“Sandra Muendane is a Mozambican designer who studied fashion in Lisbon, Portugal. Since graduating she has gained valuable experience in the fashion industry, working in France, South Africa and the USA. In 2007 she was the winner of the ‘Africa in Style!’ competition at the International Festival of African Fashion in Niamey, Niger. Sandra sees …
Arise Africa Fashion Week ’09, BEBE NOIR MEN
“Bébénoir is a New York based clothing company founded by Ibrahima Doukoure. Originally from Guinee, West Africa, Ibrahima spent most of his childhood in Senegal and Italy. The idea of Bébénoir emerged in early 2004 over dinner with close friends at an African restaurant in Harlem, New York. When the topic of conversation was focused …
Arise Africa Fashion Week ’09, Odio Mimonet Runway
“Since 1995 the Odio Mimonet label has represented creativity and has been described as art by its numerous fans and clientele. The label is well known for its bespoke haute couture pieces that are stylish, artistic and exclusive. In November 2006 a prêt-a-porter line called Voyage was launched to compliment the label’s couture line. Voyage …
Arise Africa Fashion Week ’09, Anna Ngann Yonn
“Upon graduating from high school, Anna Ngann Yonn took her passion for clothing design and enrolled at Paris fashion design school, ESMOD, where, after three years of studying in the fields of women’s ready-to-wear and haute couture, she became a stylist. Anna then opened an art studio/showroom in her native Cameroon, specializing in tailor-made items …
Africa Fashion Week ’09, Lanre Da Silva Ajayi
“Lanre Da Silva Ajayi studied business administration at Coventry University and obtained her masters degree at the University of Leicester in finance. With this business background, she then founded her eponymous label in Nigeria in 2005 for the discerning, stylish and slightly avant garde woman. Lanre is now one of Nigeria’s foremost fashion minds and …