By Osagie Alonge
After waiting endlessly for more than two months, the much-anticipated Arise Africa Magazine Fashion Week has released its schedule of events. The schedule will be your guide for the fashion festival which kicks off on Thursday, March 10, 2011 and ends on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at the Tents, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos.
Pundits are saying this will be the biggest fashion festival yet on the continent, as more than 50 different talented African designers will storm Lagos for a week that incorporates exhibitions, fashion shows, talkshops, performances and awards.
The Arise Magazine Fashion Week will open officially with a conference tagged ‘Business of Fashion’ and close with an awards ceremony including a final runway show by Black Coffee and a musical performance by Tinie Tempah.
The event will definitely remind you of the Paris Fashion Week, the New York Fashion Week or any international fashion shows of the calibre , as there will be a different mix of creative works on display from celebrated African designers such as Deola Sagoe, Tiffany Amber, Alexander Amosu, Anne Marie Addo (Ghana), Ron N Ron (US) and a host of other international African designers.
Here is the full schedule for the event, so get prepared to enjoy the exclusive African fashion event on the African soil!
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
