Africa’s Got Style is a fashion design contest created to invite African designers into the conversation where they can draw from a wide variety of African textiles and styles to create functional and contemporary wears that showcase African rich heritage in a new light.
The idea is a pragmatic and conceptual approach to transcend the boundaries of African Fashion and to challenge the conventions of our traditional fabrics as a pigeon hole pieces that only serve a cultural role or conceals a sacrosanctity to be revered.
The show is a contest which will inspire Africa fashion creatives to make causal, formal and role-play wear using African-root fabrics and textiles that can compete and appeal to a global audience. Cloths that speak purpose, need, wearability and globalization.
The show invites clothing in these categories:
- Corporate wears
- Casual wears
- Party wears
- Dinner Wears
- Sportswear
- Uniforms/ Costumes
WORTH
The winners of Africa’s Got Style Fashion Design have the following benefits
- Cash Prizes: $1000 (1st winner) $500 (2nd winner) $300 (3rd winner)
- Winners are provided with marketing and communication services to promote their brand
- The 5 winning designs will appear on Africa’s Got Style Fashion book which will be available worldwide. Furthermore, winning designs will also appear in magazines, newspapers and webzines.
- The winners will appear in Africa’s Got Style TV viewed globally.
ELIGIBILITY
- Open to African Fashion designers, illustrator or enthusiast
- Participants must design innovative pieces from Africa root traditional textiles and fabrics
- Designs must fall under the above clothing categories
- New and emerging designers are encouraged to apply.
DEADLINE: May 17 2021
To apply and for more information visit here
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