Africa Fashion Week London 2012

Africa’s Fashion Designers continue to score high marks in a trade that until recently was dominated by their counterparts from more established markets in Europe, and the United States of America among other giant territories.
Some years back, it was excruciatingly painful to go for a fashion show in say Paris or Milan and not see enough African representation.

The dynamics have long changed, and Africa’s fashion community have become lords of their own rings, and pushing an agenda that must hit home – “dominate, grow, and showcase until they can’t have enough of you”.

Africa’s Fashion Designers continue to score high marks in a trade that until recently was dominated by their counterparts from more established markets in Europe, and the United States of America among other giant territories.

Some years back, it was excruciatingly painful to go for a fashion show in say Paris or Milan and not see enough African representation.

The dynamics have long changed, and Africa’s fashion community have become lords of their own rings, and pushing an agenda that must hit home – “dominate, grow, and showcase until they can’t have enough of you”.

And this, they’ve perfectly held onto for the past half decade or so. These days, the big fashion shows of Milan, Paris, New York and Istanbul are not complete without an African touch. It is refreshing to note that at such big shows, if you don’t find an African designer in there, you will find at least some African fine print used into detail by a top designer.

That admission on the part of the organizers of such big shows that they can’t continue to leave Africa out of the party, more often, is enough a statement to prove how powerful the African designer has become with time.

Opportunities to partake in first-class and highly revered fashion shows stare Africa’s fashion designers in the face. All year round, there are numerous shows that open its doors to hundreds of Africa’s established and sometimes, up and coming designers.
It is a rare opportunity that goes a long way to help improve the African fashion designer. Often times, most are able to leverage on the opportunity it offers, and are able to build their own network of industry persons who later become useful to their trade.

And then of course, there is an accompanying level of global fame that comes with participating in such shows, one of which is the Africa Fashion Week London.

The AFWL “is at the fore front of capturing the surge of the African inspired trends in the fashion industry,” and is “open to designers of all nationalities, who are inspired by Africa in their designs”.
“This fashion week is not just open to African designers but any designers that feel they have a twist of Africa in their designs or consider they have something to offer to Africa,” the organizers have said.
The organizers say the two day event “celebrates the work of African inspired designers in the United Kingdom, and also dedicates its efforts to promoting and supporting inspiring talents”.
It is touted to be the UK's biggest Fashion Week outside of the mainstream London Fashion Weeks.

 

 By Obed Boafo

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Miss World Africa!

South Sudan’s Atong Demach is Miss World Africa!

Miss Atong Demach

In its 62^nd year, the Miss World beauty pageant was founded by Eric Morley in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations. Some 26, young, beautiful ladies took part in the maiden edition.
The event is now being run by Julia Morley, wife of the deceased founder, who died in 2000. The Miss World franchise is available to some 130 countries.




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Is Tyra Bank's AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL TREATHENED?

 
First it was the shocking announcement by the America's Next Top Model's Anchor Diva; Supermodel Tyra Banks  that she had fired her panel of experts; photographer                                 

Nigel Barker,




 Creative Director Jay Manuel

                                                                                                     and Runway coach Miss J. Alexander

 and described as a production decision due to some changes  in the making of the 19th season of her reality fashion show that now has over 23 formats around the globe.

Then followed the announcement that the 42 year old supermodel 

Naomi Cambell is to be the judge of a new modelling reality show. hm! this obviosly raises a lot of questions in the minds of fashion fans all over as to how this will impact on the America's next Top Model show; is Naomi going to give Naomi a run for the rating's? is it  a good time for TYra to make such major changes in the face of such competition? does the popular saying about " the Devil you know" not apply here?.

Now it is Tyra announcing that she almost left the show due to the amount of pressures she is under for each season to be a success.  she has however reassured her fans that she has come to learn how to delegate learn to delegate and hang on to the show which she describes as her Baby.

The runway beauty created the show in 2003, and it has since become one of the most popular fashion programmes in reality TV.

The 38 year old, who recently graduated from Harvard Business School, reveals she is now focused on learning how to share the workload.

