Fashion Malawi Edition (Fame) was an organization in Malawi that worked to market and develop the local fashion industry.
It was founded in 2010 by Zilanie Gondwe and Inge Knapen to build a fashion in industry in Malawi after identifying voids in a previously underdeveloped industry. [1] [2] In 2010, the first Malawi Fashion Show was held with Lily Alfonso winning. [3] The event was repeated in 2012 and in 2013, with sponsorship from Kia. [4] [5] Fame organized a fashion show as a part of the Africa Movie Academy Awards nomination gala that took place in Malawi in March 2013. [6]
A fashion week is a week-long fashion industry event where fashion designers, brands, or "houses" display their latest collections in runway fashion shows to buyers and the media which influences upcoming fashion trends for the current and approaching seasons.
Anja Rubik is a Polish model, activist, philanthropist and entrepreneur. She is one of the most prominent models of the 20th and 21st century, continuously featuring on magazine covers, as well as runways and campaigns for the most notable fashion houses. By 2009, Rubik was dubbed a "top model" by French Vogue and continues to influence the fashion industry.
Paris Fashion Week is a series of designer presentations held semi-annually in Paris, France, with spring/summer and autumn/winter events held each year. Dates are determined by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. Paris Fashion Week is held at venues throughout the city.
Anina, also known by the pseudonym Anina net, is an American-born German international fashion model, conference speaker, blogger, wearables developer, and event producer. She is listed as #7 in the Top 100 Women in Wearable and Consumer Tech and is the CEO and founder of 360Fashion Network. Anina progressed from being a model to a fashion industry pioneer when she developed Intel Curie-powered shape-shifting robot dresses. She developed for Intel the 360Fashion Network's smart gloves worn by 162 dancers on CCTV's Chinese New Year Festival Gala show, "Spring Wind" performance. The gloves were powered by Intel's Curie, with the LED light pattern generated using gesture recognition. PBS Television shot a documentary about Anina, who was interviewed by Robert Cringely at the start of 360Fashion Network as the first fashion blogger network. PBS Television's Nerd TV interviewed Anina as the ninth guest and the first woman in the series about the future of mobile technology. CRI Radio in China filmed a documentary titled "My China Life." CNet wrote, "In blogs, and Anina, we trust" citing her as one of the star attractions at Les Blogs 2.0.
Dean and Dan Caten are Canadian fashion designers, radio personalities, and businessmen. They are identical twin brothers and the founders and owners of Dsquared², an Italian luxury fashion house based in Milan.
Fern Mallis was the executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) from 1991 to 2001, and created 7th on Sixth productions or New York Fashion Week as it is known today. She was also senior vice president of IMG Fashion from 2001 to 2010. Mallis is currently president of her own international fashion and design consultancy, Fern Mallis LLC. She received her BFA from University at Buffalo.
Brad Michael Batory, known professionally as Indashio, is a fashion designer, TV personality, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and stylist.
Stacey Bendet Eisner is an American fashion designer, founder, CEO, and creative director of Alice + Olivia, a contemporary clothing company based in New York City. She is also the founder of Creatively, a networking platform for the creative industry, co-Founder of BIGFEELINGS, a sleep-to-streetwear concept, and co-founder of the #ShareTheMicNow movement.
Birgit C. Muller is an Austrian fashion designer, producer, and philanthropist.
Jeff Rustia was the Executive Director & Founder of TOM* Toronto Men's Fashion Week, and TW Toronto Women's Fashion Week, two of Canada's leading fashion week initiatives committed to promoting, nurturing and supporting the country's most influential designers and the Next Generation of Emerging Talent. Rustia's experience spans over 25 years in fashion, production, marketing, creative direction, and television. His career dates back to the launch of music channel Channel V producing shows such as Fashion Police.
Lilly Alfonso is a Malawian fashion designer. Fashion was one of her interests as a child, leading her to eventually become the CEO and founder of a fashion and design label named after herself. Her designs have been modelled in fashion shows in places such as London and Kuala Lumpur. Her label produces ready-to-wear clothing for both women and men under sub-labels LAwomann, LAmann
Keltie Colleen Knight is a three-time Emmy Award-winning Canadian television personality, podcast host, New York Times bestselling author, and former professional dancer.
Joyce Yeboah Ababio is a Ghanaian fashion designer. She is the founder and CEO of JACCD.
Vanessa Nsona is a Malawian fashion designer and entrepreneur best known as the creator of Fashion brand, Dorovee which is Malawi's first eco-friendly fashion accessory company. She designs hand made accessories including bags, shoes, bowties necklaces and other jewelry using Malawian fabric and materials. She launched the brand in 2012 in Malawi. Her designs have appeared in Malawi fashion shows, including Malawi Fashion Week 2014 and at the Malawi at 50 celebrations in Washington DC. An established designers in Malawi, she mentors and trains fashion designers both in and out of the country. She has co-hosted workshops in Malawi. In Zimbabwe, she held a workshop on 'Building a Sustainable Fashion Brand' together with Zedlabel at the US embassy. She is a member of Soroptmist International of Blantyre (SIB) which helps disadvantaged women and children. She also launched Project Luso, which creates and promotes Malawian fashion designs to help disadvantaged women and mentors talent in the fashion industry together with non-profit Samaritan Trust.
Lillian Koreia, born Lillian Koreia, is a Malawian Fashion designer and entrepreneur best known as the creator of Fashion brand, Miizu which was founded in 2013 and launched in Blantyre in 2014. She mixes local and international fabrics to create everyday wear for Malawian women. The fashion brand, Miizu means “roots” which is indicative of the designs which are rooted in the experiences of Malawian everyday living. She focuses on striking styles that have a diverse utility. It focuses on off the rack ready-to -wear fashion. The Miizu its first store in 2014 in Blantyre and is looking to expand to other parts of the country. She represented Malawi at Africa Fashion Week, London in 2015.
Gabriela Hearst is a Uruguayan women's luxury ready-to-wear and accessories designer. In addition to designing her namesake collection, she runs and operates her family's ranch in Uruguay.
Lanre da Silva is a Nigerian fashion designer based in Lagos. Launched in 2005, her eponymous label includes couture, ready-to-wear, jewelry and hairpieces. Da Silva's collections often incorporate metallic fabrics, lace and African patterns, while referencing the 1940s or 1800s. The Africa Fashion Guide recognizes her as having "... created a name for herself in high fashion in Nigeria."
Richard Quinn is a fashion and print designer based in London.
Lila Nikole Rivera is an American costume designer. She is known for her eponymous brand the Lila Nikole Collection. She is the first Latin Costume designer to design all costumes and manage the wardrobe department for The Super Bowl Half Time Show featuring The Weeknd.
Nyasa Music Awards are Malawian music awards that were established in early 2017 to celebrate entertainers and other minorities in music, fashion and philanthropy. The annual presentation event that takes place in major cities of the country features performances by artists and they are one of the major Malawi's music industry awards. The event recognizes Malawian music from all genres, including traditional, soul, and gospel. The awards also promote culture, with the 2017 event host of an African Print party that encourages people to showcase their traditional outfits. The awards include media sister awards and its categories are split into male and female.