“Started in 2003, the Dax Martin swimwear brand has designed swimwear for several major pageants (including Miss World and Miss South Africa) and has been featured in many South African magazines. Wholly designed and produced in Durban, the brand believes in creating niche market products in an effort to create employment and high-end fashion products …
Africa Fashion Week 2011: Mustafa Hassanali ‘Uhuru’ Collection (Pictures)
Tanzanian designer Mustafa Hassanali recently unveiled his ‘Uhuru’ collection at Africa Fashion Week 2011. “The collection embodies the flora and fauna of Tanzania, the Warm hospitality of its people, the rich natural resources of the nation but more importantly so built on the principles of the founding father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere” …
Africa Fashion Week 2011: Eki Orleans Ventures into Swimwear (Pictures)
Designer Hazel Aggrey Orleans of Eki Orleans tries her hands on something different, swimwear. It is a bit unexpected for us but we think she is off to a good start. Check out her collection at the just concluded 2011 Africa Fashion Week in South Africa. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California …
Africa Fashion Week: Lola Faturoti Shows Fashion Eye Candy at Africa Fashion Week 2011
New York based fashion designer Lola Faturoti is simply a designer’s designer. In 2007, we introduced you to Faturoti in an exclusive interview where she discussed how she broke into the fashion industry. Since then, we have been waiting to see Faturoti really expand her brand into Africa’s fashion markets and also gain even more …
Africa Fashion Week 2011: Adama Paris Collection (Pictures)
“Adama Amanda Ndiaye is the designer behind the label Adama Paris. Born in Kinshasa, Congo, to Senegalese diplomat parents, the well-travelled young creative embodies the multi-cultural designer of the new millennium. Adama currently shares her time between Dakar, Los Angeles and Paris and it is in these metropolitan cities that Adama finds her inspiration. Adama …