Feature : Modahnik

If you have always been fascinated with the beautiful bright, bold colors of Africa, then I have something for you. Modahnik is a women’s contemporary clothing line that shows off the rich colors and textures of Africa with a 70’s twist.  The brightly color print is the signature of the collection.

Kahindo Mateene, the creator and owner of this collection, got her inspiration through her life and travel in different African countries as a child, paired along with seeing her mother in African print dresses in the 70’s and 80’s. After graduating with honors here in the states, and being apart of corporate America, in 2002 Kahindo enrolled at Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago in the Fashion Design program.  She learned the fashion industry through her education and real life experiences working in a Showroom as a Sears’s rep, through her Fashion Design internship and at a leading women’s retailer. All these things came together to gave Kahindo the tools she needed to become a fashion designer and launch her own clothing line.

Besides the bright, beautiful, bold prints, something else that makes this collection special is the fact that it is produced in Africa, using the fair trade practices and creating jobs for the underprivileged communities within Africa.

This line represents the confident modern woman, who isn’t afraid of bold color. She is a risk taker. She is chic, feminine and sexy in her own right. This is the vision of Kahindo.

Below are some photos from the Spring/Summer 2011 collection:

 

 

You can purchase items from the collection at www.modahnik.com