Africa Fashion Week London 2012 Comes Alive!

The Fashion Designers of Africa have done it again. They have have recently beegan to score high marks in a trade that used to be dorminated by their Europian and America counterparts, include other giant territories. It never used to be the case... But now the African's have become masters of the trade.

In today's fashion shows,  an incomplete mark is hung over the event, unless an Africa touch is felt. Even in the absence of African designers, there will definitely be an African print in some Top designers' collection.

All year, the opportunities to attend such high-class shows are gradually becoming easily accessible to Africa's fashion designers. This has been put in place to help the fashion industry in Africa and gives them a very rare access to a network of other Top designers in the business, not to mention the fame that they will receive globally.

The Africa Fashion Week is one of such shows and has brought together the spice of African fashion designers to London. Held this month, the Africa Fashion Week London 2012 brought together a crack core of who rules the fashion and design world in the continent and beyond. The venue, Spitalfields Market in Central London, has been the place to be so far this month. In their numbers, they came, saw and conquered a dream that just took off in August last year. The reviews have been great; and almost every designer, young and old who took part have had their fair share of fame and glory. With some 50 designers and some 100 models on show, the event lived up to its hype, delivering a class-act piece that has already set the tone for how next year’s event will look like.

During the two-day period, The Spitalfields saw the likes of 10,000 different people who came to witness a unique ambience for rich display of Fashion, Art, Music and Food. Designers Green Mamba, Uber Africa Collective, Kemunto Collection, Keto Couture, Afro Fanatic, Remi Lagos Collection, Rouch By Ronke, Adebayo Jones, Adaora’s Collections, Ella and Gabby among other big names proved their worth, and succeeded in getting almost everybody interested in what the ideals of the AFWL stand for, to come along pretty well.

“We are absolutely delighted to attract the support of such established names in the industry as well as emerging designers. Africa Fashion Week not only provides a platform form African and African-inspired designers but also one that brings together established and emerging talents,” 

  ~ Ronke Ademiluyi, founder and CEO of Africa Fashion Week London

The show was attended by thousands of fashion enthusiasts. This year, as part of growing the event, market stalls representing the various African cultures, were opened to the public, who had a jolly time scanning through some of the best details available for sale.

The Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) is a “collaborative fashion exhibition, highlighting the industry’s premier African prints and designers”. It aims to be the single, biggest African event in the UK, as well as the premier fashion week for African and black inspired fashion from all over the world.

The AFWL “is at the fore front of capturing the surge of the African inspired trends in the fashion industry,” and is “open to designers of all nationalities, who are inspired by Africa in their designs”.

“This fashion week is not just open to African designers but any designers that feel they have a twist of Africa in their designs or consider they have something to offer to Africa.” 

~ the Organizers, AFWL.

The organizers say the two day event “celebrates the work of African inspired designers in the United Kingdom, and also dedicates its efforts to promoting and supporting inspiring talents”.
It is touted to be the UK's biggest Fashion Week outside of the mainstream London Fashion Weeks.

It features Catwalk shows and an exhibition that is attended by designers, high street stores, buyers/stockist and press from all over the world. The AFWL is open to all members of the public. The maiden edition attracted some 4,700 visitors, and featured over 54 designers.

"This is a great opportunity for Africans!"

Courtesy:

Obed Boafo, MSN Africa

Dzigbordi Dosoo, New TV Host on Africa Magic

Dzigbordi Dosoo

Today's woman calls herself the 'Millennium Woman'. One of such women is the elegant Dzigbordi Dosoo [pronounced Gee-bore-dee). She is a wellness, image and lifestyle coach, entrepreneur and very recently, talk show host amongst many other things. AfricaMagic Entertainment viewers have watched her work as the wellness expert for Pamper Your Mum.

Dzigbordi is currently the CEO and founder of the Allure Group Africa, the first Day Spa in Ghana. Her knowledge of the beauty and skin care has led her to co-create ‘kanshi’, an authentic African skin care range.

Her love to speak and encourage others through motivation served as the footpath towards the start of her TV show – The Dzibordi Show. Style Magazine called her "Africa's Oprah" but this mother and wife hopes to help people find personal success in different spheres of their lives from work related problems to finances, relationships and mental strength through her show.


The Dzigbordi Show is expected to be a thirteen part hour-long show, aired on AfricaMagic Entertainment and has been showing since Monday, 9 July at 17.30 CAT.

"I wish her all the best on her show and can't wait wait to see how it all plays out."

Courtesy:

My Joy Online

Skin Graft on 3-year-old Toddler Was a Success!

Three-year-old Pippie Kruger who sustained third degree burns to 80 percent of her body, has successfully undergone a Skin Graft at the Johannesburg's Garden City Clinic in South Africa.

Plastic Surgeon, Dr Ridwan Mia said it took longer than they [surgeons] thought and they needed to be extremely careful in removing Pippie's initial dressings. He said the toddler was stable through out the operation and that her dressings would have to be changed every two to three hours.

Dr Mia mentioned that such procedures are usually done in the United States and Europe. In Pippie's case, 90 percent of her skin was grown in a laboratory in the United States and flown to South Africa but in some areas, the skin did not attach to her body. Sheets of her own skin were also taken from her groins and grown for the operation.

The toddler had been hospitalized since a bottle of flammable liquid exploded in her father's hands, leaving her covered in flames at a bar in December, 2011. After six months of staying in the high care unit of the Johannesburg's Garden City Clinic, where the graft was performed for the first time in Africa, Erwin and Anice Kruger [Pippie's Parents] are happy with the success.

These photos show Pippie over the last week.

Courtesy:
Story by Sapa - Pippie's Skin Graft A Success!
howzit msn.com/Africa - Little Pippie's Operation Successful

Ama Konadu Abeberese, Africa's Pride.

Over the years, movie stars have come and gone but Ama Konadu Abeberese is one Africa and the rest of the world hope to honor now and forever. Her acting has taken her places; from being plain Ama, to the silver screens and now, to the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards, where she was awarded the Best Actress.

She has lived most of her life in the United Kingdom, and there she has established herself. Being the star that she is, Ama had to move back the Ghana to see what was out there for her in the world of acting and broadcasting... And I believe she found much more than what was out there!

She has done interviews of Akon, Tony Blair, Ziggy Marley, Rihanna, Harrison Ford, and many other celebrities of our day. TV shows like One Touch and One the Sofa, are two of the shows she has hosted in the past, contributing to her rise to fame globally. Her role in Sinking Sands and That Bird, produced by Ghanaian Director Leija Djansi, made her an even bigger household name worldwide.

Ama K. Abeberese is currently the Head of Productions at Viasat 1, a Ghanaian Television Network and her fan base is continually growing.

Story by: Obed Boafo

Howzit msn Africa 

Celebrity News: Diana Hamilton Heads Out!

Ghanaian Celebrity, Diana, has moved on to do greater things. Popular gospel musician, Diana Hamilton, who won the Best Artiste Europe at the Africa Gospel Awards 2011, has made plans to drive across the country. The reason for this drive... Peace!

She calls it a ‘Nationwide tour’ and hopes that this will be her own little way of contributing to building Ghana’s Peace and Harmony, especially during the upcoming 2012 general elections. The writings of a Ghanaian girl overheard during an exclusive interview with Peacefmonline.com that, the tour, which will take off in Accra, is going to be happening in all the other regions of Ghana. The target group, politicians, educational institutions, civil servants among others. Diana said “The fundamental objective of this tour is to ensure that every individual and institution in the country will pledge the support to ensure peaceful elections in 2012.”