African Collective Fashion Show

The ‘Obama Effect’ has hit New York Fashion Week, resulting in a style and cultural explosion as colourful and diverse as Africa itself.

The show opened with the voice of Jones intoning ‘Man-Eating Machine’, as a giant, black and white video of the singer – digitally-distorted and manipulated in the manner of ‘The Terminator’ – unfolded on a screen at the back of the stage.

The African Fashion Collective was jointly sponsored by ThisDay, one of Africa’s largest daily news outlets, and Arise, the glossy style magazine devoted to African global achievement. It was timed to mark the election of Barack Obama as President, and First Lady, Michelle Obama’s championing of young, culturally diverse designers.


























Designers Xuly Bet, Stoned Cherrie, Momo, and Tiffany Amber