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Camer Couture – Cameroon C’est Chic!

Camer Couture aims to address the gap in representing and supporting Cameroonian talent. Catch a Vibe caught up with the people behind it at a casting for their debut fashion showcase, just down the road from the Shoreditch Studios, where the vibrant event took place at on Sat 17 Oct 09. CEO and show co-ordinator [...]

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Young Designer Awards: A Celebration of Young Talent

‘Funnily enough one of the first sewing lessons I had at school I sewed my finger up,’ Joanna Marcella recalls vividly. Who was to know upon leaving she would start up her own design company producing children’s clothing. She now runs a series of fashion events dedicated to raising the profile of exceptionally talented young [...]

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Review: A La Mode Fashion Show (Sep 09)

The ‘A la mode’ International catwalk show, hosted by La Geneve North Events provided a platform for independent designers to showcase their collections; and coincided with the prestigious London Fashion Week. Held at the charming Charing Cross Hotel, on Friday 18th September, press, supporters, fashionistas and the public congregated for a less bourgeoisie affair to [...]

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South African brand Love Jozi

The story of Love Jozi, a South African brand that faked itself in order to reach a wider audience.

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A Fashion Story That Needs to Be Told

As season five of the Untold Collective reaches its climax at London Fashion Week 2009, Catch a Vibe explores a story steeped in diversity.

‘Untold gives up and coming designers and creatives an opportunity to be visible in the fashion arena,’ claims founder and designer Maame Baryeh. It offers them a platform with which to step their fashion-savvy feet through the door – onto the other side.

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Jessica Ogden at London Fashion Week 2006

Jamaica-born fashion designer Jessica Ogden launched her label in 2003 to great critical acclaim. She is known for recycling old garments into new, trendy designs.

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This Day Arise Magazine Fall 2009 runway show, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

We’re celebrating Fashion Week with rarely seen footage of African and Caribbean designers catwalk shows!

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London Fashion Week (18-22 Sep) & Week-end (24-27 Sep): where are our designers?

London Fashion Week is fast approaching. The industry event, that allows designers to showcase their creations and buyers to look at the latest trends, is once again, very “white”. We noted only 2 designers of African heritage exhibiting: label Modernist (co-founder Abdul Koroma is from Sierra Leone) with a presentation on Sunday 20 September and [...]

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Gap celebrate 40th anniversary with pop up store in Carnaby Street

Gap are celebrating their 40th anniversary of selling great fitting  jeans to the masses with the launch of a pop up store (1969 store) off Carnaby Street in London. For 19 days and 69 hours (10 Sep – 5 Oct) the three-floor store on Kingly Court will showcase an extensive range of Gap’s iconic denim [...]

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Motifs Sample Sale, Sun 28 June @ The Africa Centre

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‘My clothes speak for themselves’

Maame Baryeh is the designer behind menswear label Ma:LE and Maame Baryeh London. She is also the founder of Untold, an initiative that provides an alternative platform for designers and artists struggling to get their proverbial foot in the door. Whilst British names dominate London Fashion Week, the Untold Collective have created a unique way [...]

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Sika Designs: when ethical production meets fashion

African prints are hot. The latest, unexpected fashion trend to emerge from the catwalks used to be an underground statement. Whether it be afro twists sheathed in a kente cloth scarf or an ethnic bag hanging from some boho chick’s tattooed shoulder – African prints have always been worn by a conscious few, up until [...]

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Nkwo designs: Afro-bohemian chic

The Stowe Centre in West London is the venue for the In2 fashion show, a gathering of teenagers from the locality who have come together to stage a catwalk show. A small selection of up and coming designers have also been chosen to present their collections here. As young girls run around in Ekco t-shirts [...]

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