Lagos Fashion Week news and archive

Lagos Fashion Week Presents Woven Threads IV: Standing The Test Of Time

Kicking off the fashion season with its fourth edition showcase, Lagos Fashion Week will present ‘Woven Threads IV: Standing The Test Of Time’ from 21st - 23rd April, 2023. Fashion has always been an industry in motion, continuously evolving, adapting, and pushing boundaries. At the core of this evolution is the theme Standing the Test of Time...

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Heineken Lagos Fashion Week 2020 presents Digital Showrooms

Through an approach that heralds collaborations, grassroots community impact and co-creation, Lagos Fashion Week has had a hand in Shaping Africa’s Fashion Future. A continent whose industry’s future is highly dependent on moving the conversation beyond creativity to adding value for the industry. This propels the Lagos Fashion Week platform to...

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Lagos designers champion 'unapologetically African' fashion

"You have to struggle so hard to make your voice heard, that's why Lagos will always stand out," model Larry Hector told AFP about Nigeria's gritty yet unquestionably glamorous megacity Lagos. The statuesque 20-year-old dressed in all-white was standing backstage at the Lagos Fashion Week on Friday evening surrounded by a dizzying array of lush...

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Nigerian haute couture in the Muslim north at Lagos Fashion & Design Week

Lagos - Ibrahim Aminu launched his first clothing line eight years ago when he designed a dress for his sister. Before he knew it, the orders began flooding in and House of Kaya became the first -- and so far only -- haute couture house in conservative, mainly Muslim northern Nigeria. Lagos Fashion and Design Week, the annual festival which runs...