Bridget Awosika, CLAN, Jewel by Lisa, Be-Grey, Ejiro Amos-Tafiri and More to Show at AMFW 2012 - Full List

Seriously, I can't wait!

The ARISE Magazine Fashion Week – Lagos 2012 fashion extravaganza will run for an extended period of SIX days from Tuesday 6th March to Sunday 11th March 2012 in THREE tents on the grounds of the luxurious 5-Star Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria.



Check out the much-anticipated designers selected to participate below


Adama-Paris (Senegal/France),
Amine Bendriouich Couture and BS (Germany/Morocco)
Amrapali (India),
Angelo Van Mol (Belgium/Ghana)
Be-Grey (Nigeria)
Bestow Elan (UK/Ghana)
Bridget Awosika (Nigeria)
Buki Akib (UK/Nigeria),
CHICHIA (UK/Tanzania),
Christie Brown (Ghana),
CLAN (Nigeria),
David David London (UK),
Davida (Nigeria), Duaba Serwa (Ghana)
Ejiro Amos Tafiri (Nigeria),
Eki Orleans (UK/Nigeria)
Frank Osodi (Nigeria)
Funlayo Déri (UK/Nigeria)
Gavin Rajah (South Africa)
Gloria Wavamuno (Uganda)
HOUSE of DIVAS (Nigeria)
House of Farrah (Nigeria)
House of Nwocha (Nigeria)
ICONIC INVANITY (Nigeria)
Imane Ayissi (France/Cameroon)
Jacob Kimmie (UK/South Africa)
Jewel by Lisa (Nigeria)
Kastle Designs & Treasure Chest (USA/Ghana)
Kaveke (Kenya/UK), Kevan Hall (USA)
Kezia Frederick (UK/St.Lucia), Kiki Clothing (Ghana)
Kinabuti (Italy)
Klûk-CGDT (South Africa)
Koke (Botswana/India)
Korto Momolu (USA/Liberia)
Lanre Da Silva Ajayi (Nigeria)
LaQuan Smith (USA)
Laurenceairline (France/Ivory Coast)
Loza Maléomsho (USA/Ivory Coast)
Madam Wokie's Couture (Sierra Leone)
Mai Atafo (Nigeria), Maki-Oh (Nigeria)
Mataano (USA/Somalia), Meena (Nigeria)
Mustafa Hassanali (Tanzania)
NKWO (UK/Nigeria)
Odio Mimonet (Nigeria)
Okunoren Twins (Nigeria)
Osman (UK)
Paul Hervé ELISABETH (Martinique)
Poisa (Kenya), Re Bahia (UK/Nigeria)
Sandra Kennedy (Jamaica)
Sandra Muendane (Mozambique/Portugal)
Sunny Rose (Nigeria/UK)
Taibo Bacar (Mozambique)
the Vessel. By Lois (USA/Jamaica)
Tiffany Amber (Nigeria)
Timo Welland (USA/South Africa)
Tsemaye Binitie (UK/Nigeria), U.Mi-1 (UK/Nigeria)
Virgos Lounge (UK/Nigeria)
Viv La Resistance (Nigeria),
William Okpo (USA/Nigeria)
Zekaryas Solomon (Eritrea/UK).

ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2012 Comes to Lagos!

Okay, I barely can manage the excitement within me right now....eeeeeeyayayay!

Relax, breath in, calm down, now go on speak up....

ARISE Magazine Fashion Week is back in Lagos!

Read on below....

Due to the phenomenal success of the inaugural ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2011, where 5,000 guests, 51 designers, 81 models, 5 musical acts performed over three days – ARISE is once again proud to announce that it will return to Lagos in March 2012.

The ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2012 fashion extravaganza will run for an extended period of SIX days from Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th March 2012.



Once again, ARISE will invite 50 designers to participate in its 2012 Fashion Week show. The much anticipated finale will host the spectacular ARISE Magazine Fashion Awards. The very best of the designers will be invited to participate in the annual ARISE
Magazine Fashion Gala at the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week in September 2012.

At last year’s AMFW 2011 fashion event SEVEN designers:
Lanre Da Silva-Ajayi, Jewel by Lisa, Asibelua, Bunmi Koko, Tsemaye Binitie, Pierre-Antoine Vettorello and KlûK CGDT were given a golden ticket invitation to showcase their designs in September 2011, as part of the Made in Africa by ARISE Magazine Collective at the Avery Fisher Hall, New York.

ARISE Magazine founder Nduka Obaigbena says: “There is a side of Lagos that chimes well with the international fashion scene. We at ARISE Magazine recognise that the city has much to offer in the way of vibrancy and extraordinary talent in abundance making it the cultural capital of Africa. Once more we are proud to be associated with nurturing new designers from the vast continent – and continuing our support of those who are more well-known in Nigeria and in the diaspora.”

ARISE Magazine launched in 2008 and is Africa’s first global style and culture title. Details can be found at: www.ariselive.com

On the 8th of March 2011, ARISE Magazine hosted its inaugural show in Lagos, where it invited over 50 designers to participate at the prestigious Federal Palace Hotel, Nigeria.

Its most recent show MADE IN AFRICA BY ARISE MAGAZINE (15th September 2011) at the Avery Fisher Hall, New York, received huge acclaims from the media including this quote from London’s Daily Mail:

"It was a triumphant show for Ms Da Silva-Ajayi and the African fashion set, also including Jewel by Lisa, Asibelua, Bunmi Koko, Tsemaye Binitie, Pierre-Antoine Vettorello and KlûK CGDT. They threw the
cat amongst the pigeons of New York high fashion with an eclectic
mix of bright colours, eye-catching designs and bucket-loads of
African attitude."

Previously, ARISE had a successful run of THREE seasons (in 2009, 2010 and 2011) of the ARISE AFRICA FASHION COLLECTIVES at New York Fashion Week's Bryant Park, New York, and the successful sponsorship of the inaugural ARISE AFRICA FASHION WEEK at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg and Cape Town in 2009.