Lagos Fashion Week turns 15 with a craft theme: more than 50 labels, Akwete weaving reworked and 'circular futures'
88Lately walks through the shows and designers day by day, from Orange Culture to the ALÁRA x Emmy Kasbit Akwete capsule.
Lagos Fashion Week ran Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, its 15th year since fashion entrepreneur Omoyemi Akerele founded it in 2011. Organised by Style House Files, this edition's theme was "CRAFTED: Heritage. Innovation. Circular Futures," putting traditional techniques such as weaving, dyeing, embroidery and beadwork at the centre, alongside reuse and less textile waste, 88Lately reports.
More than 50 labels took part. The main runway shows ran Oct. 29 to 31 at the LagosFW Tents at the Federal Palace Hotel on Victoria Island. Opening presentations on Oct. 28 included Sisiano's Spring/Summer 2027 collection "Some Birds Fly South", Orange Culture's "The In-Between", and "Akwete Reimagined", a capsule by ALÁRA and Emmy Kasbit built around Akwete, a traditional Nigerian woven textile.
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This is a working trade platform for designers and buyers, not an influencer moment, though expect plenty of street-style posts. What holds up: named labels reworking traditional textiles like Akwete. What to check: 'circular' claims are a theme here, not an audited standard.
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