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Alga Fashion Inc.

Genre : Talent agency
Status : Foundation
Principal country concerned : Column : Fashion, Design
Rwanda
Tel. : +250788572006
http://www.algafashion.com/

Alga Fashion Inc, a local fashion company founded by Aline Gahongayire and partners,has come with a new way of de-encapsulate this situation by creating a Fashion Show which can showcase  beauty and dignity of Big women and men.
 
The Fashion industry in Rwanda is growing day to day with the creation of many fashion companies and varieties of fashion show events. Unfortunately up to now, the industry is only reserved for a specific category of people, from designers (Creative and professionals) to models (Slim with fashionable body and Professional).
 
However, the remaining excluded category of people (Fat, Big, no fashionable,…) with the desire and dream of working in the industry are left to their own fate, which led most of them living in a life of being complex.
"Plus size fashion show" is  an initiative geared towards developing the socio-cultural modeling of Plus size models. It is aimed at changing the pespective of the urban culture and belief towards the Plus size models into a more respectuful, diverse, recognisable and profitable business through focused co-operation of the  fashion Industry stakeholders as a way to maximize the role of the fashion industry in economic development, job creation, poverty alleviation and development in Rwanda.
 
In fact, there are many ways big people can wear clothes and be smart without being complex of their body, thus the PLUS SIZE FASHION.
 
Justification  
 
Plus size Fashion show, is a show which showcase beauty and dignity of Big Women and Men in order for them to de-complex and come out of the box where the fashion industry shows the impossibility of this category of people to be part of. This project will help also:
 
-The local fashion industry to enlarge their clothes market by making plus size clothes for this category of people.
 
-Create confidence among big size people.
 
-The fact that this project revenue will help the Nyakatsi Project to help people living in Nyakatsi to have decent houses.
 
Innovation
 
Alga Plus Size Fashion Show is the first ever fashion show of kind in Rwanda and will probably be annually and developed to a double event including a competition on Big size modeling called, MISS MAMA KILO & MR PAPA KILO.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Rwanda : Positive Production

With the support of