{"id":4667,"date":"2018-05-21T00:33:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T00:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=4667"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:28:49","slug":"luxury-african-fashion-panel-discussion-fashion-institute-of-technology-fit-hosts-africa-fashion-week-designers-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/luxury-african-fashion-panel-discussion-fashion-institute-of-technology-fit-hosts-africa-fashion-week-designers-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"FIT Partners with Adiree to Host Luxury Africa Fashion Panel During AFW New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"adire-1588370282\" class=\"adire-before-content adire-entity-placement\"><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;\" align=\"right\">For Immediate Release<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Luxury African Fashion Panel Discussion: Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Hosts Africa Fashion Week Designers in New York.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New York, NY<\/strong>-July 2012- Adir\u00e9e announces today that Wednesday, July 11<sup>th<\/sup> 2012,\u00a0 2 P.M. EST,\u00a0 at the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkschedule\/wednesday-july-11th\/\">Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) | Katie Murphy Amphitheater\u00a0<\/a>Africa Fashion Week designers and Adiat Disu, founder of Adir\u00e9e-producers of Africa Fashion Week(s)-will speak at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the Adiree | Luxury African Fashion Panel Press Kit <a href=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Panel-at-FIT.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview.jpeg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13539 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1988\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview-768x994.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview-791x1024.jpeg 791w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview-450x582.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview-20x26.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview-225x291.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview-900x1165.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview-1350x1747.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adiree-Luxury-Africa-Fashion-Panel_preview-600x777.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a>Please view event details here also : <a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/schedule\/wednesday-july-11th\/\">https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/schedule\/wednesday-july-11th\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To rsvp for this event please email rsvp@adiree.com<\/p>\n<p>The two-hour panel discussion will focus on \u201cAfrica as an Emerging Market for Fashion.\u201d Topics discussed will include the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Africa As An Emerging Market for Fashion <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Luxury African Fashion &#8211; What does this mean or look like<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable | Eco Friendly | Social Enterprising Fashion Brands &#8211; How African designers are giving back while building their brands and increasing sales globally<\/li>\n<li>The Metamorphosis of the International &#8220;Afrofashinista or &#8220;Afrofashinisto&#8221; &#8211; How she or he dresses, where to purchase items, and where to get the latest news on fashion designers, and how\u00a0designers are influencing international consumers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Africa Fashion Week Designers on the FIT panel are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/studio-d-maxsi\/\">Afua Sam (Ghana)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cameroon Collective <a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/cameroon-collective\/\">(Please view details here)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/farai-simoyi\/\">Farai Simoyi (Zimbabwe)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"francis Hendy \" href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/francis-hendy\/\">Francis Hendy (Trinidad &amp; Tabago)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/korto-momolu\/\">Korto Momolu (Liberia)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/mafi\/\">Mafi (Ethiopia)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/marianne-g-g\/\">Marianne G.G (Egypt)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/mabm\/\">MaQuiah B-Mensah (Ghana)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/hennaflower\/\">Robin Shumays (African \u2013American)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyorkdesigners\/nadir-tati\/\">Nadir Tati (Angola)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Disu, founder of AFWNY and Adir\u00e9e president will share her understanding and knowledge on African Fashion and Luxury, but also the implications of growing African fashion and luxury industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FIT-partners-with-Adiree-Luxury-African-Fashion-Week-Panel-at-Fashion-Institute-of-Technology.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13536 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FIT-partners-with-Adiree-Luxury-African-Fashion-Week-Panel-at-Fashion-Institute-of-Technology.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FIT-partners-with-Adiree-Luxury-African-Fashion-Week-Panel-at-Fashion-Institute-of-Technology.jpg 800w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FIT-partners-with-Adiree-Luxury-African-Fashion-Week-Panel-at-Fashion-Institute-of-Technology-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FIT-partners-with-Adiree-Luxury-African-Fashion-Week-Panel-at-Fashion-Institute-of-Technology-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FIT-partners-with-Adiree-Luxury-African-Fashion-Week-Panel-at-Fashion-Institute-of-Technology-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FIT-partners-with-Adiree-Luxury-African-Fashion-Week-Panel-at-Fashion-Institute-of-Technology-225x169.jpg 225w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FIT-partners-with-Adiree-Luxury-African-Fashion-Week-Panel-at-Fashion-Institute-of-Technology-20x15.jpg 20w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FIT-partners-with-Adiree-Luxury-African-Fashion-Week-Panel-at-Fashion-Institute-of-Technology-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Africa Fashion Week designers will discuss their designs, aesthetic, and inspirations.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the discussion will also cover the sustainability in fashion since this year\u2019s AFWNY is adding an eco-friendly twist<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to be invited by the Fashion Institute of Technology, a school that has given birth to many notables in the international fashion industry such as Nina Garcia (editor-at-large, Marie-Claire Magazine), Carolina Herrera (fashion designer, President of Carolina Herrera New York, Michael Kors, President and CEO of Michael Kors, and Joe Zee- Creative Director of Elle Magazine, host of Sundance Channel\u2019s original program All on the Line and Angela Simmons, TV personality, fashion designer, CEO of Pastry Kicks) , &#8221; says Disu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13532 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1425\" height=\"1801\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012.jpg 1425w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012-450x569.jpg 450w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012-20x25.jpg 20w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012-225x284.jpg 225w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012-900x1137.jpg 900w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012-1350x1706.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Flyer3_Africa-FashionWeek_2012-600x758.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1425px) 100vw, 1425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AFWNY proclaimed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City- includes runway shows hosting 21+ designers from various countries in Africa and those of the African Diaspora, exhibitions, and industry networking events. Opening designers Francis Hendy, Korto Momolu, and designers like Mafi, Attolle Collection, Geraldo Fashions and others will showcase. For more information, please visit: www.afwny.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>About FIT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Fashion Institute of Technology, usually known as FIT, is a State University of New York (SUNY) college that focuses on art, business, design, and technology in connection to the fashion industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Adir\u00e9e:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\">Adir\u00e9e<\/a> is a multimedia, marketing, and marketplace company.<\/p>\n<p>For More Information Contact:<\/p>\n<p>Adir\u00e9e \u2502Public Relations<\/p>\n<p>Jamilla<br \/>\npr@adiree.com<br \/>\nadiree.com<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"adire-3382229385\" class=\"adire-after-content adire-entity-placement\"><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>For Immediate Release Luxury African Fashion Panel Discussion: Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Hosts Africa Fashion Week Designers in New York. 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