{"id":8176,"date":"2018-06-23T19:06:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T23:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=8176"},"modified":"2018-06-23T21:38:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T01:38:48","slug":"fifa-world-cup-branding-clothing-company-54-kingdoms-will-show-at-africa-fashion-week-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/fifa-world-cup-branding-clothing-company-54-kingdoms-will-show-at-africa-fashion-week-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Gear |54 Kingdoms Scores At Africa Fashion Week in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"afric-1510172713\" 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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"> Contact:<br \/>\nAdda Tidjani, Marketing &amp; Promotion Associate<br \/>\nAdiree<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:adda@adiree.com\">adda@adiree.com<\/a><\/em><\/p><div id=\"afric-1865116608\" 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 align=\"center\">World Cup Gear |54 Kingdoms Scores At Africa Fashion Week in New York<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/09\/54-Kingdoms-Adiree-Public-Relations-New-York-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8184 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/09\/54-Kingdoms-Adiree-Public-Relations-New-York-1.jpg\" alt=\"54 Kingdoms Adiree Public Relations New York (1)\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>NEW YORK, NY, July 7, 2010- 54 Kingdoms will present their latest collection at Africa Fashion Week (New York) (AFWNY), 6:00 PM Est. on Friday July 16<sup>th<\/sup>, 2010 at the Broad Street Ballroom, Lower Manhattan\u2019s premiere event space.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Poku and Kwaku A. Awuah from Ghana founded 54 Kingdoms in 2006 to best address the problem of cultural and ethnic disassociation by using fashion as a means to create cultural inclusion. The start-up clothing and apparel company has a mission of bringing the ideology of ethnicity, culture and fashion integration to a higher level by creating pieces tailored to the appeal of its consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Their motto, <i>Identity through Fashion<\/i>, is meant to empower individuals who uphold and recognize their Afrikan\/African ancestry and culture. \u201cThe heart of 54 Kingdoms\u2019 collection lies within the graphics; each design have a different significance to people based on their cultural heritage and ethnic background\u201d stated CEO Nana Poku.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, 54 Kingdoms was the first company to take the lead in branding Africa&#8217;s first ever FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 by introducing a personalized collection that represents the six participating African countries.<\/p>\n<p>AFWNY is produced by Adiree \u00a0and includes runway shows hosting 21+ designers from various countries in Africa and those of the African Diaspora, exhibitions, and industry networking events. Featured designers include Frank Osodi, Kosibah, and C\u00f4t\u00e9 Minou.<\/p>\n<p>Press, Celebrities and Media scheduled to attend include New York Times, New York Daily News, NFL NY Jets Safety\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/10749\/james-ihedigbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Ihedigbo<\/a>, Supermodel Oluchi and 2001 Ms. World Agbani Darego.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b>About Adiree |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adiree.company\">http:\/\/www.adiree.company<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About 54 Kingdoms |<a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/54-kingdoms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/54-kingdoms\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>###<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"afric-2681799071\" 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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Adda Tidjani, Marketing &amp; Promotion Associate Adiree adda@adiree.com World Cup Gear |54 Kingdoms Scores At Africa Fashion Week in New York NEW YORK, NY, July 7, 2010- 54 Kingdoms will present their latest collection at Africa Fashion Week (New York) (AFWNY), 6:00 PM Est. on Friday July 16th, 2010 at the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,3143,75],"tags":[151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163],"class_list":["post-8176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afw","category-events","category-news","tag-african-designers-soccer","tag-celebrities-and-media-scheduled-to-attend-include-new-york-times","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-frank-osodi","tag-james-jhedigbo","tag-kwaku-awuah","tag-ms-world-agbani-darego","tag-nana-poku","tag-new-york-daily-news","tag-new-york-jets-player-james-ihedigbo","tag-nfl-ny-jets-safety-james-ihedigbo","tag-press","tag-supermodel-oluchi-and-2001-ms-world-agbani-darego"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8176"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12156,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176\/revisions\/12156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}