Models, Designers Sought for First Windhoek Fashion Week

After years of dreaming from within fashion circles in Namibia, a fashion week is finally on the cards for the country and is set to take place in Windhoek from 2 to 5 November.

Thereafter, fashion week will be held every year around the same time.

Fashion designers and models are encouraged to be part of this pioneering event.

Fashion week is set to provide a platform to local fashion designers to showcase collections to be shown to buyers, the press and the general public.

“Windhoek Fashion Week is the brainchild of Luis Munana who is a co-founder of Voigush Media and an international model. He decided to have us partner with him from having had previous working relations, as his team has worked with us on the Street Store initiative,” Mavis Elias of Ehaveco Events told The Weekender.

Ehaveco Events is the same company that facilitated the visit of David Tlale who launched his ‘The Intern’ programme in Namibia a few weeks ago.

“With our different expertise – Voigush in the fashion industry and Ehaveco in the events management industry – we were able to formulate a team,” Elias said.

Fashion week aims to give the industry a voice and be a platform for fashion industry players to not only showcase their work but also interact and brainstorm with Namibian and international participants.

Elias promises that Windhoek Fashion Week will be worthwhile for all those who attend, saying “we would like to ensure that we host a quality event that can further go on to become a yearly event. The fashion industry is filled with talented Namibians who simply need to be granted a platform to show that talent”.

Windhoek Fashion Week will not only host fashion players but also those from the corporate world with the ultimate goal of facilitating growth in the industry.

Ehaveco Events and Voigush Media are collaborating with Simply You Magazine and the Fashion Council of Namibia, amongst other partnerships.

Windhoek Fashion Week currently has a designer and model call out. Visit windhoekfashionweek.com or send an email to info@windhoekfashionweek.com for more information.

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