Models

Use Black Models or Pay $120,000 Says Brazil to Brazil Fashion Producers and Designers.

Brazilian prosecutors and organisers of Sao Paulo Fashion Week have reached a deal over claims that too few black and mixed-race models are taking part. Under its terms, fashion brands must ensure that 10% of the models are of African or Indigenous descent. Last year, an investigation concluded eight of 344 the models taking part …

Fashion Weeks

Arise Africa Fashion Week, A New Day Dawns for African Fashions

African Fashion International (AFI), organisers of the Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban Fashion Weeks, is proud to announce ARISE Africa Fashion Week, a showcase of the continent’s leading fashion designers at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, from the 12 to 20 June 2009. ARISE Africa Fashion Week is five-year sponsorship agreement with ARISE Magazine, …