The Very Best of Arise Magazine’s Made In Africa: Spring 2012 Designer Collective IV At The Mercedes Benz NY Fashion Week

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Kluk CGDT

KLUK CGDT

Christiaan Gabriel du Toit and Malcolm Kluk

Lanre Da Silva

Lanre Da Silva-Ajayi

Temikayo Binitie and designer Tsemaye Binitie

Pierre-Antoine Vettorello

Pierre-Antoine Vettorello

Jewel by Lisa

Jewel by Lisa

Lisa Folawiyo

Bunmi Koko

Bunmi Koko

Bunmi Koko

Asibelua

Fati Asibelua

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Arise Magazine Presents: Made In Africa at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York

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The 5 Winners of AMFW’s NYFW 2011 Competition

These 5 designers/competition winners will represent Africa at the Arise Magazine Fashion Week presentation during the Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week – Spring/Summer 2012 in September and they are:

• South African designers Malcolm KLûK and Christiaan Gabriel Du Toit who are the creative force behind Kluk-CGDT (and who also won The Designer of the Year award)
• Nigerian-British designer Bunmi Olaye’s brand Bunmi Koko
• Nigerian designer Lisa Folawiyo’s brand Jewel by Lisa
• Nigerian designer Tsemaye Binitie
• Belgian-Ghanian designer Pierre-Antoine Vetorello

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