Tinie Tempah , Estelle&Mustafa Hassanali join Africa’s Top Designers at the ARISE Magazine Fashion Week in Lagos

The buzz, the speculation, the lobbying, the drama, the preparation, the collections…
The ARISE Magazine Fashion Week is at the top of the priority list for just about every African fashion designer based at home and in Diaspora.
It has been about two months since exclusively confirmed that the event would be taking place from the 10th to 13th of March 2011 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Now ARISE has released the complete list of designers and schedule for the fashion week via their parent company’s website – www.thisdaylive.com

It is set to be a thrilling fashion experience “spiced” with music from international stars including D’banj, Naeto C, Darey alongside Estelle (who is of Sierra Leonean parentage) and finally Tinie Tempah who will close the show – Tinie Tempah is one of the hottest musicians on the UK scene, he recently scooped 2 BRIT awards and has scored a series of No 1 singles on the UK Charts. Tinie (Real Name: Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu) is of Nigerian parentage and this will be his first performance in Nigeria.

Based on the list, there will be a dynamic mix of shows from designers based all around the world. ARISE also took the added step of encouraging promising new talent by including “new generation” designers including Ejiro Amos Tafiri, Bridget Awosika, Vonne, House of Nwocha, Ré Bahia, Toju Foyeh, Maki Oh and Tsemaye Binite as part of the AMFW.

There were some revelations on the list; Saheed Sulaiman who up until now has provided bespoke services to his clientele will be debuting his label on the ARISE stage, knitwear designer – Buki Akib and South African design wunderkind Gert-Johan Coetzee whose pieces are coveted by the young Hollywood set including Kourtney Kardashian and Kristin Callavari are among the designers who will be showing at AMFW.

As expected, the African fashion “institutions” including Tanzania’s Mustafa Hassanali and South Africa’s Black Coffee will also be presenting during the fashion week.

The ARISE Magazine Fashion Week will open with a “Business of Fashion” conference on the 10th of March 2011 and close with an awards ceremony including a final runway show by Black Coffee and musical performance by Tinie Tempah.

Updated – March 03 2011: Keri Hilson announced via twitter that she will not be performing at the AMFW

ARISE Africa Fashion Week 2011 – Schedule

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March 10 2011
Collective Show – 4PM
Nkwo (Nigeria/UK)
House of Nwocha (Nigeria)
Kiki Kamanu (Nigeria/USA)
Grey (Nigeria)
Show – 6PM
Jewel by Lisa (Nigeria)
Show – 8PM
Kluk CGDT (South Africa)
Closing Music Acts – 9PM
Naeto C & Darey Art-Alade
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March 11 2011
Group Show – 12NOON
Kemkemstudio (Nigeria)
Autumn Adeigbo (Nigeria/USA)
Madam Wokies Couture (Sierra Leone)
Viv La Resistance (Nigeria)
Double Show – 1PM
Christie Brown (Ghana)
Buki Akib (Nigeria/UK)
Show – 2PM
Samantha Cole (Nigeria/UK)
Show -3PM
Mustafa Hassanali (Tanzania)
Group Show – 4PM
Korto Momolu (Liberia/US)
Bridget Awosika (Nigeria)
Double Show – 5PM
Amine Bendriouich (Morocco)
Okunoren Twins (Nigeria)
Show – 6PM
Gavin Rajah (South Africa)
Show – 7PM
Ituen Basi (Nigeria)
Show – 8PM
Tiffany Amber (Nigeria)
Closing Music Acts – 9PM
Keri Hilson & Friends
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March 12 2011
Group Show – 11PM
Nikki Khiran (Nigeria)
Anne Marie Addo (Ghana)
Vonne (Nigeria)
Eki Orleans (Nigeria/UK)
Group Show – 12NOON
Mimi Plange (Ghana/USA)
Bestow Elan (Ghana/UK)
Ejiro Amos Tafiri (Nigeria)
Jo Black Craze (Nigeria/UK)
Double Show – 1PM
Chichia London (Tanzania/UK)
Gert-Johan Coetzee (South Africa)
Double Show – 2PM
Maki Oh (Nigeria/UK)
Tsemaye Binite (Nigeria/UK)
Show – 3PM
Alexander Amosu (Nigeria/UK)
Show – 4PM
Bunmi Koko (Nigeria/UK)
Double Show – 5PM
Ere Dappa (Nigeria)
Odio Mimonet (Nigeria)
Group Show – 6PM
Lanre DaSilva-Ajayi (Nigeria)
Laquan Smith (US)
Show – 7PM
Saheed Sulaiman (Nigeria)
Show – 8PM
Deola Sagoe (Nigeria)
Closing Music Acts – 9PM
Estelle & D’banj
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March 13 2011
Group Show – 12NOON
Kastle Designs & Treasure Chest (Ghana/USA)
Zedeye (Nigeria/UK)
Re Bahia (Nigeria/UK)
Toju Foyeh (Nigeria)
Double Show – 1PM
Pierre Antoni Vettorello (Belgium/Ghana)
Angelo Von Mol (Belgium/Ivory Coast)
Double Show – 2PM
Maatano (Somalia/USA)
Ron & Ron (USA)
Show – 3PM
Lola Faturoti (USA)
Show – 4PM
B-Side by Wale Adeyemi (Nigeria/UK)
Show – 5PM
Xuly Bet (Mali/France)
ARISE Magazine Fashion Week Awards – 8PM
Show
Black Coffee (South Africa)
Closing Music Act
Tinie Tempah