Designers

Arise Magazine 'Made in Africa': Watch Nigerian Designers at the Arise Show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Did you miss the Arise Magazine show? If so, watch all the excitement from Bunmi Koko, Jewel by Lisa, Lanre Da Silva Ajayi, Fati Asibuela and other African designers at the Arise Magazine ‘Made in Africa’ Show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week here. “Designer Lanre Da Silva-Ajayi attends the Made In Africa: By Arise Magazine Spring …

Editor’s Note: Splurging on African Designers + A Need for Innovation in Africa’s Fashion Industry!

There was a time the world and especially Africans would not be caught dead in an African designer outfit. A person who wore an African designer label was considered less cultured and an easy prey by the upwardly mobile snobbish lot. You could be “Proudly Gucci, Versaci, Prada,” but “Proudly Jewel by Lisa, Stoned Cherrie, …

Winners at Arise Magazine Fashion Week Awards: Bunmi Koko, Flaviana Matata & More!

Sunday March 13th, 2011 marked the grand finale of the Arise Magazine Fashion Week shows and the highly anticipated Arise Fashion Awards. Five designers would be selected to show this September 2011 at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week. You could feel all holding their breaths at the awards, waiting to see if they were one …