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ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2011 Kicks Off in Lagos with Korto Momolu, LaQuan Smith & More!

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Arise and shine fashionistas! ARISE Magazine, Africa’s first global style and culture publication, will kick off its Arise Magazine Fashion Week 2011 at one of my “fave” places of all time, Lagos, Nigeria! The stylish four day affair will take place at the luxurious Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos from Thursday, March 10th-Sunday, March 13, 2011.

With an exciting line-up of 50 international fashion designers from all over the globe, Arise Magazine Fashion Week is one to keep on your radar for some fabulous, stylish trends!

The designers selected to participate are as follows: our fave Project Runway Season 5 runner up, Korto Momolu, (we can’t wait to see what she has in store!) the dahling, fashion genius, LaQuan Smith, Alexander Amosu, Amine Bendriouich Couture and BS, Autumn Adeigbo, B-Side by Wale Adeyemi, Bestow Elan, Black Coffee, Bridget Awosika, Buki Akib, Bunmi Koko, Chichia, Christie Brown, Deola Sagoe, Ejiro Amos Tafiri, Eki Orleans, Eredappa, Gavin Rajah (SA), Gert-Johan Coetzee, Grey, House of Farrah, House of Nwocha, Ituen Basi, Jewel by Lisa, JIL, Jo Black Craze, Kastle Designs & Treasure Chest, KemKemStudio, Kiki Kamanu, Klûk CGDT, Lanre Da Silva Ajayi, Lola Faturoti, Madam Wokie’s Couture, Maki Oh, Mataano, Mustafa Hassanali, Nikki Khiran Couture, NKWO, Odio Mimonet, Okunoren Twins, Pierre-Antoine Vettorello, Re Bahia, Samantha Cole, Tiffany Amber, Toju Foyeh, Tsemaye Binitie, Viv La Resistance, Vonne, and Xuly.Bët, Zedeye.

If you are just expecting flight-of-the-immagination couture, you thought wrong! Arise has decided to bridge fashion and music together, pairing each runway event with a high-energy musical performance.  Confirmed artists include none other than Grammy Award-winning singer, Estelle, Naeto C, Darey Art-Alade,  and BRIT’s own, Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, also known Tinie Tempah.

To view Arise Magazine’s complete Fashion Week 2011 schedule go here.

If its vast array of international designers and star-studded line up is any indication, Arise Magazine’s Fashion Week 2011 may very well be one of the hottest global fashion weeks of this season!                                       

–Eboyne’ Jackson

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