See a pre-view of Africa Fashion Week London 2017 designers
This weekend AFWL joins up with Africa Utopia to showcase African design talent at the Southbank Centre
SATURDAY 15 JULY @ 5pm
AFRICA UTOPIA
SOUTHBANK CENTRE
LONDON SE1 8XX
This weekend AFWL joins up with Africa Utopia to showcase African design talent at the Southbank Centre
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8 Designers will show 5 of their latest designs to a crowd that is expected to reach up to 40,000 over the 2 day festival.
Don’t say we didn’t warn you! Expect to see Nigerian Menswear on the
catwalk. These designers are becoming force of nature and attracting
attention from the international fashion press.
But if you really want to see what Africans are doing in all their full
glory, head down to Africa Fashion Week London on 11-12 August, see the
menswear and womenwear on the catwalk and try to pick up a bargain from
our exhibition hall.
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| Nigerian Menswear Designer: Del Africa
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Meet our AFWL // Africa Utopia Menswear Designers:
- Kola
Kuddus creates clothes for the modern man has showcased at high
profile shows such as Lagos Style Week and Africa Fashion Week Nigeria.
- Del
Africa provides exceptional aesthetic designed clothing for
local/international market. Del Africa combines a unique blend of
African and international fabrics and designs to produce clothing,
shoes, bags and accessories.
- SOBOYE
- A very much in demand menswear designer and stylist, Samson has had
20 years’ experience in the creative industries and is the British
Nigerian creative behind the successful brand that has been in existence for an impressive 15 years.
- Nigerian Abisola Akanni was a
favourite of Graduate Fashion Week 2017. Expect to see freshness in
her showcase. Unaffected by the current Lagos aesthetic and taking her
inspiration from her memories of Nigeria with a London twist.
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| Nigerian Menswear Designer: Kola Kuddus
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| Graduate Designer Abisola Akanni is ready to allow us a preview of her collection.
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Meet our AFWL // Africa Utopia Womenswear Designers:
- SLOW
- CASE is Zambian Odette Steele's new brand. A social commentary on the
issue of the ‘throwaway culture’ that we now live in. Inspired by the
numerous ‘flea markets’ that she saw growing up in Zambia, that were
laden with cast away clothing from Western countries, the idea of
revamping undesired clothing to consider the issue of waste and
overconsumption was formed.
- Yemzi is
run by British-Nigerian fashion designer Elizabeth-Yemi Akingbade
founded Yemzi in 2013 with a limited edition range of environmentally
friendly printed t-shirts. The fashion brand’s first ready-to-wear
collection (SS16) was released in 2015, setting the premise for Yemzi's
aesthetic. Tired of seeing African designers limited by the same Dutch
wax designs, Elizabeth-Yemi creates the artwork for her collections,
which are inspired by West African culture. She combines her unique
fabrics with Western and traditional silhouettes
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Didi Creations
is a design creative enterprise that is inspired by colours, retro,
African arts and culture; hence the colourful, retro and afro centric
theme in most of our designs.
Each
of our design is hand crafted from start to finish. We create using the
finest natural raw materials ranging from leather, bamboo, fabric, fur,
beads, wood, straw, sequence, shells, and coconut shell.
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| London Designer YEMZI
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Africa
Utopia is now becoming a mainstay on the festival calendar with talks,
concerts, plays and an African market to buy merchandise and the latest
African fashions and food. Look out for AFWL favourite Aso Global in the marketplace and their range of oh so trendy tshirts.
HOW TO GET TO AFRICA UTOPIA ON SOUTHBANK
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expect to see some of our new models chosen from our Casting in June.
It’s the first time we are showcasing them, so come and cheer them on!
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