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Madam Ambassador upholds African Fashions from Liberia
Throughout the developed world African nationals are racing to build sustainable marketplaces for independent designers of Afro-centric inspired fashions. Numerous African inspired Fashion Week events have emerged throughout three major continents. North America, Western Europe and West Africa. Setting the pulse for this movement is the World Fashion Organization‘s agenda to develop wealth creation and eventually free African societies from a dependency on world aid.
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| Designer Kimma Wreh celebrates her Liberian Heritage by waving the Liberian flag during Fashion Week Press gathering PHOTO CREDIT: Danny Gbawar, Christina Brown |
The ambitions of WFO is to foster fashion as a vocation; and further the
development of 'World Fashion' by helping developing nations improve
intercontinental trade. Overall, WFO aims to create a global market place for
emerging fashion brands under the theme “We Fashion All”. According to the WFO
apparel is the chosen market for economic development in Africa because of the
high degree of influence African aesthetics has had in the western markets.
“Rather than receiving financial aid from the international
community, African nations need help developing commercially viable creative
industries. The fashion industry has multiplying chains of vocation, which can
create wealth. For example, the clothing industry creates jobs for Apparel Designers,
Accessory Designers, Tailors, Weavers, Textile Designers, Pattern Makers,
Wardrobe Stylists, Models, Fashion Photographers and Writers etc."
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