Hanifa, the renowned DMV-based fashion line by designer Anifa Mvuemba, launched its Spring/Summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection last night with a digital runway presentation on its YouTube channel.
The “Live Out Loud” collection, with pieces ranging from $169 to $829, features more than two dozen looks—available in sizes XS to 3XL—including dresses, two-piece sets, pantsuits, and more in vibrant, neon, and jewel-tone colors, both monochrome and color-blocked. Says the brand, it’s “an expression of joy, celebration, and wonder” with “intense color, feminine shapes . . . . [and] playful silhouettes.”
The digital nature of the presentation nodded to the label’s innovative and highly acclaimed virtual runway of 2020, which debuted its Pink Label Congo collection.
Last year, the Congolese-American designer hosted the brand’s first in-person runway show in DC, unveiling Hanifa’s Fall/Winter 2021 collection at the National Portrait Gallery.
Editor, Washingtonian Weddings
Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Style Setters for Washingtonian. Prior to joining Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File magazine in DC and before that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis.
