This year, Heineken Lagos Fashion and Design week (LFDW) tried to build on last year's Fashion DNA by engaging more of Nigerian's ambitious young creatives and supporting the strong cultural, creative and inter-disciplinary connections between Nigeria and the UK. Fashion DNA is an innitiative of the British Council and has partnered with LFDW 2015 by using a workshop to provide training and insight for budding Nigerian fashion
creatives, guided by experts from UK and Nigeria’s fashion image-making
industries.
The workshop took place from 20th to 23rd October, and had the likes of Kelechi Amadi (Photographer, Nigeria), Lakin Ogunbanwo (Photographer, Nigeria), Dimeji Alara (Stylist, Nigeria), Tokyo James.(Stylist, Nigeria), Darren Black (Photographer, UK), Nina Manandhar (Photographer, UK), Rebekah Roy (Stylist, UK) and Carri Munden (Stylist, UK) working with sixteen (16) young Nigerian designers.
Winners will have the opportunity to
exhibit their collection at the 2015
Heineken LFDW that started yesterday.
This year's sponsors include; Fayrouz, Maybelline, Sterling Bank Plc, etc. Media Partners include: Mania Magazine, Guardian, Genevieve Magazine, BellaNaija.com, Pulse.NG and Kamdora. Style Partners include StyleVitae.com.
Pictures from Day 1
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