{"id":3248,"date":"2012-04-06T13:36:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T17:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=3248"},"modified":"2012-04-06T13:36:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T17:36:32","slug":"hub-of-africa-the-new-era-of-african-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/hub-of-africa-the-new-era-of-african-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Hub of Africa: The New Era of African Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AFWNY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2012\/04\/hub-of-africa-fashion-week-in-new-york.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3253 lazyload\" title=\"hub of africa fashion week in new york\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2012\/04\/hub-of-africa-fashion-week-in-new-york.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Origin of Africa presents, <em>Hub of Africa<\/em>, dedicated to emphasis on sustainability and eco-fashion. From April 24-27<sup>th<\/sup> different exhibitors will showcase their eco-friendly works, including: manufacturers, fabric suppliers, buyers and designers. <em>Hub of Africa<\/em> will take place in the newly-built African Union Conference Center, where they will also bring industry leaders from across Africa to participate in the event that has the potential to precipitate a great movement in Africa\u2019s global market. In addition, three awards will be given out at the show: first, the chance to be a part of Africa Fashion Week New York. Second, an opportunity in Paris\u2019 Ethical Fashion Week and lastly, the Retailer award where the endowed designer will have his\/her designs produced and sold in a large department store within 90 days of the show. Origin of Africa is initiating a whole new era of African fashion, one that will not only be a dominant figure in the fashion industry, but will also be a staple in Africa\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2012\/04\/hub-of-africa.png\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3250 lazyload\" title=\"hub of africa\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2012\/04\/hub-of-africa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"561\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The show sends a powerful message to the rest of the world that the African fashion industry is open and ready for business \u2013 and that it can do this business differently \u2013 sustainably.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFWNY Origin of Africa presents, Hub of Africa, dedicated to emphasis on sustainability and eco-fashion. From April 24-27th different exhibitors will showcase their eco-friendly works, including: manufacturers, fabric suppliers, buyers and designers. Hub of Africa will take place in the newly-built African Union Conference Center, where they will also bring industry leaders from across Africa&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73],"tags":[1018],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}