saw the Namibian fashion industry come together at an event that was the first of it’s kind for Namibia: The Namibian Fashion and Industry Reception. This fabulous event brought together designers, models, fashion lovers, investors and apparel industry movers and stakeholders for a networking session. It was a great time, with…

  • VAKWETU STYLE PRESENTS: THE NAMIBIAN FASHION AND DESIGN INDUSTRY RECEPTION

    Vakwetu is kicking off the Summer season with some fabulocity! Vakwetu Style presents: The Namibian Fashion and Design Industry Reception which, serves as a platform for emerging talent to network with seasoned professionals as well as stakeholders in the Fashion and Design Industry.This stylish networking event will be held at an  exclusive setting in Ludwigsdorf. So dress like…

  • MAKI OH FALL 2014 READY-TO-WEAR

    Whilst we are waiting for the full brunt of summer to hit us, here is a label that we hope to see African fashion fiends based in the northern hemisphere will be wearing this fall of 2014. Maki Oh is a label by Nigerian designer Maki Osakwe whose design ethos it to “challenge prevailing notions of beauty”.…

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    Images by SDR Photography

  • AFRICAN FASHION DESIGNERS | SKORZCH AW14 | MENSWEAR

    Winning the SA Fashion Week Renault New Talent competition and the Nokia Youth in Design award in 2012  catapulted South African Designer Zano Sithetho into the fashion limelight and definitely as one of  Africa’s emerging menswear fashion designers to watch. Pieces from his Autumn/Winter 2014 collection: www.skorzch.com