Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW) is an annual multi-day fashion event held in Lagos Nigeria and founded in 2011 by Omoyemi Akerele. LFDW provides a platform for buyers, media, and fashion enthusiasts to view collections from leading designers from Nigeria and across Africa.
LFDW has also expanded its scope of works by creating two main platforms that run concurrently with Fashion week - Fashion Business Series and Fashion Focus. The former offering industry master classes and the latter providing incubation support for emerging talents. LFDW also advocates for the industry with the government as well as potential investors.
The Multi-day fashion week first took place in 2011 and was well received by both Nigerian designers and fashion enthusiasts. The 2012 event was organized by MTN Group and the 2017 event is being sponsored by Heineken. Other sponsors include British Council, and Fetswallet.
The platform aims to cut across geographic and culture barriers and position itself as a business of fashion and design event targeted at showcasing the best of the fashion and design industry, drive the fashion in Nigeria industry and ultimately uplift its profile within the economy. The fashion and exhibition event features: Runway shows featuring new season collections from the best talents in the fashion industry; exhibitions featuring fashion products and accessories, textiles, design elements, photography and art installations workshops and master classes that will facilitate knowledge transfer, information exchange and networking opportunities across board.
Video Lagos Fashion Week
See also
- List of fashion events
Maps Lagos Fashion Week
References
External links
- Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2013
- Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2014
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