Fashioning Modern Africanism

WATCH four emerging designers compete for the sought-after title of AFI Fastrack - Young Designer of the Year 2021. This six-part mini-series provides an inside-look into the workings of the South African fashion industry, with designers participating in three challenges to win the creative affections of viewers - their most crucial judge.   Airing weekly on YouTube, every Monday and Tuesday from 6 December until 21 December, African Fashion International (AFI) presents a thrilling stand-off of fashion. Young designers are competing for a share of a total cash prize of R100 000, with the winner taking 50% and the remainder shared amongst the runners-up as start-up capital to invest in their brand and an exclusive retail opportunity with AFI’s House of Nala concept store.   Challenging designers to stretch their creativity toward trends that reflect our current climate, the Fastrack runway is a showcase of affordable sustainability, power looks that embolden an evolving work-life balanc

BE YOU  with African Fashion International (AFI) this summer. This fashion showcase of an African utopia is taking place on  29 – 30 October 2021  at  the recently launched  Alto 234  – Africa’s highest Urban Bar on the 57 th  floor at the Leonardo building in Sandton. This hybrid experience of fashion and self-expression is dedicated to the creative that lives within us all.   The theme  BE YOU, BE TRULY AFRICAN  celebrates all the unique and multifaceted expressions of being African in a globalised world. In coming together, after a long period of isolation, we are presenting a  renewed  outlook on who we are and what makes us unique.  Driven  by lifestyle and fashion, the emerging and established designers will showcase their latest collections, having  reimagined  new trends to complement the new way of living.   Growing on the success of last year’s event, AFI will again partner with Anglo American Platinum to showcase this year’s PlatAfrica Jewellery Design & Manufacture Comp