SAVE THE DATE: (Sept. 3-6) Zimbabwe Fashion Week, Fashion Redefined

Founded by Priscilla Chigariro-Gessen in October 2009, Zimbabwe Fashion Week is Zimbabwe’s premier fashion event. Its’ main purpose is to create a platform for Zimbabwean Designers to showcase their creations as well as to help rekindle what was once a thriving textile and fashion industry. The showcase attracts an assortment fashion enthusiasts, designers, models, buyers, …

Swahili Fashion Week: Designer Application Deadline is August 31st, 2015!

LAST CHANCE TO APPLY: ESTABLISHED DESIGNERS APPLICATION DEADLINE – 31st August. To showcase your collection at this Years #swahilifashionweek DOWNLOAD application form from www.swahilifashionweek.com. 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 brilliant woman in …

Nigeria’s Bank of Industry Launches $5 Million Fashion Fund for Women Owned Design Businesses

Access to capital remains a key complaint by most entrepreneurs across the continent of Africa, especially women entrepreneurs. Luckily, one bank is doing something about it. Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BoI) recently announced the launch of 1 billion Naira (an estimated $5m million) fund for Nigeria’s exploding fashion industry. Speaking through it bank representative, Rasheed …

Africa Fashion Week Barcelona, Sept. 5-6th, 2015

Africa Fashion Week Barcelona 2015, an exhibition of beauty, elegance, glamour, art and creativity. For more information and or to purchase your ticket, visit (http://www.afwb.org/#!/comprar) See a prior edition below 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 …

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Haitian Designer Prajje of PRAJJE 1983 Launches GoFundMe Campaign

Prajje 1983 www.prajje1983.com is a start‐up fashion brand and the brainchild of Haitian‐born New York‐Based designer, Prajje Jean‐Baptiste. Until last year, Prajje had never showcased his work in his native country. In December 2014, he returned to Haiti for the first time since leaving it as a young teen and presented a major fashion exhibition in Petion‐Ville, …