The Urban Music People (UMP) which clock 10 this year with organisers indicating that the 2019 edition will have fashion and media categories has announced that banker and socialite Ben Wandawanda will be honoured with this year’s “Fashion Icon Award”. The UMP 2019 Award ceremony will be held on Saturday, 14 December at Crossroads […]
Malawian designer Mayamiko is making international headlines with her ethical label after the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, stepped out for her first royal tour engagement with a patterned monochrome wrap dress ‘made in Malawi’. The 38-year-old royal chose a £69 black and white wrap dress from Malawian brand Mayamiko as she joined Prince Harry, 35, […]
Malawi’s Edna Mkandawire of Zoe Kernel fashion brand is among over 15 African designers lined up to showcase at this year’s Tshwane Fashion Festival scheduled to take place from 12 to 13 May at State Theatre, Mable Foyer in South Africa. The 4th edition of Tshwane Fashion Festival was held at in Pretoria, South Africa […]
Prophetess Dawa Loga-Lemberger, a former designer has said she and her husband Prophet Vitu Kamanga are “living testimonies” after living the showbiz industry to establish the ministry called Fountain of Hope in Lilongwe. Prophetess Dawa Loga is an associate pastor at Fountain of Hope Ministries while Prophet Vitu Kamanga serves as a senior pastor. “Ours […]
After a two-year hiatus, the Fashion Malawi Edition (FAME) returns this summer with a week-long of fashion exhibitions. It follows the Malawi Fashion Week which was only held in its year of inception, 2013, and has since gone into oblivion. Their colleagues, the pioneers of fashion shows in Malawi, FAME, have resurrected after they had […]
Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture Kondwani Nankhumwa has assured fashion designers in the country that his ministry is working tirelessly to make sure that the fashion industry is fully supported, saying it has potential in promoting Malawi tourism. Nankhumwa made an assurance on Friday at Bingu International Conference Center during Malawi Celebrity fashion Night […]
Lillian Koreia, daughter to business magnate Jimmy Koreia Mpatsa, has launched her fashion house called Miizu in Blantyre. The fashion house, which stocks Miizu designs by Lillian, was launched on Friday in Blantyre at Mpatsa House near the Malawi Institute of Tourism where it is also located. This was a dream come true for the […]
In a bid to raise the Malawian flag across the World through Malawian culture, Fashion Africa is undertaking a massive production and campaign to restore the true Malawian fashion. Fashion Africa which is a brain child of Tour Africa Incorporation (TAI) came up with this evolution after realizing how unrecognizable the dressing code of Malawi […]
Malawi, already in the news for its successful netball Queens who are adored by the British media, is on August 8, 2014 set to return into fashion reviews, as its inspired designer Mia Nisbet will showcase at the prestigious Africa Fashion Week London. Mia, based in Manchester, said in an interview with Nyasa Times that […]
Malawi’s modeling industry has received a boost as the country’s models have been selected to participate at this year’s Southern Africa Fashion Week in Johannesburg, South Africa. The upcoming fashion week is part of the Southern Africa Fashion Conference (SAFC) to be held from 30 April to 01 May, 2014. This year SAFC goes into […]
Are you a Malawian model looking for international stardom? Here is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There’s a call for models interested to walk the runway at the Southern Africa Fashion Week dated for 30th of April to 1st May in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to Thembi Zimba, one of the country’s top models, an audition has […]
Felicia Susan Ngoma who shot to fame when she represented Malawi at Africa’s leading reality show, Big Brother Africa, in 2011 has launched her Nyasa Brands clothing line. Felicia describes her designs as trendy and unique. She also dressed contestants of the second edition of Miss Malawi Ireland that took in Dublin last Saturday and […]
Malawi Fashion Week (MFW) chief executive officer Dawa Loga-Lemberger has been invited to attend this year’s Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) scheduled to take place from August 1 to 3. Loga- Lemberger has been invited alongside Minister of Tourism and Culture Rachel Mazombwe Zulu, according to a letter from AFWL. The letter states that Loga-Lemberger […]
A medical expert has warned Malawian women against the fashion of wearing high heels – especially if they are tight around the toes – as it poses a risk of having their big foot toe deforming, a condition known as hallux valgus or bunion deformity. A bunion is essentially a lump on the joint at the […]
Organisers of the recently ended inaugural Malawi Fashion Week (MFW) 2013 have described the event as a success. MFW 2013 Public Relations Manager, Kimpho Loka, said it had been an amazing event that lived up to its billing while describing the quality of the designs as ‘classic.’ “It is a milestone for the fashion industry in […]
As fashion enthusiasts in Malawi start to experience four days of fashion through the Malawi Fashion Week 2013; Malawi fashion culture has been described as amazing and rich in African culture. South African superstar model Neetasha Singh, who is in the country for the Malawi Fashion Week 2013 (MFW) slated for May 31 to June […]
The Malawi Fashion Week (MFW) will this Saturday, May 25, 2013 hold a motorcade in the streets of Lilongwe as the official unveiling of the inaugural fashion fest the country will be hosting from next week Thursday. The parade, which is scheduled to kickoff at 9am, will start from Area 18A Taxi Rank, through City […]
Mable Banda, one of Miss Malawi beauty pageant organizers, is now into fulltime business with her investment into a fashion store opened a fortnight ago in the capital Lilongwe. Stocking designer men and women’s wear, face products and other accessories from the United States and the United Kingdom, the retail shop that is situated at […]