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A model walks through the catwalk during a rehearsal before the fashion show at Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar.
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Senegalese youth wait before the street parade starts in Niari Tali, a popular neighbourhood in Dakar.
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Event visitors and guests wait before the fashion show starts at Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar.
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The journalist and activist Yvoire de Rosen takes a selfie with some young girls attending the street parade in Niari Tali, a popular neighbourhood in Dakar.
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A group of photographers take pictures at Dakar Fashion Week’s opening show at the Pullman Hotel.
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A model walking through the improvised catwalk at the Pullman Hotel in Dakar.
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Event visitors and guests wait before the fashion show starts at Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar.
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Models wait at the backstage in Radisson Blu Hotel during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Models posing in front of the visitors and the press during the opening show at Pullman Hotel during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Models wait backstage during Dakar Fashion Week 2017.
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A model waits to get her make up on during Dakar Fashion Week 2017.
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Models wait backstage during Dakar Fashion Week 2017.
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A model has her make up done at the backstage during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Models wait backstage during Dakar Fashion Week 2017.
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Models have their make up done at the backstage during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Models get combed and ready before entering the catwalk at the backstage during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Adama Paris, founder and director of Dakar Fashion Week, gets her make up on at the backstage during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Models get ready before the fashion show starts at the backstage during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Models wait at the backstage during Dakar Fashion Week 2017.
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Make up artists add the finishing touches to the models backstage before they enter the catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Senegalese youth watch a runway show during Dakar Fashion Week at Niari Tali, a popular neighbourhood in Dakar.
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Event visitors and guests watch a runway show during Dakar Fashion Week at Radisson Blu Hotel.
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Models play and make selfies at the backstage during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Models at the catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week.
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Backstage atmosphere at Niari Tali moments before the street fashion show begins.
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Event visitors and guests wait for the fashion show to start at Radisson Blu hotel in Dakar.
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Backstage atmosphere at Niari Tali moments before the street fashion show begins.
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Models walking through the catwalk wearing Elie Kuame Couture creations during Dakar Fashion Week’s show at Radisson Blu Hotel.
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Senegalese youth wait for the fashion show to start at Niari Tali, a popular neighbourhood in Dakar.
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Models entering the catwalk wearing Elie Kuame Couture creations during Dakar Fashion Week at Radisson Blu Hotel.
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Hair stylists and make up artists add the finishing touches to the models backstage before they enter the catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week.
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A model wearing a Osuare creation during Dakar Fashion Week’s show at Radisson Blu Hotel.
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A model posing at the catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week’s show at Radisson Blu Hotel.
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Senegalese youth watch the fashion show in the streets of Niari Tali, a popular neighbourhood in Dakar.
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A model poses at the catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week’s show at Radisson Blu Hotel.
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Photographers at the press area during Dakar Fashion Week’s show at Radisson Blu Hotel.
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Backstage and catwalk during Dakar Fashion Week’s show at Radisson Blu Hotel.
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Loza Maleombho, Ivorian designer, makes a selfie with the models wearing her creations at the end of the fashion show during Dakar Fashion Week.