Zimbabwe Fashion Week returns after four years

After a hiatus of 4 years, the country’s premier fashion event is set to return this year in the month that is now internationally dubbed “African Fashion Month”, October.

Historically held in various locations around the city of Harare, Zimbabwe Fashion Week will this year and going forward be held at the majestic Victoria Falls.

This move was made because although the Trust is focused on the development of the fashion and textile industries, one of its other key objectives is to play its part in the development of the tourism industry.

“Hosting the fashion week at the Victoria Falls will encourage and highlight the destination not only as a spectacular tourist destination for safari, but as the gateway to the growing visual arts and fashion
industries in Zimbabwe,” the Trust said.

“Victoria Falls has the infrastructure to host an event which attracts international participants such as Zimbabwe Fashion Week as it boasts an international airport and ample accommodation,” it continued.

Priscilla Chigariro founded Zimbabwe Fashion Week Trust, a non-profit organisation in 2009, which runs this event and Young Designer’s Programme.

Said Chigariro, who is the Executive Producer, ” Being based in the US has opened a lot of doors for me in the fashion industry.

“Whereas the idea of fashion week had always been challenging to develop beyond the runway due to many constraints. I am now in the thick of the western fashion world and have access to multiple avenues to promote African designers from our region.”

She further went to say, “Besides the runway shows which will for the second season be produced by Andiswa Manxiwa, Johannesburg based runway show producer, a robust development program has been constructed which will run throughout the year helping rebuild the fashion industry from grassroots level. Andiswa was the producer of the ZFW2018 fashion shows and her accolades include production of Africa Fashion International’s Johannesburg and Cape Town Fashion Weeks.”

This Fashion Week will not have a theme this year.