IMaXhosa Africa ivula indlela yeAfrika eParis Fashion Week

IMaXhosa Africa yenze imbali ngosuku lokuqala lweParis Women’s Fashion Week, izisa ingqokelela yayo yokuqala kwikhalenda esemthethweni.

Umyili wayo, uLaduma Ngxokolo (39), uthumele iilook eziyi-54 ezinemibala eqaqambileyo kunye ne-knitwear egxininisa ubuchule baseAfrika nomoya wobunye phakathi kwabantu belizwekazi.

Ethetha ne-AFP, uNgxokolo waguqulela impumelelo yakhe ngoluvo olunzulu: “Ndiziva ndihlonitshiwe kukumelwa apha; ndilwele ukuhlala kule tafile iminyaka eli-16.”

Ingqokelela yeSpring-Summer 2027 ibonise ilokhwe yoboya eneemfakamfele ezinemibhalo yamazwe aseAfrika, njengophawu lomanyano nobuzwe obudibeneyo.

Enye impahla emnyama nengwevu ibonise imephu enkulu yeAfrika ngaphambili, kanti ngasemva nasezandleni kwakukho eminye imimandla yehlabathi—uphawu lotshintsho lwamva nje kwimephu esemthethweni yeZizwe eziManyeneyo ukuze kubonakale ubungakanani bokwenene belizwekazi.

Uthe: “Sizibeke phakathi kwabakhokelayo ekuboneni iAfrika ehlabathini.”

Umboniso owawusekhaya lonozakuzaku loMzantsi Afrika uquke umculo ophilayo kaSjava, nezincedisi namehlo enziwe ngenkunkuma ephinda yasetyenziswa ngumculi waseKenya uCyrus Kabiru.

IMaXhosa Africa, eyasekwa ngo-2010, ngoku iqesha abantu abamalunga nama-300, ineevenkile ezisibhozo, ivelisa eJohannesburg nase-East London, kwaye “i-90% yeemveliso zethu zenziwa ngaphakathi.”

Uphawu luthandwa nguMichelle Obama noBeyonce.

I-FHCM isaqhuba ukwahluka kwikhalenda yaseParis, apho bakhe baqaqamba amagama afana noImane Ayissi, Virgil Abloh, Olivier Rousteing noEmeric Tchatchoua (3.Paradis).

Kule veki, kulindeleke imiboniso eyi-67, kuquka iChristian Dior neSaint Laurent; kanti kushishini kukho amarhe ngoAnthony Vaccarello, uPierpaolo Piccioli (Kering), uDemna, iMiss Tweed, iChloe noChemena Kamali (Glitz), kunye nemiboniso kaMatieres Fecales, Julie Kegels, Weinsanto noHodakova.