South African Fashion Retail Shop, Foschini Heads To Ghana

Foschini Group (TFG), a Cape Town-based firm, says it will open five branches in Ghana by next march of part of a bigger plan to increase the number of stores in Africa. The Foschini group currently has 120 stores outside of South Africa.

The Foschini group is known it be the biggest seller of sporting brands such as Adidas and Nike Inc in South Africa.   TFG’s plan is actually to double the number of stores that they currently have in Africa this however will be stretched across four years, the countries concerned will include Mozambique, Kenya and Angola.

Africa has been seen as the fastest growing continent as other markets have been seen to have been saturated as far as sales are concerned.

The South African company operates 17 retailer brands ranging from women’s fashion to jewellery. It is worth noting however that the company already operates in several African countries, including Nigeria, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia.

Mai Atafo, April by Kunbi, Duaba Serwa & More For Glitz Africa Fashion Week On November 6th - 9th

From the 6th of November to the 9th of November 2014, Glitz Africa Fashion Week will present an ecletic mix of designers from the African continent in the capital of Ghana – Accra. Among the designers confirmed are; Mai Atafo from Nigeria, Taibo Bacar from Mosambique, Ejiro Amos Tafiri, April by Kunbi, Duaba Serwaa and Thula Sindi from South Africa, just to mention a few.

After two fantastic years of unparalleled success at the Accra International Conference Center, this year’s fashion week will be even bigger.

This year, you will still see your favorite elements of Glitz African Fashion Week: a world class production, the hottest up-and-coming designers, a top end fashion exhibition with media and buyers who will feature a fashion park highlighting various industry components.

Photos: Vimbai Sizzles As Host Of The Future Africa Awards Nominees Reception

Host of Africa Magic’s StarGist, Vimbai, today, 31 July 2014, flew into Nigeria from Kenya to host the Nominees’ Reception for The Future Africa Awards & Summit 2014. The event was hosted by the United States Consulate and held at the residence of the Consul-General, Jeffrey Hawkins.

The effervescent hostess, who also anchored the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards in March of this year was made up by House of Tara International foundation. She had a Tara flawless foundation with Tara- Dual mineral powder, Tara bronzer in DARK and a mineral blush 27.

Her eyes were done with omoge and dark contour in FRK palette and to finish off she had on her lips, the Osomote lip liner, adooshe and okenne tube gloss.

Guests at the reception included Nigeria’s A-list set Rita Dominic, Toke Makinwa, Bez, Ice Prince, OC Ukeje, Brymo, Uche Nnaji, Gbemileke Oyinsan, Titilayo Oyinsan, Vonne Vixen, Mai Atafo, Noble Igwe, Fela Durotoye, Ivie Okujaye, Funlola Aiofioyebi, Stephanie Coker, amongst others.

Joe Wizzy, Mz Vee & Others To Rock Tadi Fashion Weekend, August 9th

Joe Wizzy and Mz Vee is expected to rock the event alongside stars like Big Dee, Atsu Koliko, Westsyde Legacy, among others. The MUSIGA Organiser hinted that, he might use the occasion to premiere his much awaited single, which was due for release a couple months ago.

The confident rapper, who has performed on a number of platforms in the country and treated music fans to unforgettable performances, has promised Ghanaians and the organisers of the event a good show.

This year’s event is expected to be different and historic will bring together the best of Ghanaian and international fashion icons to celebrate the event with stake holders and industry enthusiasts.

The Tadi Fashion Weekened is being organised by Mandy’s Exclusive and Vienna City Beach is to honour the country’s most hardworking and dedicated designers, models and stake holders who have promoted Ghanaian culture through fashion.

The event is proudly sponsored by; Takoradi Beach Hotel, Starbow, Hairliners Picosystems Gh. Ltd., GhOne TV, 4Syte TV, Y97.9 Fm and Kyzz Fm.

GLAM AFRICA UK Launch Set For London Fashion Week February 2015

Glam Africa UK is a new platform established to promote African fashion and culture in London and surrounding areas through a yearly fashion show, daily updated fashion/ lifestyle website and free glossy fashion/ lifestyle magazine which will be distributed in London.

Glam Africa Fashion Night (GAFN) is a unique fashion party that will attract 800 fashionable guests and it will hold during London Fashion Week, February 2015. The event, which will be the first of a series of such annual events, will showcase exquisite collections from 15 luxury African Fashion designers. They will be mainly established African designers most of whom have clothed international celebrities.

The fashion show which is being tagged A Night Of Fashion, Glamour and music will include performances and entertainment from African and British artistes. As well as the UK audience, a number of guests – high profile personalities and celebrities will fly in from different African countries to attend the event. GAFN will hold in a glamorous central London venue which will be announced shortly.

GAFN will also double as the launch of the cosmopolitan new age African fashion handbook – Glam Africa Magazine. This will be a medium to target Africans in London and surrounding areas through print media. It will be a free glossy fashion/lifestyle magazine which will be printed monthly and distributed at upmarket and high traffic locations.

The magazine will focus on modern fashion for men and women, showcasing mainly works of African fashion designers. A large section of the magazine will be dedicated to beauty, lifestyle, food and travel. Each issue will have fashion editorials, features from celebrated guest writers, celebrity interviews and fashion shots for the cover   With over 1 Million Africans living in the UK and 13% of Londoners being of full Black descent, Glam Africa UK intends to fill a gap In the community by creating its fashion and cultural platforms. Glam Africa will also launch a daily updated fashion and lifestyle website/forum in December 2014 to increase its online audience and popularity.

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All Eashion Eyes On DR Congo As Kinshasa Fashion Week Returns With A Bang

From 18th -20th July the Shark Club of Kinshasa is set to be teeming with designers, models, fashion media, hairstylists and make-up artists as the 2nd Annual Kinshasa Fashion Week returns for another dazzling showcase of Africa’s best design talent. Collections from local and international designers will be shown over two evenings:

Friday, 18th and Saturday, 19th July and on the last day, Sunday, 20th July there will be an Expo where the collections will be made available to the public.

Following the success of last year’s inaugural showcase, the organizers have pulled out all the stops to ensure the 2014 fashion week will be just as memorable.

“I am truly excited for the 2nd edition of our fashion week, continuing with my quest to take our DR Congo fashion designers to the next level and this year we’ve kicked this up a notch,” says Gloria Mteyu, speaking in her capacity as the convener of Kinshasa Fashion Week.

International Model, Victoria Michaels Honoured At All Africa Media Networks Awards

International model-Victoria Michaels, over the weekend was awarded the ‘Potential super model of the Year award’ at the All Africa Media Networks Awards in Accra, Ghana. 

Victoria is a versatile model, whose hard work has earned her recognition as well as deals as brand Ambassador for international organisations such as for Bel- AQUA, Ghana @ 50 Gold show, BBC African Fashion Week, Dubai Fashion Week, FIMA Fashion Week, Dark & Lovely Hair Fashion Show.

She has also featured on Oh! Yes Magazine, FIMA Magazine, Da Viva, Print ads for Agricultural Development Bank, Woodin, MTN, Cover for Ghana’s 2006 Presidential diary, TV commercials for MTN, Nescafe, Woodin, Social media campaign for Vodaphone alongside renowned artistes like; Dbanj and Sarkodie.