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Salut,

I am contacting you for networking and conversational purposes and perhaps potential business opportunities. I just launched a fashion startup in Senegal West Africa , dakarboutique.com, and was just looking to build an international network. I grew up in Senegal and Norway and now live in New York and I am also a photographer recently published in Vogue Italia and the New York Times.You can read more about the company and our business philosophy below. 

Dakar boutique is the first online store in Senegal that provides shipping and home delivery in Senegal and worldwide. The boutique offers a wide array of western brands but also our own db collection which is an eclectic mix of western clothing with an african touch and vintage accents for the fashion forward, sophisticated and avant garde shopper. Key items such as handmade leather bags, crocodile skin handmade shoes and traditional african fabrics or accents often come temper with an otherwise modern minimalistic westerm style to create a warm vintage, exotic, foreign yet relatable look.

From a branding and marketting standpoint, the company targets all income classes with prices ranging from $10 for make-up to $3000 dollars for Yves Saint Laurent bags. The website and facebook page were designed to evoque a mood of luxury and exclusivity while providing a colorful escape that inspires our clients. We will attempt to provide them the best shopping experience in the country with a great customer service and home deliveries through our 'James Bond' service represented by a multi-lingual driver with unmatched elegance in a vintage mercedes.
Ultimately we want our clients to feel like royalty when shopping with us.

Finally, the company is linked to a non-profit foundation dedicated to the education of under-priviledged children worldwide and especially talibes in Senegal. A portion of Dakar Boutique's profits will directly go to the the foundation and help sponsor children's education. Visit and support us at .gem-initiative.org

Please like and share our facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/ladakarboutique
and visit the Dakar Boutique website 
http://www.dakarboutique.com/

All the best,

Diarra,

Founder and CEO at Dakar Boutique Inc
Founder of the GEM initiative

email: info@dakarboutique.com
Blog: www.revesdores.com

Thank you Bella! I saw your web page, it is so fancy! I love your work too:) very creative!

Thanks Bella! Yes Im fascinated by Swarovski. So beautiful and yet so much more accessible to more people. Just wearing them makes me feel special. Keep nice and warm there in France wont you! Maybe I can beam some sunshine over there for you :). Regards from Sydney, Australia, Yvette

Hi Bella
Thanks alot for checking... i am updating my site at this moment, but in the meanwhile you can check my etsy store.. i have this tunic on there as well
and i have all sizing options..
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5233321

and please let me know if you have any questions
love
Pinar

Thankss for the add and the commentl you left on my page. Like your stuff!

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glad to hear that your business is doing better this year then last. Sorry to hear that the USA buyers had not been at the show. Hopefully that aspect will improve for next year. It is definately a challenging environment at the moment.

Sorry for the delayed response to your message. I have been super busy lately... Unfortunately, I am not sure who would be attending the event (and I think I am too late to respond to that question because I think your event may be over). Hope it went well for you.