Fashion designers from Canada, Tanzania, Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire and India and hosts Rwanda are expected to showcase their work at the highly anticipated launch of The Stage Fashion Showcase slated for Saturday, October 14. Rwanda designers showcasing their creativity include Mateo Maurice, Patrick Muhire and Isaac Dusengumuremyi, Elyse Furaha and Paulin Mfizi. Tanzania's Bertha Joseph Komba, Paule Marrie Assandre from Ivory Coast, and Uganda's Kente Kristabel and Kiyimba Joshua Patrick will also be featured on the runway. Models set to showcase the designers’ work are from Kenya, Burundi, DRC, Uganda and Rwanda. Journalist Christelle Kabagire and comedian Fally Merci will host the fashion show. Among the guests expected to attend the event are Uganda’s Sheillah Gashumba and Rwandan singer Chriss Eazy among others. In a recent interview with Sandrine Mucyo, the brains behind the fashion show, she shared that the first edition of The Stage is a high-caliber fashion show masterpiece, well-coordinated to rank among the greatest in East Africa. She pointed out that the event was highly organised with a focus on creativity differentiating from other fashion shows that are often held. Fashion enthusiasts are to expect an amazing array of fashion and art at the event. Organised by Rwandan top model Sandrine Mucyo under her creative company Ssanduina Ltd, the fashion showcase aims at discovering, promoting, and growing Africa's models and fashion designers on a worldwide level. The fashion show which will include music, comedy and more creatives to make it more colorful will feature a lineup of performers like Davis D, Simon Page, Collin and comedians Mavide and Pazo, among others, adding more exciting experience to the fashion excitement. The Stage is a hub for models that is not only geared towards booking talent on a national level but also towards planning a fashion show. It will also bring together well-known creatives from around the globe for a networking, conversational, celebratory, and experiential fashion experience, but most importantly for developing skills.
