African Fashion Designers Showcase Cool New Styles

By ⋅ June 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Dakar Fashion Week Poster (Photo: Dakar Fashion Week)

Dakar Fashion Week Poster (Photo: Dakar Fashion Week)

For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for a city that is hosting a major fashion show this week. It is not Paris, Milan, or London.
It is Fashion Week in the West African nation of Senegal and more than 30 top African designers are in town.

The city we are looking for is Senegal’s largest city and the westernmost on the African continent.

Designers are there to showcase their creations -bold prints and stylish accessories – designs designs that reflect Africa’s many cultures.

Dakar is the answer to the Geo Quiz where dozens of top African fashion designers are taking part in the Fashion Week.

The BBC’s Thomas Fessy says organizers are hoping the Fashion Week will boost the profile of Africa’s emerging fashion industry.


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6 comments for “African Fashion Designers Showcase Cool New Styles”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4NZCCJUVF736MUMPSOXXYO26TQ Mel

    I am not certain whether a poor miserable country like Senegal priority should be fashion. Safety and building a nation, creating job, establishing the broken education system, setting up the rule of law, and reducing   the illiteracy rate which is at 72%, nearly ¾ of population are illiterate, unemployment is hovering at 56%, a nation riddled with corruption and nepotism. Yet the un-savvy! Host,  fashion week and claim Senegal is rich country, these people must be diluted.  38% of the population is malnourish or dying of starving on a daily basis.

    • Olumala

      Fashion creates jobs. Beauty is always better looking than misery.

    • http://profile.yahoo.com/4SNT25FE6KXHPKR422TASGLMSY Doxa

      I am sure if you knew a little bit of Senegalese culture you would realize that a fashion show makes a lot of sense in Senegal. Senegal as much as most of West Africa, is not a place flooded with the ready-made one-size fits all wave that has dominated most of the rest of the world. Over there you go to the market, pick a fabric and go to your tailor to have him/her make an outfit of your choosing. It is just part of the way of life.  There is more to Senegal and Africa than the statistics.

  • http://www.facebook.com/BEE.ARTHUR Beatrice Bee Arthur

    Even when there was war and strife in Europe during the second World War, Fashion was never totally forgotten. Why must Africans not celebrate fashion?  

  • http://www.jzandf.com/ David James

    There are people who appreciate West African and Senegalese fashion. These top designers are hoping to make a mark in the fashion world, and this event would probably be one of the best ways to showcase their talent. Their fashion typically consists of bold colours and unique weaves, and I think they are beautiful.

  • http://www.jzandf.com/ David James

    These top designers are hoping to make a mark in the fashion world, and this event would probably be one of the best ways to showcase their talent. Their fashion typically consists of bold colours and unique weaves, and I think they are beautiful.