{"id":3036,"date":"2012-02-17T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T15:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=3036"},"modified":"2012-02-17T11:01:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T15:01:09","slug":"how-to-make-it-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/how-to-make-it-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make it in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adire-before-content\" id=\"adire-326520089\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/amp_adiree_mag_top\">\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2012\/02\/how-to-make-it-in-america-logo.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3037 lazyload\" title=\"how-to-make-it-in-america-logo\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2012\/02\/how-to-make-it-in-america-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>In retrospect of NYWF 2012, the African designers who attended the event planned their attack and nailed it this week. Choosing the venue for a show is crucial, because it is the \u201cperfect punctuation for a collections\u2019 style statement\u201d (huffingtonpost.com). For example, Mimi Plange chose a venue that was as luxurious as her pieces in the line, a private residence in The Setai on Fifth. Twins Idyl and Ayaan Mohallim had a line full of bright, feminine dresses, and they were perfectly at home at\u00a0 the Top of the Garden. The number of African designers grew from a trickle to a flood this year at New York Fashion Week, and the designers are representative of a new generation who are mapping their way through the fashion industry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adire-after-content\" id=\"adire-1539033153\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/amp_adiree_mag_bott\">\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In retrospect of NYWF 2012, the African designers who attended the event planned their attack and nailed it this week. Choosing the venue for a show is crucial, because it is the \u201cperfect punctuation for a collections\u2019 style statement\u201d (huffingtonpost.com). For example, Mimi Plange chose a venue that was as luxurious as her pieces in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[169,170,172],"tags":[117,176,180,136,199,112],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}