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The Senegal Blog
For all you fashionetta's out there who love color and soul in their design. This show organized by African fashion designer Adama Ndiaye is a must.
Dakar is on its way to becoming the fashion capitol of Africa. This African fashion show is a meeting between the wisdom of traditional Africa and innovation and dynamism of modern Africa. DAKAR FASHION WEEK is an opportunity to promote African fashion by collecting and partnering with all areas of fashion but also with music. Ankara fabrics, bold exotic prints, pop colors with modern silhouettes and shapes all mixed together for a contemporary feeling.
Dakar Fashion Week is a chance not only to see, but also to support young designers and models in their ambitions to open the international market of fashion. This fashion show is a cultural mix of African chic fashion and sounds.
Dakar Fashion Week 2010 (Photos Alexis Peskine)
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7 comments:
This is wonderful! Africa's beauty at its finest and love this blog too. I love the details of the background and what a relief to see the beauty of Africa through this.
Thank you so much for visiting. My goal is to have a positive blog on Senegal and West Africa.
good initiative! From where is that Adama Ndiaye in Senegal?
Thank you for visiting the blog. I have updated the post to African Designer. Some bio's have her listed as Senegalese others say she if from the Congo. Anyway she is very talented... :-)
I am not certain whether a poor miserable country like Senegal priority should be fashion. Safety and building a nation, creating job, establishing the broken education system, setting up the rule of law, and reducing the illiteracy rate which is at 72%, nearly ¾ of population are illiterate, unemployment is hovering at 56%, a nation riddled with corruption and nepotism. Yet the un-savvy! Host, fashion week and claim Senegal is rich country, these people must be diluted. 38% of the population is malnourish or dying of starving on a daily basis.
HelloDaniel(Ben),
For just the reasons you stated is why they should have a fashion show. One of Africans problems is what's called a Brain drain. When someone is doing well. Becomes a doctor, lawyer, international designer ...etc. They take their talents and money overseas. Here is a designer(s) trying to give back what little they can. No they can not solve all Senegals problems, but you have to start somewhere. You are suggesting they take what money and jobs the show provided to Paris... forget Senegal. How does that help?? Remember they are fashion designers not politicians ...let them do what they do. It called giving back. You can only give back based on your talents. What are you doing to improve things. I hope by this blog I can increase tourism and create jobs. It what I am trained to do. I am not trained to feed the hungry or erase illiteracy. Honestly I wouldn't even know how to start. If someone ask me to help I would try..but its not what I do. I hope what you do is find solutions and not always problems.
Peace Zi Zi
Amen ZiZi. Daniel, you didn't mention which country you live, but if it's the United States, have you ever visited the south? The miserable conditions you listed about Senegal also exists today in several southern states of the 'great' USA. No one more than the Senegalese people know what their issues are. No need to point out the obvious to them. Why not offer some solutions or innovative ideas?
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