Ethiopia
seeks to create a Fashion Empire
(photos to
come)
Fashion Week comes to
Addis Ababa in 2004: Addis Ababa fashion week is
scheduled for 10th to 14th May 2004 in
Addis Ababa Ethiopia and the main source of
foreign designers is expected to be from Italy
as have already expressed their interest also
designers from Senegal, South Africa, Ghana,
Sweden, Denmark, England, and the United States
are expected to participate in the fashion week
as well as several local Ethiopia
designers.
The Organizers for the
first ever Miss Universe Ethiopia Beauty pageant
in Ethiopia are banking on Miss Universe
Ethiopia to be the catalyst that launches an
Ethiopian fashion empire of sorts.
Organizers have
officially dubbed the yet to be crowned Miss
Universe Ethiopia a FASHION AMBASSADOR and her
main role will be to travel the world and show
the world Ethiopian fine textiles and fashions
at international beauty contest, fashion shows
and exhibitions, the start of her reign also see
the first ever national fashion design
competition to get young Ethiopian fashion
designers to compete for the rights to design
her National costume and evening gown that she
will wear at the miss universe contest in June
2004.
Following on from the
Fashion design contest the Organizers have
planned the first ever Addis Ababa Fashion week,
just before she leave for her first ever
participation at the miss Universe
contest,
At the 2004 Addis Ababa
fashion week, Ethiopian and Foreign designers
will be able to exhibit their collections, and
the collections will be modeled by the finalist
of the Miss Universe Ethiopia beauty pageant,
and it is hopped that this will prove a valuable
platform for young Ethiopian and African
designers many of whom never get an opportunity
to hold or attend fashion shows due to the high
cost of
doing such. The
organizers expect Addis Ababa fashion week to
appeal primarily to younger fashion designers,
and they are very excited about the prospect of
have in an Ethiopian fashion week. (more to
come)
http://aafashionweek.tripod.com
Elyse White of the
Africa Travel Association's New York Chapter was
the belle of the ball; few would believe she is
past 95. In Africa, she has found her own
"fountain of youth" reflected by an upbeat
attitude. In our opinion, Travel and fashion go
together like bananas and cream. The "Upbeat
African look" is not limited to evening wear or
special events, it's expressed in a variety of
ways. For instance our photos of delegates on
safari makes its own point; you can look your
best on the desert or Savannah, just as you can
at a convention gala or cocktail
party.
Watch for a
Focus
on Ethiopia Trade and
Tourism
in
the October 2004 edition of Africa Travel
Magazine.
