On Friday 5th April 2019, Lagos Fashion Week hosted Fashion Focus Fund Live, a business plan pitch presentation to determine the recipient of the Fashion Focus Fund. This year, the Fashion Focus Fund Live presentations involved past Alumni of the programme and raised the stakes with a N10,000.000 (Ten…
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#Press: Lagos Fashion Week Presents – Fashion Focus Fund Live (A N10,000,000 grant) | 5th April 2019
On Friday 5th April, 2019, Lagos Fashion Week will host Fashion Focus Fund Live, a business plan pitch presentation to determine the recipient of the Fashion Focus Fund. Launched last year, Fashion Focus Fund Live invites Fashion Focus finalists to present their business plans to a panel of judges for the opportunity to access…
#DesignerSpotlight: MIA London || Check out MIA’s Africa’s Showcase at Africa Fashion Week 2018
Tis the season of African Fashion rising, with designers from this glorious continent slowly but surely penetrating international fashion markets…with MIA London showcasing…
#ThrowbackInterview: Kaylah Oniwo Shares what she loves about Style and Fashion at the Lagos Fashion Week Tents
It’s Lagos Fashion Week Day 2 (for the Runway shows, and Day 3 if you count The Gathering Dinner) and I am reminded that there’s not a thing I do not love about the sets at the Lagos Fashion Week tents. They are so innovative, thoroughly utilising African Elements. One set is made of wood,…
#CelebratingWomenCampaign: Move Over Everyone, for MOOFA has Taken Over || Interview with Olayinka Fashola Arolambo of MOOFA Designs
This interview is geared to inspire, motivate and encourage any woman who has a creative passion in her heart but might be reluctant to start…
It is a busy day at the Moofa Cubicle at the GTB Fashion Weekend, with clients running in to purchase ready to wear couture pieces, but the diligent Creative Director of Moofa graciously grants this interview where she sheds more light on her passion…
#Fashion: Fabulous Finds from GTBankFashionWeekend + Mushy Honesty || Check You Out Sheep.Ng
I walk into the GTCentre and I feel like I am at Selfridge & Co. Every vendor’s cubicle is structured and perfect, and the lights are out of this world. I am immediately transported to my masters days in the UK in 2016, where every time I went on Oxford Street, I literally was always…
#Fashion: Highlights from Lagos Fashion Week, Day 3 of the Runway Shows
Mai Atafo’s Collection started fabulous, with greys, oranges, olive greens, tans and other stand-out colours, with models sashaying to tunes provided by an amazing drummer and and a vituoso violinist. This is one collection that culminates in shaping Africa’s future, with its remarkable tailoring over its blazers, play suits, signature pockets and veils, flared and pleated pants, and other unique detail.
PressRelease: Africa Gears Up for Heineken Lagos Fashion Week 2018: 24th to 27th October, 2018 | Fashion Focus Africa Semi Finalists Announced
Heineken Lagos Fashion Week will return for its 8th edition this year from October 24th – 27th 2018. Serving as a hub to connect fashion stakeholders, LFW tents Oniru will open from 10am – 10pm. Heineken Lagos Fashion Week is the leading event on the African fashion calendar, attracting thousands of fashion experts, enthusiasts and media across…
#Interview: Style Maestro, Noble Igwe Muses on his Definition of Style, Running a Fashion and Entertainment Platform, and His Expectations for Lagos Fashion Week 2018
There’s nothing more beautiful than calibrating fashion cerebrally. Understanding that fashion is a mental phenomenon gives you the liberty to look past the passions of your passion and thoroughly hijack its business and economic proclivities on your chosen platform. The mavins who have optimised their passions for profit are indeed to be applauded. Yes, Noble…
#PressRelease: Nairobi, Lagos, Abuja, and Accra to Welcome Fashion Focus Talks 2018
Fashion Focus Talks kicks off this weekend in Nairobi, Kenya. Tagged “Building From Within”, the Fashion Focus Talks are a series of curated free talks to inspire African creatives of the need to work together towards achieving a sustainable economy. It will run from the 26th of August to the 2nd of September 2018. On…
