Friday, May 2, 2008
Most progressive designers from Zimbabwe will have their clothing exhibited at the ongoing Harare International Festival of the Arts. Dubbed the Fashion Factory Statement -- the rare show that is part of Hifa 2008, aims to bring together designers and festival goers who will be exchanging notes at the Global Quarter's Fashion Studio. Ethno-Design, under the directorship of Novell Zwangendaba is one of the main organizers of the designers' workshop. Novell, who organized last year's fashion, urged all designers to fully utilize Hifa 2008 to market their wares. The dreadlocked designer said they expected some tertiary students majoring in Cutting and Design and related fields as well as independent designers to grace the event. Among the list of designers gracing this event would be Chidochemoyo Nemhara who made headlines at last year's EDFW-a designer's forum.
A 20 year old designer couldn’t hide her excitement after being taken in for Hifa 2008. "I am glad for being included in this year's Hifa. For your own information, I will be going there for the first time and I wish to fully utilize the fest to market my wares. "I am also happy to grace the festival doing something unlike visiting stands a patron," she said. Even Novell spoke highly of Nemhara whom he described as a creative genius destined for the stars. "She is good. She has shown us a lot of potential at last and I hope she will have a chance to show the world some of her outstanding garments when the event springs into life," she said. Other designers expected to grace the event include Tendai Manuel who will be promoting his label named Sword. Ester Mujuru, who specializes in sculpture designs will have her wares displayed along with Tawanda Zawanda of Limit X among others.
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A 20 year old designer couldn’t hide her excitement after being taken in for Hifa 2008. "I am glad for being included in this year's Hifa. For your own information, I will be going there for the first time and I wish to fully utilize the fest to market my wares. "I am also happy to grace the festival doing something unlike visiting stands a patron," she said. Even Novell spoke highly of Nemhara whom he described as a creative genius destined for the stars. "She is good. She has shown us a lot of potential at last and I hope she will have a chance to show the world some of her outstanding garments when the event springs into life," she said. Other designers expected to grace the event include Tendai Manuel who will be promoting his label named Sword. Ester Mujuru, who specializes in sculpture designs will have her wares displayed along with Tawanda Zawanda of Limit X among others.
