ALPHADI, Dakar Fashion Week

Dakar Fashion Week highlights brings ‘anti-sharia’ sass in memory of a less repressive Mali

The bright colors, occasionally bare arms and sparkle that sashayed down the catwalk were definitely not in keeping with sharia, the strict Islamic law that has been enforced in northern Mali for the past two months. | ©ourtesy of NYDailyNews.com Fashion

The Sahel‘s most feted fashionista, Tuareg designer Alphadi, hit the runway at Dakar Fashion Week with a homage to Mali, whose vast north is largely under control of hardline Islamic law. The bright colors, occasionally bare arms and sparkle that sashayed down the catwalk were definitely not in keeping with sharia, the strict Islamic law that has been enforced in northern Mali for the past two months. “That’s the idea,” laughed the man who was introduced to the crowd at the final Dakar fashion week show of the 10th annual Dakar Fashion Week on Saturday night as the “Magician of the Desert”. Alphadi was born in the fabled city of Timbuktu, an ancient

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