The Heineken Lagos Fashion Week, #LagosFW 2019, themed #BeyondCreativity launched yesterday at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, and for those who do not know what it entails, just know it is the place to be.
Now let’s talk #BeyondCreativity, it is a theme that echoes in Fashion Focus Talks across 4 cities – Lagos, Abuja, Kigali and Dakar and demonstrated with the recently concluded Paris Showroom, offering access to market opportunities for African designers.
#BeyondCreativity speaks to #LagosFW’s authentic roots, which focuses on generating impact beyond the runway, on fashion with a purpose, moving the fashion conversation forward to a position of economic viability in the continent.
Official Launch Party for Heineken Fashion Week was held at Heineken House on Friday 4th October, 2019. It featured a cocktail reception to mark the beginning of a line up of activities which includes Fashion Business Series (FBS), SheTrades Workshops, Afrexim Creative Academy Workshop, the Fashion & Culture Exchange Africa-Japan (FACE.A-J) Event, Runway Shows and the official #LagosFW after party.
Just like the past year, the FBS Dinner will feature key voices in fashion in an intimate gathering of industry stakeholders. Speaker announcements will follow shortly.
On the 21st & 22nd October, SheTrades Commonwealth will host workshops targeting women entrepreneurs within the ITC SheTrades network. The aim of these workshops is to further equip women-owned businesses with new skills to grow their various businesses and the tools for wealth creation.
On the 25th & 26th of October 2019, guests will also have access to daytime workshops happening at the tents including the Afrexim Bank’s Creative Africa Exchange Masterclass in partnership with Africa Development Bank (AFDB).
#LagosFW will feature a first of its kind cross-cultural exchange and exhibition. Six emerging designers from Africa and Japan will be participating in ‘Fashion & Culture Exchange Africa-Japan’ (FACE.A-J). The designers will be showcasing their designs at Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo and during Lagos Fashion Week.
The FACE.A-J initiative is owned and managed by Awa’Tori with support from United Arrows Japan to promote culture and creativity between Africa and Japan.
Lagos Fashion Week Tents will open for runway shows from 24th to 26th of October from 6pm daily. Designers, fashion experts, enthusiasts and media from across the continent and beyond, will reunite in Africa’s most populous city to view the new season’s collections from designers.
See more photos from the launch party below:
Runway schedule as well as ticket information will be released shortly.
Heineken Lagos Fashion Week is a Style House Files owned platform title sponsored by Heineken and sponsored by Fets Wallet, Darling, LIRS, Sunlight, Fayrouz, NEPC, DSTV/AfricaMagic.
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Applications for the Green Access programme are still open. For more information on #LagosFW and our ongoing programmes, kindly visit www.lagosfashionweek.ng or follow our Instagram page @lagosfashionweekofficial