Nduka Obaigbena, group chairman and editor-in-chief of ARISE, said, "ARISE and AFI recently successfully presented the ARISE Africa Fashion Week in June 2009. The partnership with African Fashion International (AFI) is a continued celebration of African achievement and an extension of our commitment to recognise and showcase the very best of African creative talent."
Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe, chairperson of African Fashion International, says, "As one of the world's leading commentators on African culture and style internationally, ARISE is a natural partner for us and we're excited by the business opportunities our new and extended partnership presents."
The thirteen collections will showcase emerging designers along with industry heavyweights. The first day of ARISE Cape Town Fashion Week, presented in association with the Cape Town Fashion Council, focuses on young designers. Established mens' and womens' designers take the stage on the second day while the third day brings the weekend to a climax with day-wear and evening-wear.
Adds Dr Motsepe, "This partnership not only brings a strong sense of stability but enables us to plan fairly far into the future and will assist us in growing the fashion industry into sustainable businesses."
The designers showing at ARISE Cape Town Fashion Week will be announced in the middle of July. Tickets will be available to the general public through Computicket.
ARISE is a magazine of African style and culture which launched in February 2009. It is produced in the United Kingdom and distributed internationally.
ARISE is published by THISDAY, Nigeria's premier newspaper of record, with 700 staff members in 38 offices across the country. THISDAY has a daily circulation of 100,000 copies (120,000 on Sundays) and a daily readership of four million.
