South Africa’s premier spring/winter fashion showcases
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town and fashion Week Africa will once again see 1000s of local and international media, prominent global fashion buyers, investors and fashionistas converging on Cape Town from July 30th to August 1st and in Johannesburg from the 4th to the 7th of November 2015 respectively.
MBFXCT and FWAfrica are celebrating the best designers with events. In 2015, these showcases will firmly establish and celebrate Africas place within the global fashion community, presenting authentic, contemporary African design to international markets by showcasing designers from across the continent. The African Continents fashion industry has seen remarkable growth in recent years, and both fashion weeks are set to be a continuation of the creative and business innovation of African designers.
Designers from Senagal, Cameroon, Tanzania, South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Angola, Botswana and more.
This follows on the heels of the successful Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Joburg 2015, wherein some of South Africas most esteemed established and emerging designers showed their latest autumn/witer collections to top local & international media.
MBFWCT 2015 will see the South African fashion industry gather to celebrate the best of fashion and the latest in Spring/Summer design. Designers will take to the ramp to showcase their design excellence as well as gain global exposure, with a line-up of stellar local and international modeling talent to enhance the designs.
Similarly, Fashion Week Africa will feature stellar cllections from over 30 leading established and emerging African designers. This year Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town and Fashion Week Africa will continue to serve as a platform in promoting the commercial viability of African designers and international investment into the African textile and design industry.
AFI, tha gateway to refined African fashion, is committed to providing a platform to established African and South-African designers to launch their brands and achieve commercial sucess, as well as nurture the continents design future.