“Two lucky designers will be able to showcase before Apple Bottom & Baby Phat this year, could this be you? For those that don’t know Apple Bottom, it’s the fashion brand by super rapstar Nelly, and Baby Phat is fashion label by celebrity and ex wife of Russel Simmons, Kimora Simmons. Designers will be able …
Stoned Cherrie, Sanlam SA Fashion Week Summer 2009/2010
If it ain’t broke, hey break it and you could be like Nkhesani Nkosi with 470 stores across Africa, admired among peers and the ultimate icing on the cake? You get to show at New York Fashion Week! The very Ladybrille Nkhensani continues to keep her message precise and clear: African people and fashions are …
Colleen Eitzen ,Sanlam SA Fashion Week Summer 2009/2010
For the very seasoned Colleen Eitzen, co-owner of the retail outlet “The Space” where she retails her designs, clothes should be functional, simple yet elegant. This served as the basic premise for her, “The Simple Solution” Summer 2009/2010 Collection at Sanlam SA Fashion Week. The Simple Solution indeed she provided for the Ladybrille woman who …
Anisa Mpungwe, Sanlam SA Fashion Week Summer 2009/2010
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] …
“Satolicious” by Tanzania’s Mustafa Hassanali
As African fashions continue to gain momentum the world over, seasoned African fashion designers are stepping up the ante and in instances delving into markets you wouldn’t typically find them. For Tanzania’s Mustafa Hassanali, it was a combination of both with the showing of his new collection titled ‘Satolicious’ at Tanzania’s New Mwanza hotel in …