{"id":8710,"date":"2013-11-26T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=8710"},"modified":"2013-11-26T05:00:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T09:00:10","slug":"africas-top-5-swahili-fashion-week-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/africas-top-5-swahili-fashion-week-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa's Top 5 | Swahili Fashion Week 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just around the corner, Swahili Fashion Week<\/strong> will make its 6th <\/sup><\/b>appearance next week (Dec 5-8th<\/strong>)!\u00a0 Swahili Fashion Week<\/strong> strives to promote fashions from East Africa, pushing a \u2018Made in Africa<\/strong>\u2019 concept.\u00a0 SFW<\/strong> is very crucial to Eastern countries of Africa; it creates opportunities for East African products and businesses.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0As we await Swahili Fashion Week 2013<\/strong>, let\u2019s take a glance at some designers from SFW 2012<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Eskado Bird<\/b><\/p>\n

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This English-Tanzanian brand created by Doreen Estazia Noni<\/strong> was also spotted in SA Fashion Week<\/strong> and noted by Zen Magazine<\/strong> Africa<\/strong>. If you look below you will see why!\u00a0 We love the innovation of this brand. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Martha Jabo<\/b><\/p>\n

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Martha is another new designer we love. In her collection, there were diverse pieces that ranged from 80s chic, to sophisticated woman. Regardless of the variety within the line, all pieces looked together AND finished. \u00a0We love the gigot sleeves, the flow of the silhouettes, and the smooth pops of color.<\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Saffron by Pooja Jeshang<\/b><\/p>\n

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Pooja Jeshang is another designer who excellently infuses African fabric with modern design.\u00a0 Incorporating that mesh top was brilliant!\u00a0 Also, we love the pattern and v-neck line of the jumpsuit.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>An Nisa Abayas<\/b><\/p>\n

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Fatmah Yakub\u2019s collection of abayas, is one of the best executions of making an abaya fashionable. \u00a0It consists of black garments made of silk.\u00a0 The drape, which is impeccable, was sometimes complimented by prints, lace, or chiffon.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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<\/b>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Zamda George<\/b><\/p>\n

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Designer Zamda George played it down this year.\u00a0 Even though most were anticipating a new vivid collection, I am sure they were still very satisfied!\u00a0 We love how some pieces were made with silk on the lower half; along with the dress splits and necklines.<\/p>\n

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Stay tuned for Swahili Fashion Week 2013 | December 5th- December 8th<\/strong><\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.swahilifashionweek.com\/public\/index.php<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swahilifashionweek<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Twitter: @swahilifashion<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Just around the corner, Swahili Fashion Week will make its 6th appearance next week (Dec 5-8th)!\u00a0 Swahili Fashion Week strives to promote fashions from East Africa, pushing a \u2018Made in Africa\u2019 concept.\u00a0 SFW is very crucial to Eastern countries of Africa; it creates opportunities for East African products and businesses.     \u00a0As…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73],"tags":[89,128,90,2030,927,813,170,83,104,2127,2128,2129,685,2130,2131,1861,2132,2133,911,2134,2135,2136,2137,2138,2139,2140,2141,2142,2143,766],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8710"}],"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=8710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8710\/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=8710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}