 In her own words:  "I am learning how to delegate, and how to empower people. It has decreased my stress more. Now we are going to be producing so much more television. I didn't produce more TV because I am so much a micro-manager, hands on. But now, I realise that in order to truly grow, I have to delegate and find amazing people that are better at it than me."

And although she has signed on to continue her hosting and producing duties for America's Next Top Model, Banks still has faith that the show can continue on without her there everyday.

Fashion fans all over are still a bit skeptical about all the recent shaking and treathened aboandonement[\ just when the runway tigress Naomi is making an entrance into her turf. should  Tyra and  America's Next Top Model feel treathened?

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HOW TO DRESS FOR A MODELLING CASTING CALL.

Black Super Models -Alek Wek

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Alek WEkWhen Elle chose Alek We for the cover of their November 1997 issue, they were taking what many magazines considered a risk: a dark-skinned African girl on your cover did not, theoretically, sell issues. The result, however, was monumental reader response with letters-to-the-editor from women and men ecstatic about seeing the standards of beauty in fashion redefined.

As Oprah commented when Alek appeared on her show, "If you'd been on the cover of a magazine when I was growing up, I would have had a different concept of who I was."

Born in Southern Sudan, Alek was raised as a part of the Dinka tribe. At fourteen the civil war forced her to flee to London with her younger sister, where they were later joined by their mother and siblings. It was in London, at a street fair, where Alek was discovered.

She launched a career in modeling that has since named her: "Model of the Decade" by trend-setting i-D magazine; one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in May of 1999 as well as one of the "50 Most Influential Faces in Fashion" according to i-D and Frank magazines.

Alek's influence extends far beyond the fashion world and societal concepts of beauty. She spoke at the International Black Caucus Foreign Affairs as a member of a panel, which included Hillary Clinton, Congressman Daniel Payne, Danny Glover and many other distinguished speakers. Alek has also served on the advisory board for the U.S. Committee for Refugees.

She speaks in New York area schools to bring attention to the famine in Southern Sudan and to educate children on the importance of nourishment, in addition to helping to launch the Bracelet of Life campaign in conjunction with Medicins Sans Frontiers/Doctors Without Borders. She has also worked closely with AIDS awareness benefits, children's charities and breast cancer research.

Advertisers are equally attracted to Alek's presence. Her past campaigns include Clinique's Happy fragrance, Ralph Lauren, Jean Paul Gautier, Banana Republic, Joop, Nars, Issey Miyake, Moschino, XOXO Jeans, the Gap, Ann Taylor, and Michael Kors. Alek also appeared in Coach's "Most Influential People" campaign.

Alek has worked with the most talented photographers including Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, Annie Liebovitz, Arthur Elgort, Michael Thompson, Ellen Von Unwerth, and Steven Klein. Alek has also appeared on the covers of prominent international magazines including Elle, i-D, Dutch, Essence, Russian L'Oficiel, London Style, Deutsch and New York magazine's Fashions of the Times, as well as the Sunday Style Times issue.

  Alek is also in constant demand on the runway circuit for such top fashion houses as Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Christian Dior, Gucci, Fendi, Jean Paul Gautier, Vivienne Westwood, Chanel, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, and Helmut Lang.

Alek has been dedicating the little free time she has to another passion: design. She has combined what she has learned from her years in the industry with her natural artistic ability to create a line that is a true reflection of her. Judging by the enormous success of her special line of handbags (Alek Wek 1933); Alek is poised to become a force to be reckoned with on both sides of the fashion business.

In addition, Acting is another talent that Alek is cultivating. She was last featured in the Heath Ledger and Kate Hudson film "Four Feathers."

  "I haven't seen anybody that interesting, that black and that beautiful in a long time," said Steven Meisel, who has photographed Alek for Vogue. This is the sentiment that continues to surround Alek. She is not just a black model, and not just a celebrity lending her name to a cause. Alek uses fashion as a vehicle to accomplish what she believes in, which has proven to benefit everyone.