One of Dakar Fashion Week’s biggest events is free and high-end - a fashion show in a working class neighborhood. The event’s founder, Senegalese designer Adama Paris, says the “Street Parade” is her favorite show of the week, because she gets to take fashion back to the streets where it belongs.
Dakar Fashion Week Takes Style Back to the Streets
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A model gets ready to walk during Dakar Fashion Week's "Street Show," in the Niary Tally neighborhood of Dakar, June 29, 2017.
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A tailor works in Dakar's Niary Tally neighborhood, the working class area where Dakar Fashion Week held their "Street Parade" fashion show this year, June 29, 2017. The show is free and takes place in an open and public area each year as part of Dakar Fashion Week's events.
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A customer picks up a skirt from her tailor in Dakar's Niary Tally neighborhood, the working class area where Dakar Fashion Week held their "Street Show" fashion show this year, June 29, 2017.
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Katy and Fallou pose for a portrait in Dakar's Niary Tally neighborhood, the working class area where Dakar Fashion Week held their "Street Show" fashion show this year, June 29, 2017.