{"id":6437,"date":"2013-04-10T11:50:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=6437"},"modified":"2013-04-10T11:50:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:50:29","slug":"qafrica-with-nakate-and-afrizion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/qafrica-with-nakate-and-afrizion\/","title":{"rendered":"QandAfrica with Nakate &#8211; Sustainable Luxury You Need to Own"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/04\/IMG_5882-Edit.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6439 alignleft lazyload\" alt=\"IMG_5882-Edit\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/04\/IMG_5882-Edit-235x300.jpg\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01. What is it that you do?\u00a0<\/strong>I connect African professionals, diaspora and entrepreneurs to locally run artisan groups \u2013 using African talent to nourish African growth and development. Through these relationships, I build out lines of accessories sharing stories of African culture and experience with a global market.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2.what does Africa fashion mean to you? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/04\/IMG_5902-Edit.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6440 lazyload\" alt=\"IMG_5902-Edit\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/04\/IMG_5902-Edit-235x300.jpg\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Africa fashion tells a story. It tells the story of the continent in a way that celebrates its diversity, vibrancy and power. I&#8217;ve always loved things that were different, outside the box &#8211; and helped broaden people&#8217;s perspectives. To me, African fashion is all of these things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>3.What advice would you give to up coming entrepreneurs?<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Create and keep a clear vision of what you want for yourself and for your business. Work backwards from it in terms of actions, planning and focus. Come back to it every time you doubt yourself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/04\/Nakate_AfrizionInfo1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6433 lazyload\" alt=\"Nakate_AfrizionInfo\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/04\/Nakate_AfrizionInfo1-300x206.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0And don&#8217;t forget about \u00a0the \u00a0Spring Party and Trunk Show on April 30th ! Come and\u00a0get to know Nakate and Afrizion just a little bit better. See you there !<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01. What is it that you do?\u00a0I connect African professionals, diaspora and entrepreneurs to locally run artisan groups \u2013 using African talent to nourish African growth and development. Through these relationships, I build out lines of accessories sharing stories of African culture and experience with a global market. 2.what does Africa&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[128,90,83,1784,86,911,1483,149,1785,1786,1783],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6437"}],"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=6437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6437\/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=6437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}