Soweto gets first fashion week

Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, opened its' first fashion week on Thursday.

Fashion designers in Soweto are excited to finally have their own space.

"Creatives from Soweto do need their own platform," said fashion blogger Mahlatse James. "If the other fashion platforms can not afford that, they have to create their own."

Stephen Manzini, organizer of Soweto Fashion Week, held rehearsals in the parking lot of a friend's apartment.

"We refused to be stopped because we don't have funding," he said, after raising 60,000 rand from sponsors for the event.

Valencia Mache, a Soweto legal advisor who attended the event, said, "Even if there is no opportunity, make an opportunity."

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