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With African Fashion Week Houston fast approaching, we are thrilled to announce this year's designers who will be showing across two days, at the Ankara 4 Seasons Fashion Show on Friday, September 22nd, and the FOSE Kitoko Fashion Show on Sunday, September 24th, 2017. ------------------------------- Showcasing Ankara as a quintessentially African print with their collections at the Ankara 4 Seasons show will be - African Queen Fashion (Fatim Coulibaly) @africanqueenfashion, Ask Detola (Olaniyi Adeoso) @house_of_detola, Classic Beginnings (Eugeney Bailey) @_queen40, Kachi Designs (Chigozie Anaele) @kachidesigns, MasterPiece Boutique (Tonyela Arphul) @masterpiece_boutique_, Ubaidah’s Haven (Yewande Akano) @ubaidahs_haven, and Yizzle Couture (Iyen Adekunle) @yizzlecouture. ------------------------------- The FOSE Kitoko Fashion Show will feature high fashion collections from Adeàrà (Adeola Mosanya) @adearaco, House of Takura (Annette Njau) @houseoftakura, Kachi Designs (Chigozie Anaele) @kachidesigns, Nma Couture (Julie Ihe) @nmacouture, Onyii & Co. (Onyii Brown) @onyiiandco.com, PR Customs (Marlor Mitchell) @prcustoms, and Rocky Boston (Rocky Boston) @rocky.boston. ------------------------------- Also taking to the runway on both days will be selected student designers from Project AI 2017 from @artinstitutehou, who will be presenting their creations made in collaboration with AFWH. We look forward to showcasing the creativity of all these designers on the runway at African Fashion Week Houston 2017! We’ll be sharing more about each one over the next few days watch this space! #afwh2017 #kitokofashionshow #ankara4seasons #africanfashionweekhouston #afwh #afwhouston #fashionweek #houstonfashion #houstonfashionweek #houstonfashion #fashion #africanfashion #africaninspired #ankarafashion