Ugandans not ready for some styles

Fashion There is so much fashion craziness going on in the industry. Designers and fashion icons are pushing boundaries with new looks every day.

The level of experimenting with style is so fast it is hard to keep up.

With the all these platforms including magazines, TV fashion and the unlimited online resources, fashion lovers are living in fashion heaven, especially if they can afford to replicate the looks.

However, the biggest setback could be the community one leaves in. Can you walk around your neighborhood in those totally ripped short shorts, or do you, like most people, sneak out the door and into the car and only feel free once in the nightclub?

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If you have attended a church wedding and the bride is not wearing a white or ivory gown, consider yourself lucky. I have not. And I will make sure my bride wears pure white and not off-white or cream to keep within the tradition. No pink gown, please. Ugandans are smart enough not to copy everything they see on TV, unless they are Eva Mbabazi or Tracy Bora.

Tracy Bora, a city socialite turned heads at Billy Ocean’s concert last Friday. Her black, lacy see-through dress left nothing to imagination.

One could even see the path her G-string had taken.

She knew what she was doing, because she made sure she arrived very early and sat still. Trust the prying eyes of paparazzi to catch her at the end of the show. A case of one girl who watches way too much TV!

But there is a limit to what we can replicate on our local fashion scene. Certainly not Rihanna’s naked dress look, please.

Kampala Fashion Intro at Serena tomorrow

Fashion lovers are in for a big treat this weekend. The 2014 Kampala Fashion Intro takes place starting this evening with the climax happening tomorrow evening. All the action will be at Kampala Serena hotel. The Kampala Fashion intro is the precursor to this year’s regional fashion weeks taking place in August in Burundi and Rwanda early November.

Kampala Fashion Week will take place in November. The event is a unique opportunity for talented fashion designers, creative makeup artists, trend-setting hair stylists and stunning runway models.

On the runway, Gloria Wavamunno and Xenson will represent Uganda, while Cynthia Rupari and Patrick Muhire will represent Rwanda. Sheria Ngowi and Cynthia Munwangari will showcase designs from Tanzania and Burundi, respectively.

Great Lakes Arts Association has put the evening’s event together in partnership with LDJ productions, the producers of the New York Fashion week and Kigali Fashion Week. According to Joel Kanyamunyu, a director at Great Lakes Arts Association, guests should expect the hottest up and coming designers from Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Nigeria, and an exclusive slice of international fashion labels. Kanyamunyu also believes the event will be a trendsetter for the industry.

“This festival will obviously incorporate all aspects of the industry; the cultural, the modern, the hippy and trendy. Our anticipation is that this will be a trend-setter for the industry,” he told The Observer.

RwandAir, Serena hotel Rout and Mashanyu Media are the sponsors of the event.  Tickets go for Shs 100,000 for Gold and 200,000 for Platinum tickets The event kicks off at 8pm.

Some of the Designers Showcasing

Some of the Designers Showcasing