Senegal's Dakar Fashion Week Takes Style Back to the Streets

The event's founder, Senegalese designer Adama Paris, says the street parade is her favorite because she gets to take fashion back to the streets where it belongs.  At least 11 designers from nine countries participated to show off their new lines.

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A model gets ready to walk during Dakar Fashion Week's "Street Show," in the Niary Tally neighborhood of Dakar.

Local youth watch models on the catwalk at Dakar Fashion Week's "Street Show," which is open to the public, in the Niary Tally neighborhood.

Adama Paris, designer and founder of Dakar Fashion Week, June 29, 2017.

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