5 Africa-born designers open digital Milan Fashion Week
5 Africa-born designers open digital Milan Fashion Week By COLLEEN BARRYFebruary 24, 2021 GMT MILAN (AP) — Five designers of African origin making their runway debuts opened Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday under the banner “We are Made in Italy,” having nurtured dreams deemed fanciful in their native countries and which faced considerable obstacles coming to fruition in their adopted Italy. Joy Meribe, who is originally from Nigeria, started out working in Italy as a cultural mediator. Fabiola Manirakiza came to Italy as a child from Burundi and first trained as a doctor. Morocco-born ...
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