Excerpt from my Society HAE blog post:
The World Cup may have ended, but Africa continues to shine in the spotlight—or, more specifically, on the runway. Last Thursday at the Broad Street Ballroom in New York City, eleven African designers kicked off the first annual Africa Fashion Week with an amazing runway show that featured a diverse array of fabulous collections. No true African event is complete without music, so between each collection, the flyest African tunes, both new and old, were spun much to the delight of the eager audience. When the statuesque models stepped onto the runway, they reinforced that black beauty will always be in style.
Women of all shapes, sizes, and colors proudly rocked each designer’s collection. The brilliant details and innovative construction of the pieces instantly captured the audience, causing us to crane our necks and lean forward in anticipation of the next piece that lay right around the corner. Although the language of fashion may be universal, every true fashionista knows that style comes in many dialects and the African fashion scene is no exception. Couture, avant-garde, Afrocentric, classic, playful, urban, contemporary—the show had something for everyone.
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