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ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2011 Kicks Off in Lagos – View the Updated Schedule & Win Exclusive Invites to the Tiffany Amber Show

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The ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2011 kicks off tomorrow, Thursday 10th March 2011.
BN has the updated schedule and an amazing opportunity to grab one of the most sought after invites. We also have a sneak peek of the new issue of ARISE Magazine. Issue 12 of ARISE features model Rose Cordero on the cover.

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Iconic Nigerian design house, Tiffany Amber is graciously offering Ten (10) Exclusive invites to  their show. This is an amazing opportunity for BN readers to experience the Tiffany Amber show on Friday 11th March 2011. The Tiffany Amber show takes place at 8PM and is the finale show for Friday.
To win, send an email to contests @ bellanaija.com with the answer the following question. Include your name and contact phone number. Please do not enter if you are unavailable on the day of the show. Also note that invites are non-transferable. Invites will be emailed to the winners.
Question: Name the Two (2) Most Recent Tiffany Amber Collections
Deadline for Entry: Thursday 10 March 2011 – Noon – WAT

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ARISE Magazine, Africa’s first global style and culture magazine, has released the updated schedule for the ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2011 which will take place in the tents at the luxury Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, from Thursday 10th March to Sunday 13th March 2011.

The much-anticipated line-up of 50 international fashion designers will showcase their latest designs over three days. The designers selected to participate are:

Alexander Amosu, Amine Bendriouich Couture and BS, Autumn Adeigbo, Angelo Van Mol, B-Side by Wale Adeyemi, Bestow Elan, Black Coffee, Bridget Awosika, Buki Akib, Bunmi Koko, Chichia, Christie Brown, Deola Sagoe, Ejiro Amos Tafiri, Eki Orleans, Eredappa, Gavin Rajah (SA), Gert-Johan Coetzee, Grey, House of Farrah, House of Nwocha, Ituen Basi, Jewel by Lisa, JIL, Jo Black Craze, Kastle Designs & Treasure Chest, KemKemStudio, Kiki Kamanu, Klûk CGDT, Korto Momolu, Lanre Da Silva Ajayi , LaQuan Smith, Lola Faturoti, Madam Wokie’s Couture, Maki Oh, Mataano, Mustafa Hassanali, Nikki Khiran Couture, NKWO, Odio Mimonet, Okunoren Twins, Pierre-Antoine Vettorello, Re Bahia, Samantha Cole, Tiffany Amber, Toju Foyeh, Tsemaye Binitie, Viv La Resistance, Vonne, Xuly.Bët, Zedeye.

The four-day event is already attracting international television attention because of the biggest line-up of international designers the continent has ever seen. In addition to this, ARISE Magazine Fashion Week have also announced that each of the day’s event will close with a star-studded closing musical act. The artistes confirmed include Naeto C, Darey Art-Alade, Grammy Award-winning singer Estelle and to close the ARISE Magazine Fashion Week Awards on Sunday 13 March 2011, will be Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu – better known as the two-time BRIT Award-winning artist: Tinie Tempah.

It will be a fitting end to the traditional fashion season after Paris Fashion Week and complete the international global fashion week season.

ARISE Magazine founder Nduka Obaigbena says: “We feel the time is right for us to create our very own series of major events and show the world that Africa is here to stay at the cutting edge of international fashion. Part of ARISE Magazine’s mission continues to be the promotion of new and established African and African diaspora designers. ARISE Magazine Fashion Week is only the start of our worldwide ambitions.

The event will end on the night of Sunday 13th March 2011 with the spectacular ARISE Magazine Fashion Awards which will include the South African designer Black Coffee, and an exclusive performance by Tinie Tempah.
The very best of the designers will be invited to participate in the inaugural and annual ARISE Magazine Fashion Gala in New York on September 14th 2011 during New York Fashion Week.
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Thursday March 10 2011

Press Accreditation – 9AM

Press Launch – 12.30PM

The Official AMFW Welcome Dinner/Business of Fashion Africa Conference – 7PM

Closing Music Acts – 9PM
Naeto C & Darey Art-Alade

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Friday March 11 2011

Group Show – 11AM
House of Nwocha (Nigeria)
Kiki Kamanu (Nigeria/USA)
House of Farrah (Nigeria)
Viv La Resistance (Nigeria)

Group Show – 12Noon
Nikki Khiran (Nigeria)
Toju Foyeh (Nigeria)
Madam Wokies Couture (Sierra Leone)
Ejiro Amos Tafiri (Nigeria)

Double Show – 1PM
Christie Brown (Ghana)
Eki Orleans (Nigeria/UK)

Double Show – 2PM
Maki Oh (Nigeria/UK)
Buki Akib (Nigeria/UK)

Show – 3PM
Ituen Basi (Nigeria/UK)

Double Show – 4PM
Korto Momolu (Liberia/US)
Bridget Awosika (Nigeria)

Double Show – 5PM
Amine Bendriouich Couture & BS (Morocco)
Okunoren Twins (Nigeria)

Show – 6PM
Jewel by Lisa (Nigeria)

Show – 7PM
Mustafa Hassanali (Tanzania)

Show – 8PM
Tiffany Amber (Nigeria)

Closing Music Acts – 9PM
TBD

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Saturday March 12 2011

Double Show – 11PM
Vonne (Nigeria)
Jil (Ghana)

Group Show – 12Noon
Jo Black Craze (Nigeria/UK)
Tsemaye Binite (Nigeria/UK)
Mataano (Somalia/USA)

Double Show – 1PM
Chichia London (Tanzania/UK)
Gert-Johan Coetzee (South Africa)

Group Show – 2PM
Lanre DaSilva-Ajayi (Nigeria)
Laquan Smith (US)

Show – 3PM
Alexander Amosu (UK)

Show – 4PM
Bunmi Koko (Nigeria/UK)

Double Show – 5PM
Eredappa (Nigeria)
Bestow Elan (Ghana/UK)

Show – 6PM
Kluk CGDT (South Africa)

Double Show – 7PM
Kemkemstudio (Nigeria)
Autumn Adeigbo (Nigeria/USA)

Show – 8PM
Deola Sagoe

Closing Music Acts – 9PM
Estelle & D’banj

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Sunday March 13 2011

Group Show – 12Noon
Grey (Nigeria)
Kastle Designs & Treasure Chest (Ghana/USA)
Re Bahia (Nigeria/UK)
Zedeye (Nigeria/UK)

Show – 1PM
Odio Mimonet (Nigeria)

Group Show – 2PM
Samantha Cole (Nigeria/UK)
Angelo Van Mol (Belgium/Ivory Coast)
Pierre-Antoine Vettorello (Belgium/Ghana)

Double Show – 3PM
Nkwo (Nigeria/UK)
Lola Faturoti (USA)

Show – 4PM
Gavin Rajah (South Africa)

Show – 5PM
B-Side by Wale Adeyemi (Nigeria/UK)

Show – 6PM
Xuly Bet (Mali/France)

ARISE Magazine Fashion Week Awards – 8PM

Show
Black Coffee (South Africa)

Closing Music Act
Tinie Tempah

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