Wednesday 21 March 2012

10 African Designers to Watch

The just concluded Arise Fashion Week that took place in Lagos Nigeria, with seventy-seven collections over the course of five days. It was Arise Fashion week. But you'd almost think it was new york fashion week. With Top Models like Alek Wek, Oluchi Onweagba & Georgie Badiel. From African grab by Local Labels to Abstract once. Dig even deeper and you'll see more than clothes on parade...
Well it was Lagos, but the collection could pass head designs anywhere from Paris to Milan to London.... The interesting thing about these list are the numbers of Nigerian Designers. FABULOUS, I'd say. Raw Talents and all

  • Loza Maleombho( Cote D'ivoire via new york)
  • Christie Brown(Ghana)
  • Gloria Wavamunno(Uganda)
  • Maki Oh(Nigeria)
  • Buki Akib(Nigeria)
  • Tsemaye Binitie (Nigeria via London)
  • Clan(Nigeria)
  • William Okpo(Nigeria via New york)
  • Telfer (Liberia via New york) 
  • Kezi Frederick(St Lucia via Britain)          

1 comment:

  1. Funny enough I've never heard any of those names before but might actually be cool if. I bought something one day and its labeled tsemaye binitie :-) I mean this dude is tired of gucci, zara, gabbana and frends. A little taste of ours can be a good thing.

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