Crest of Africa’s Next Top Designers and Models, ringed by the flags of Africa. Africa’s Next Top Designers & Models Born in Africa. Made for the World.
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The continental house

Africa’s Next Top Designers & Models

Born in Africa. Made for the World.

A house for the designers cutting cloth with a point of view, and the models who can carry it into a room — on the continent, and far past it.

For designers For models
Model in a sculptural gold headwrap and a flowing orange gown, seen from behind on a white runway.
Opening look

Africa’s talents, our global pride

Work that already knows where it is going.

We look for designers who cut with a point of view, and models who can hold that point of view in light. The cloth may be wax print, satin, wool, or something that does not have a name yet.

What matters is that it is made here, and made to travel. The line on our crest is the brief: born in Africa, made for the world.

Read the house
Woman in profile wearing a vivid wax-print headwrap and matching cloth.
Wax print, worn close to the face
Designer-model in a purple patterned ensemble and wide-brimmed hat, standing against a pink wall. 01 — The atelier

Designers

Couture, ready-to-wear, bridal, menswear, textile, and adornment. Bring the collection.

 Back view of a model wearing a towering pink and gold headpiece. 02 — The face

Models

Presence is the brief. A walk, a portrait, and the nerve to be looked at.

From the call to the last walk.

Four movements. No theatre for its own sake — a clear path from a portfolio to a room full of people.

  1. 01

    The call

    Designers send the work. Models send a portrait and a note on the walk. We read every one.

  2. 02

    The room

    Selected talents are invited into critique, styling, and preparation. The cloth gets honest eyes.

  3. 03

    The runway

    A presentation where face, cloth, and light meet an audience. Photographs are made of the work.

  4. 04

    The world

    The name leaves with the pictures. A public showing, and a way for the right people to find you.

The standard

Seen on the continent.

A study in cloth, walk, and light. These frames are the standard the house is building toward.

Model in a long red gown with a train, walking a white runway.
Look 01 — Red, in motion
Model in a magenta fringed gown on the runway.
Look 02 — Fringe
Man in a matching geometric-print jacket and trousers.
Look 03 — Menswear
Woman outdoors in an elaborate patterned gown and sculptural headwrap.
Look 04 — Ceremony
Model in a blue gown with a high slit, walking past a seated audience.
Look 05 — Blue
Enter the runway
A company of women in gold tops and patterned skirts, standing together outdoors.
The company of the house — cloth worn in chorus

The call is open

If the work is ready, the house is listening.

Send the collection, or the portrait. Or call. The door is the same either way.

Begin an application
0905 112 3456 info@antdm.org