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ATA
Group from US East
Coast Chapters at the gala Awards Night,
ATA 26th congress, Cape Town.
From Press
Release
Ethiopia seeks to create a Fashion
Empire
(photos to
come)
Fashion Week comes
to Addis Ababa in 2004: Addis Ababa fashion week is
scheduled for 10th to 14th May 2004 in Addis
Ababa Ethiopia and the main source of foreign
designers is expected to be from Italy as have
already expressed their interest also designers
from Senegal, South Africa, Ghana, Sweden, Denmark,
England, and the United States are expected to
participate in the fashion week as well as several
local Ethiopia designers.
The Organizers for
the first ever Miss Universe Ethiopia Beauty
pageant in Ethiopia are banking on Miss Universe
Ethiopia to be the catalyst that launches an
Ethiopian fashion empire of sorts.
Organizers have
officially dubbed the yet to be crowned Miss
Universe Ethiopia a FASHION AMBASSADOR and her main
role will be to travel the world and show the world
Ethiopian fine textiles and fashions at
international beauty contest, fashion shows and
exhibitions, the start of her reign also see the
first ever national fashion design competition to
get young Ethiopian fashion designers to compete
for the rights to design her National costume and
evening gown that she will wear at the miss
universe contest in June 2004.
Following on from
the Fashion design contest the Organizers have
planned the first ever Addis Ababa Fashion week,
just before she leave for her first ever
participation at the miss Universe
contest,
At the 2004 Addis
Ababa fashion week, Ethiopian and Foreign designers
will be able to exhibit their collections, and the
collections will be modeled by the finalist of the
Miss Universe Ethiopia beauty pageant, and it is
hopped that this will prove a valuable platform for
young Ethiopian and African designers many of whom
never get an opportunity to hold or attend fashion
shows due to the high cost of
doing such. The
organizers expect Addis Ababa fashion week to
appeal primarily to younger fashion designers, and
they are very excited about the prospect of have in
an Ethiopian fashion week. (more to
come)
http://aafashionweek.tripod.com
Elyse White
of ATA New York Chapter was belle of the ball; few
would believe she is past 90. In Africa, she has
found her own "fountain of youth" reflected by an
upbeat attitude. In our opinion, Travel and fashion
go together like bananas and cream. The "Upbeat
African look" is not limited to evening wear or
special events, it's expressed in a variety of
ways. For instance our photos of delegates on
safari makes its own point; you can look your best
on the desert or Savannah, just as you can at a
convention gala or cocktail party.
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