Rising stars, Mimi Orjiekwe and Charles Billion, who got engaged three years ago are now husband and wife. But what was not in the news is that prior to their marriage, Charles had to let his long dreads out for the sake of the love of his life.

I really did not believe that name has an influence on a person’s character.”

Art Fusion is actually our creation, it is meant to celebrate fashion and art. It is a sort of a marriage of Fashion and Art. The whole idea is taking the runway from the regular runway where you just have models coming on the runway and showcasing their cloths. We want to project the Art, because of the passion I have for the Art and when I say the Art, I mean visual and performance art.

I was managed then by the late Sam loco Efe as a Nollywood actor. I also played the role of Nkem Owoh’s son in one of his hit movies, ’Ikuku’. After that movie, I dropped two hot singles back to back, “Big Boys Outing and Jigida” in same 1991, which were all huge successes,” he added.

Mary Martin, winner of the Mercedes Benz Best Designer in Africa makes her bow on the AFWL catwalk for the first time. Innocente Messy a young Congolese designer shows us there is more to Congo fashion than the fabulous Sapeurs. Collections from Taiwan by AimeeKu and Thai designer Porjai Thai Printer is set to prove that African fashion is already inspiring Asia in a big way.