{"id":11886,"date":"2016-08-08T10:03:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=11886"},"modified":"2018-06-23T20:09:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T00:09:14","slug":"africa-fashion-cameroon-comeback-olympics-gold-medal-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/africa-fashion-cameroon-comeback-olympics-gold-medal-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon&#8217;s Olympic Comeback In Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"afric-3359402891\" class=\"afric-before-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-Banner\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad>\r\n<\/div><p>Cameroon is<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11888 alignleft lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2016\/08\/cameroon-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"cameroon\" width=\"359\" height=\"231\" \/> making a comeback like never before (also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/african-fashion-moguls-africanfashionweek-cameroonian-fashion-making-emerging-in-the-fashion-world-globally\/\">Fashion Moguls Developing Cameroon&#8217;s Fashion Industry<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/olympics\/36993100\">BCC<\/a> as one of the most stylish groups at the 2016 Olympics Opening Ceremony in Rio many others followed suit to crown Cameroon as best dressed at the ceremony. Decorated with bold, bright colors and symbolic motifs unique\u00a0to the culture Cameroon&#8217;s ensemble signified great joy and unity. The traditional attire and embroidery so emanate to Cameroon spurred up true Cameroon pride re-introducing\u00a0the powerful status of Cameroon fashion.<\/p><div id=\"afric-1933191403\" class=\"afric-inbody afric-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><!-- \/21718337565\/AFW300 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0' style='width: 300px; height: 250px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Cameroon continues to be a source of inspiration for its top designers. With influential\u00a0creatives\u00a0from the country like <a title=\"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle\" href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/2016\/08\/african-fashion-reduce-reuse-recycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyorh Agwe,<\/a> <a title=\"Kibonen | New York\" href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/designers\/kibonen-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kibonen NY<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maisondafie.com\/\">Maison D&#8217;afie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/africafashionweek.adiree.com\/Designers\/uzuri-couture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uzuri Couture,<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liiberlondon.com\/\">Liiber London<\/a> Cameroon will surely no longer be sitting on the sidelines but standing right at the top with the big dogs of African fashion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Nyorh Agwe<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2016\/08\/Kibonen-africa-fashion.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11894 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2016\/08\/Nyorh-Agwe-africa-fashion-1-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nyorh Agwe africa fashion 1\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Kibonen NY<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2016\/08\/Kibonen-africa-fashion-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kibonen africa fashion\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Maison D&#8217;afrie<\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2016\/08\/Maison-dAfie-africa-fashion.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11892 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2016\/08\/Maison-dAfie-africa-fashion-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maison-dAfie africa fashion\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Uzuri Couture<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Uzuri Couture\" href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2016\/08\/Uzuri-Couture-Africa-Fashion.png\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11893 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2016\/08\/Uzuri-Couture-Africa-Fashion-199x300.png\" alt=\"Uzuri Couture Africa Fashion\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Liber London<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11891 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2016\/08\/liberty-london-africa-fashion-196x300.png\" alt=\"liberty london africa fashion\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"CAMEROON COLLECTIVE\" href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/designers\/cameroon-collective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out these designers from Cameroon&#8217;s Fashion Industry \u00a0<\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"afric-724262350\" class=\"afric-after-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-bottom\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon is making a comeback like never before (also read: Fashion Moguls Developing Cameroon&#8217;s Fashion Industry) Dubbed by BCC as one of the most stylish groups at the 2016 Olympics Opening Ceremony in Rio many others followed suit to crown Cameroon as best dressed at the ceremony. Decorated with bold, bright colors and symbolic motifs&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[3095,128,3096,516,3097,210,2106,3098,3099,3023,3100,3101],"class_list":["post-11886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afw","category-made","category-news","tag-2016-olympics","tag-africa-fashion","tag-camerfashion","tag-cameroon","tag-cameroun","tag-ethical-fashion","tag-kibonen-ny","tag-liber-london","tag-maison-dafie","tag-nyorh-agwe","tag-opening-ceremony","tag-uzuri-couture"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11886"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12313,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886\/revisions\/12313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}