Have you ever found yourself saying, “gosh what a world we live in today. Busy, busy, massive consumption, drive thrus etc.?” If you have, well you are not alone! Tanzania born designer Anisa Ami Mpungwe apparently feels the same way and used the above musings as the inspiration for her “Drive-Thru Generation” Summer 2009/2010 collection …
Naomi Campbell Steals the Spotlight with “Fashion Relief ‘Mai Mumbai’, Lakme Fashion Week 2009.
Lakme Fashion Week is to India what New York Fashion Week is to the USA–and the rest of the world, really. Yes, of course, there is the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, which is also a fashion week to contend with. However, since 2005 when IMG [a global leader in fashion weeks and events production] …
Africa Fashion Week 2009, An Intercontinental Experience on a Global Scale
Inaugural Africa Fashion Week to bolster continental design industry Johannesburg, South Africa. The African fashion industry will be scoring the winning goal during the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup in June, with the announcement of the inaugural Africa Fashion Week taking place in Johannesburg in June. African Fashion International (AFI), which runs Cape Town, Joburg and …
Design Indaba 2009: Karen Monk Klinjstra Winter Collection ’09
Winter Collection ’09 for Karen Monk Klijnstra was defined as “a cross-pollination of urban wasteland, recyclable fabrics, interesting textures and futuristic, psychedelic colours.” Photocredits: Simon Deiner/SDR Photo Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west through contemporary African fashion and celebrating the …
Design Indaba 2009, UNDACOVA Winter Collection ’09
Undacova is a newly launched label determined to put the “F” back in fun for men’s lingerie. They also have a women’s line. Photocredit: Simon Deiner/SDR Photo Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west through contemporary African fashion and celebrating the …