Dakar Fashion Week that took place in June 21, 2013 completed its 13 years of is establishment by a Senegalese fashion designer Adama Amanda Ndiaye (a.k.a Adama Paris). The six-day event this year featured 18 designers, seven from Senegal and others even coming from Germany and Brazil. Shows were scheduled to be held in three different locations throughout Dakar.
Senegalese fashion designer Tapha Fall of Bara Couture, right, stands with models wearing his creations, during a runway show in a dusty marketplace in the working class suburb of Guediawaye, Dakar, Senegal.
Models wear designs by Senegalese designer Tapha Fall of Bara Couture, during a runway show in a dusty marketplace in the working class suburb of Guediawaye, Dakar, Senegal.
A model wears a creation by Senegalese designer Oumou Sy, during a runway show in a dusty marketplace, in the working class suburb of Guediawaye, Dakar, Senegal.
Models wear designs by Senegalese designer Tapha Fall of Bara Couture, during a runway show in a dusty marketplace in the working class suburb of Guediawaye, Dakar, Senegal.
A model wears a creation by Senegalese designer Ramsen, during a runway show in the working class suburb of Guediawaye, Dakar, Senegal.
Model Fleur Mbaye wears a creation by Senegalese designer Oumou Sy, during a runway show in the working class suburb of Guediawaye, Dakar, Senegal.
A model wears a creation by Senegalese designer Oumou Sy, during a runway show in the working class suburb of Guediawaye, Dakar, Senegal.
A model wears a creation by designer Weni of Benin during the opening fashion show of Dakar Fashion Week, at Barramundi, in Dakar, Senegal.
Model Aminata Faye has her makeup done backstage ahead of a fashion show at Barramundi, in Dakar, Senegal.
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