Swahili Fashion Show to be held next month

 

Hassanali said 24 local and international designers are expected to showcase their creativity talents during the show.

 

He said the fashion week is aimed at reaching out to the public to emphasize and promote talents in the fashion industry.

 Hassanali said the fashion week is the platform for Swahili speaking countries to showcase their creativity.

 

‘This is the sevenths year that the Swahili Fashion Week is being staged and collectively bringing together designers from within Tanzania and beyond to showcase their collection, predicting trend for the East Africa market for the year 2015. The fashion week is aimed at building designers and their brands by taking them to the international level,’ he said. 

 

The designer also said the fashion week will feature shopping festival throughout the days and he urged the public to support local fashion industry.

 

‘We urge the public to support the designing industry and proudly wear made in Africa clothes, the local talents need to be supported, nurtured to evolve them into synonymously globally recognised brand names,’ he said.

 

He said this year’s event is being sponsored by East African Radio and Tel evision (EATV), Sea Cliff Hotel, Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) and other companies.