David Tlale is a south African Fashion designer. His designs are memorable, unpredictable and elegant. He designs for both men and women that want to be bold but yet classy.Tlale has won and has been nominated for number of prestigious fashion awards. He was the winner of the 2003 SAFW Elle New Talent Show Competition and he was one of four African designers, to showcase at the Paris Couture Fashion Week in July 2007. David a one of a kind and unique designer that has taken the world by storm and making all of us Afro fashion lovers proud. He is planning on becoming a top couture house in South Africa and be recognized all other the world. Below are some pictures and an interview conducted by Women24.com. Pictures Courtesy of Blueprint Magazine (online Magazine for south African fashion)

I finally decided to make my post on Cheik Diallo . I know you all might know him by now but one more time is always a blast . I personally beleive that he deserves a l ot more praise than he is getting . Below is a brief bio about him from Egodesign.ca

Hello everyone,
I hope all of you are having a very nice day. For those of you don t know me I got to tell you something about myself. Like maybe most women I am obsessed with handbags and today I have the pleasure to introduce you one of my favorite african accessory designer her name is Amina Hassan From Nigeria. I had the pleasure to ask her some questions recently . she is extremely talented and the designer to look for in the caming years.

Ciaa: what is the concept behind your designs?
Amina: Passion and a lot of work! But first, function. In other words what will the proposed bag be used for? Shape, structure are drawn out and a plan for materials to be used in terms of accessories, dye colour is done. Next work flow to determine step by step of putting the bag together then prototype is made following the work flow, corrections and alterations if any need be are made and then work starts on the bag.

Hello everyone,
I hope you all had a nice weekend !!!!!!! Well I did ,the weather was really nice in Toronto ,I went out and walk a bit with my family. Anyways many of the readers of Ciaafrique might not know Babani kone but she is actually the Beyonce of my country (Mali). she is the singer that every bride will kill for to sing for her at her wedding. I have gotten that pleasure of that thanks to my dear mother who was able to invite her at my wedding . I will like you guys to discover this beautiful woman because she represent not the Malian beauty but the African woman.Check out her different style and tell me what you think. I most of the pictures she is wearing one of Mali traditional fabric called Bazin. The fabric is well know in western African Countries. The fabric is white but you can actually customize it and make it your own colors and style. I will be talking more about this fabric in future posts but in the meantime enjoy.

Josephine Baker from the Us is the creator and the designer behind Boxing Kitten. According to her website she started designing when she was 10 years old. Her designs tend to be more like vintage couture. The reason why I decided to feature Boxing kitten on Ciaafrique is because she is very talented and she only uses African fabrics ( Wax Hollandais) as we call it in west Africa. I like to show my support to African talents but also anybody that uses African materials.I think she should be an inspiration to all of the designers out there to use African Fabric because we do have some nice Prints.Her clothes are worn by stars like Eryka Badu, Christina Milian, Solange, Beyonce, Fergie, and DJ Rashida. Check out some of her work!!!!!!!!!