The celebrated Pan African Designer, Mustafa Hassanali.
Pan African Designer Mustafa Hassanali, a celebrated name in Tanzania pursues fashion as a religion and has been showcase in 26 Cities in 17 Countries globally.
His personable and affable demeanor in parallel with his bohemian work of art has made him amidst the premier and popular designers in Tanzania. No wonder then he sports an A-list clientele including the crème de la crème of the society. Considered a fashion guru, his designs reflect the deeply embedded cultural heritage of Tanzanian society.
Hassanali’s zest for fashion is not only limited at fostering his own collections and offering something new to his target audience, but he also believes in the enhancement of the Tanzanian Fashion Industry on the whole.
He launched Swahili Fashion Week which has created a promising platform not only for established designers and models but for aspiring entrants of this avenue and has now become the LARGEST FASHION EVENT IN EAST & CENTRAL AFRICA
Mustafa was named as one of Africa Top Ten Male designer by UK’s NEW AFRICAN WOMEN and Kenya Airways December 2012 MSAFIRI magazine issue named him COUNT OF COUTURE and one of 6 people to look out for in 2013. He was also part of the Steering committee appointed by the minister for culture for the search of Tanzania’s National dress.
what adds a unique dimension to Hassanali’s persona is his constant initiative to give back to the society through his Fashion 4 Health Charity and Women empowerment programme TWENDE.
Mustafa is truly a fashionista personified!
