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Africa Fashion Week honours designers
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 20:23 |
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Africa Fashion Week drew to a glamorous close when the leading lights in the fashion industry were recognized at the second annual African Fashion Awards.
South Africa’s Black Coffee won the Designer of the year award: Africa; and Nigerian born designer Duro Olowu was presented with the International designer of the year award by Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week’s organizer Fern Mallis. Both designers receive R150,000.00 prize money.
Marianne Fassler (South Africa) was acknowledged as having made the most outstanding contribution to fashion in Africa, whilst Nigerian’s Ituen Bassi won the emerging designer of the year : Africa award; with husband and wife team Bunmin Koko, also of Nigeria, winning the international emerging designer of the year award.
International Supermodel Sessilee Lopez won the model of the year award; whilst Grace Jones won the inaugural Miriam Makeba Style Icon of the Year Award: Grace Jones
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