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A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers and the media to take a look at the latest trends.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township in Soweto's first fashion week opening Thursday.
The township on Johannesburg's southwestern edge was the natural place for a show for new designers, said 23-year-old entrepreneur and Soweto Fashion Week organizer Stephen Manzini."You walk around Soweto, you see creativity everywhere," Manzini said.Manzini didn't ask designers to show extensive collections or charge them take part, unlike the country's more established fashion weeks. Fashion blogger Mahlatse James says this gives a chance to designers who have not yet made a name to have a chance to show their work to boutique owners and potential investors."Creatives from Soweto do need their own platform," James said. "If the other fashion platforms cannot afford them that, they have to create their own."Manzini acknowledges Soweto Fashion Week is an ambitious title for his three-day showcase ...
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