MUSTAFA HASSANALI TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE IN SWEDEN

A model wearing Mustafa Hassanali's Design during the fashion Bussiness in Angola 18th of O ctober-2011

Mustafa Hassanali during the grand finale of his uhuru collections

Mustafa Hassanali from Tanzania during the Fashion Bussiness in Angola on 15th-oct-2011

Mustafa Hassanali to celebrate 50 years of UHURU in Sweden

Embassy of Tanzania in Sweden host Mustafa Hassanali Fashion Show

Sweden becomes Mustafa Hassanali’s fifteenth Country globally to show his creation

As Tanzania Celebrates its 50 Years of UHURU, Mustafa Hassanali’s, Tanzania’s pan African designer has been invited by HE Muhammad Mzale, Ambassador of Tanzania to Sweden as a designer to showcase his creation to the Swedish and Tanzanian community residing in Stockholm and the rest of Scandinavia.

“I am very honoured by this invitation from our Embassy in Sweden and I look forward to being an ambassador of art, culture and fashion for Tanzania whilst using this opportunity to strengthen the culture ties between Tanzania and Sweden as we celebrate 50 years of independence of Tanzania mainland” stated Mustafa Hassanali

Mustafa Hassanali over the past two months have travelled to Gaborone, Botswana, Luanda, Angola, Johannesburg, South Africa and Niamey, Niger to showcase his various creations aimed at celebrating UHURU, Swahili word for freedom. “We shall not only CelebrateTanzania mainland 50 years of freedom from Colonial rule, but also that Freedom to express one creativity, culture, and Spirit.” Added Hassanali

Being a One Nation, The collection showcased shall see the fusion of Harmony amidst the chaos of different Hues and Textures to bring about a show that is distinctively Mustafa Hassanali yet Summing up Tanzania0

Yet another FIRST from Mustafa Hassanali, He will be the first designer based in Tanzania to showcase his creation in Stockholm inSweden.

“I shall present my collection on 8 December to the International Swedish Community and on the 10 December to the Tanzanians and the African Diasporas living in Sweden. This will be my second showcase in Europe after Italy and so looking forward to a great response of my work from the Scandinavian community at large.” Concluded Hassanali

NOTE TO EDITORS

ABOUT MUSTAFA HASSANALI

Pan African designer, Mustafa Hassanali pursues fashion as a religion. His personable and affable demeanour in parallel with his bohemian works of art have made him Tanzania’s premier and most celebrated designer. With an A-list clientele of Tanzanian society, Hassanali is considered a fashion guru, with hisdesigns reflecting his deeply embedded cultural Cosmopolitan heritage along with his clean couture contemporary styles.

Mustafa Hassanali has of recently been noted as one of Africa’s Top Ten Male fashion designers by New African Woman Magazine published in UK.

Mustafa’s work has been highly appreciated at international levels. His showing at the FIMA 2011 (festival International de la mode Africaine), Colour in the desert Fashion week in Botswana, Origin Africa in Mauritius 2011, Arise Magazine fashion week in Nigeria 2011, Fashion Business Angola 2010 & 2011, FAFA (Festival of African Fashion and Arts in Kenya), Afric Collection in Douala, Cameroon, India International Fashion Week 20009, Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief 2009, Africa Fashion week 2009 & 2011, Durban & Cape Town Fashion Weeks, Vukani Fashion Awards in Pretoria, Miss Ethiopia Beauty Pageant, Mediterranean Fashion Festival in Sicily, Italy; M’Net Face of Africa, Mozambique, Uganda & Kenya Fashion Weeks has brought him immense adulation

Meet Mustafa Hassanali and you know what makes him special, he believes in the ‘never say die’ attitude and uses his talent and creativity in making a better today and tomorrow for the fashion fraternity along with the various social causes very close to his heart. Mustafa is truly a fashionista personified!

For more information kindly visit www.mustafahassanali.net