Mizani styles the runway for africa fashion week london 2013

Afro and curly-hair specialists, Mizani, created three catwalk-ready looks for Africa Fashion Week London, which took place at the Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch. The three-day fashion showcase, which celebrates the best of African fashion, attracted over 10,000 guests - includng Mizani's ambassador, Shingai Shoniwa. A 20-strong team, headed up by Mizani technicians Yemi Miles and Charmaine Houghton, created dual-tail braids, a sleek faux-hawk and a low sweeping statement braid for shows by designers including emerging Ghanian Jessica Baah, Nigeria's Zizi Cardow and Zimbabwean Portia Mwanaka. [gallery ids="21583,21584,21586"] Working backstage alongside Yemi and Charmaine were a host of rising Afro hairdressing stars from salons including Hype Coiffure, Angela Gaudi and L'Oreal Colour Trophy Mizani Afro Look winners, TONI&GUY Chiswick. Tumi Soyinka, MIZANI Senior Product Manager, commented: "AFWL 2013 was an absolute success! This year, we had an over-subscription of stylists from all over the country who wanted to join our Artistic Hair Team and style backstage at the event. The team that was finally selected were incredibly devoted and for that, I give them my sincerest thanks. "The link between hair and fashion is intrinsic and this is where MIZANI is able to deliver consistently with our professional team in place and our ideal set of premium styling products.”