Swahili Fashion Week, East and Central Africa largest fashion event, now in its Fourth year, will be held at The National Museum on the 10th, 11th and 12th November 2011 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
“This year we have grown tremendously as we have 20 established Tanzanian designers, 10 up and coming designers and the rest from outside Tanzania, all in all 50 designer showcases aimed at celebrating 50 years of our Independence,Opening Swahili Fashion Week to a new audience, and keeping to the tradition of being first, this year we shall unveil the first ever Fashion Awards in East and Central Africa celebrating achievements made by the fashion industry. Another First will be a T-shirt design competition aimed at engaging the young and their creativity as part of expanding our fashion family” stated the founder of the Fashion week Mustafa Hassanali.
Swahili Fashion Week 2011 will collectively bring together 50 fashion and accessories designers from Swahili speaking countries and beyond to showcase their creativity and forecast future fashion trends for the region.In addition to the Fashion Show presentations, Swahili Fashion Week Shopping Festival which was incorporated in year 2010 will once again be the main feature and up to date more than 30 exhibitors have already confirmed participation thus making it the largest shopping festival in the country.
Swahili Fashion Week 2011 will be broadcasted live via the World Wide Web via the www.swahilifashionweek.com website, giving the global fashion media an insight to the world of Fashion in Eastern Africa. The live webcast will also give opportunity to Tanzanians living in the Diasporas to be part of the celebration of 50 years of Tanzanian independence celebration.
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