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SWAHILI FASHION WEEK CROSSES THE BORDER TO NAIROBI.
Swahili
Fashion Week, East and Central Africa largest fashion event, now in its
fifth year is advancing its showcase from Tanzania to Neighbor country
Kenya by having a one night showcase in Nairobi on 6th
October 2012. Swahili Fashion Week 2012 will collectively bring together
15 fashion and accessories established designers from Swahili speaking
countries and beyond to showcase their creativity and forecast future
fashion trends for the region.
“This year we have grown tremendously as we cross the border to mark
our initiatives on making Swahili fashion week largest fashion event in
East and central Africa where as our target is to showcase in all
Swahili speaking countries and Nairobi is our first point to start with
” stated the founder of the Fashion week Mustafa Hassanali.
“Opening Swahili Fashion Week to a new audience, and keeping to the
tradition of being the largest fashion platform this year we shall
unveil collections by regions top designers giving the public a show
that is different in creativity and cultural taste from the East
Africa”, added Hassanali’
‘Audience should expect to see a blend of designers from East Africa
showcasing their talent under one roof as we celebrate our fifth year
after its inception in 2008. thus for the first time we have decided to
cross borders and have our first showcase in Nairobi this year because
our main aim is to be the most sought after fashion platform in Africa.
So, Kenyans should expect a strong line up of designers whereby we will
be featuring ten designers from the host country. Established designers
who are renowned in the region like Moo Cow and Patricia Mbela (last
year’s SFW East African Designer of the Year) together with designers
Mohamed Bana, Morna Omondi, Shenu Hooda, Anna Adero, Vaishali Morjaria,
Annesophie Achera, Wangechi Muriithi , AFAD – Kenya. Designer from
Tanzania showcasing are Gabriel Mollel, Diana Magesa, Lucky Creations ,
Hameed Abdul and last years Emerging Designers Competition Award winner
Sarah Masenga”. Said Washington Benbella the Swahili fashion week
manager.
Swahili fashion week 2012 Nairobi Showcase has been sponsored by
Precision Air, East Africa Television, Capital FM ,Phat Productions,
Africa Magic, Capital Fm (Kenya), 361 Degrees, Strut it Afrika and
Muthoni Njoba Makeup and hosted by Safaricoms Michael Joseph centre,
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