Heineken Lagos Fashion Week To Mark 10th Anniversary With a Virtual Show

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Heineken Lagos Fashion Week as announced a virtual showcase that will be streamed between October 29th, 2020 and November 1st, 2020.

10 years of shaping the african fashion Culture, Lagos Fashion Week has been an instrument of development in the fashion industry today, inspiring younger generations and exhibiting young talents and creativity.

According to Lagos Fashion Week ;

[F]or 10 years, Heineken Lagos Fashion Week has been instrumental in shaping African fashion’s future, by developing a platform for African creatives to showcase their creativity, providing collaboration and access to market opportunities, incubating and training young talent, facilitating impact driven conversations with key stakeholders as well as being at the forefront of developing our local manufacturing industry through SHF Trains with Nigeria Export Promotion Council.⁣⁣⁣
This year, Heineken Lagos Fashion week celebrates A Decade in Fashion and all that is African fashion.

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For 10 years, Heineken Lagos Fashion Week has been instrumental in shaping African fashion’s future, by developing a platform for African creatives to showcase their creativity, providing collaboration and access to market opportunities, incubating and training young talent, facilitating impact driven conversations with key stakeholders as well as being at the forefront of developing our local manufacturing industry through SHF Trains with Nigeria Export Promotion Council.⁣⁣⁣ This year, Heineken Lagos Fashion week celebrates A Decade in Fashion and all that is African fashion. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ This season will be a hybrid of physical and digital presentations, that will adhere to Lagos State and Federal Government guidelines. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ From October 29th – November 1st, 2020, the public will be invited to view designer’s collections via live streaming and virtual tours. There will be opportunities for a select number of patrons and the public to attend an onsite must-see installation and activation centre. Presentations from designers will also utilise a range of technologies from Virtual Reality to 3D visualisation.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ “With so much happening around us, the general mood is not celebratory but we are mindful that despite this, we have achieved an important milestone. We have been encouraged to hold firm and this resolve has enabled us innovate a bit, despite the current climate. For 10 years we have cultivated a strategy that focuses on Impact, Collaboration, Community and Co-creation. The growth that we have experienced in these areas alone is a testament to the resilience, drive and talent that exists on the continent” – Omoyemi Akerele⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #lagosfashionweektenyears ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #heinekenlagosfashionweek ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #shapingfashionsfuture ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #shapingfashion ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #adecadeinfashion ⁣⁣ #lagosfashionweek ⁣⁣ #lagosfw ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

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To attend the event, participation in Lagos Fashion Week 2020 showcase will only be by invitation.

Invites are reserved for designers that have consistently shown on the platform for the last 10 years.

“[W]ith so much happening around us, the general mood is not celebratory but we are mindful that despite this, we have achieved an important milestone. We have been encouraged to hold firm and this resolve has enabled us innovate a bit, despite the current climate. For 10 years we have cultivated a strategy that focuses on Impact, Collaboration, Community and Co-creation. The growth that we have experienced in these areas alone is a testament to the resilience, drive and talent that exists on the continent”

– Omoyemi Akerele⁣