South Africa (31 October 2013) – Mercedes-Benz
Fashion Week Africa 2013 (MBFW Africa), presented by African Fashion
International (AFI), is being hosted
by the City of Tshwane, South Africa. The event started Wednesday, 30th
October and will continue until the Saturday, 2nd November. MBFWAfrica will conclude with an Africa Fashion Awards Banquet on Sunday, 3rd
November at Monte Casino, where African fashion industry’s successes will be celebrated
and recognised.
Alek Wek- Supermodel
Diana Opoti - Designing Africa Show Host and Producer.
Diana Opoti - Designing Africa Show Host and Producer.
Sudanese
born supermodel, Alek Wek, is to be a guest judge on African
Fashion Awards. She will be joined by Kenyan’s Diana Opoti, highly respected lifestyle,
pan-African television producer who is experienced both in front and behind the
camera and presents and produces, Designing Africa, a fashion program that
profiles the top names in fashion in the African continent.
Other judges include Russian model, Sayora
Grigorian, ambassador & Égérie of
Azzadine Alaia, with interest in luxury fashion, and South Africa’s Chris
Viljoen, a renowned, fashion director and has been in the local fashionindustry for more than 17 years. They
will be judging under the watchful eye of PwC as the auditors.
The fashion industry and the public have
nominated the following for the various Africa Fashion Awards categories:
1.
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
· Kluk CGDT
· Duaba Serwa
· Suzaan Heyns
2.
EMERGING DESIGNER OF THE
YEAR
· MilQ and Honey
· Kibonen
· Loin Cloth and Ashes
3.
ACCESSORIES DESIGNER OF THE
YEAR
· Anita Quansah
· Pichulik
· Ndau Collection
4.
MODEL OF THE YEAR
· Grace Bol
· Grace Mahary
· Katryn Kruger
5.
OUTSTANDING TREND
COMMUNICATOR
· Haute Fashion Africa
· Helen Jennings
· Zandile Blay
6.
OUTSTANDING FASHION
ENTREPRENEUR
· Danica Lepen
· Felicity Spies
· Hanneli Rupert
7.
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO
AFRICAN FASHION
· Jan Malan
· Oluchi
· Omoyeni Akerele
8.
AFI Fastrack™ DESIGNER OF
THE YEAR
·
Hugo Flear
·
Aleni Labrou
·
Alexa Liss.
AFI looks forward to
hosting the fashion industry at this world-class event once again.
