Can fashion week designs be worn off the runway?

Open call to all Tanzanian or Tanzanian-based designers and fashion houses!
The Tanzanian Embassy, UK in association with the British Council and the British Fashion Council is participating in the International Fashion Showcase 2015 to run from 19 – 24 February 2015 (in parallel with London Fashion Week 20-24 February 2015). The International Fashion Showcase (IFS) is addressed to foreign embassies and cultural...

When Flaviana Matata won the Miss Universe Tanzaniapageant in 2007, she had no idea the contest she entered just for fun, would lead her down the runways of some of the world’s top fashion designers–Alexander McQueen, Tory Burch, and Vivienne Westwood, to name a few.
Not only did the bold and fearless beauty initially compete with a shaved head, she transitioned from a third world country and landed in the US working forWilhelmina, one of the most prominent modeling agencies.But beyond...

>Fashionistas in the city got a chance to attend the seventh fashion show hosted by designer Salim Ali Nguba, the founder of Mtoko brand. Over 300 fashionistas gathered on this balmy night to bask in the glow of the cool and colorful.

I have always thought Kitenge and Khanga are the best prints that ever happened to Fashion.They define what Is aesthetically African and Chic.
Designers from across the continent have been working round the clock to come up with outfits in such ethereal designs that would lure even the A-list celebrities .
Beyonce and Rihanna have rocked kitenge at some point.

Beyonce and Jayz enjoying their holiday in Miami, With Beyonce wearing what passes as kitenge jumper shorts
So what is Kitenge exactly?...

Tanzanian Designer Peter Walden  showcased his menswear collection at DC Fashion Week's International Couture Collections on Sunday, September 28 at the Historical Society of Washington. 






















The Models were rocking malaika Mitindo Wear 4 Care new collection During DC Fashion Week.
 Perfect Gentleman by PSW designer - Peter Walden taking a final stroll at the end of launching his new collection "The Last Suit " 
 Perfect Gentleman by PSW designer - Peter Walden enterviewed by press.
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Makala ya nane ya maonyesho ya mitindo ya mavazi ya Swahili Fashion Week yaliandaliwa wiki hii jijini Dar es Salaam, washiriki wakionyesha mitindo 'iliyotengenezewa Afrika'.

Swahili fashion week mwaka huu itakusanya wabunifu 24 kutoka ndani na nje ya Tanzania watakaoonesha mitindo na ubunifu wao wenye kuendana na wakati utakaoshika soko la Afrika mashariki.
" Swahili Fashion week mwaka huu ina lengo la kuifikia jamii zaidi na kuendeleza vipaji katika tasnia ya mitindo na ubunifu wa mavazi. Lengo ni kuendeleza vipaji vya wabunifu wa ndani ili waweze kujulikana kimataifa zaidi". Amesema Washington Benbella meneja mradi wa Swahili fashion week.
Ikiwa ni mwaka wa 7...

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The 2015 Swahili Fashion Week (SFW) came to a pulsating close this past weekend. The 3 day event saw some of Africa’s biggest designers converge in Dar es Salaam to witness and take part in what has become East and Central Africa’s biggest fashion spectacle. Designers from South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, USA and hosts, Tanzania all took part in the event which was marked with sheer fashion brilliance as the runway was lit ablaze with spectacular designs.