Lagos Fashion and Design Week

FRUCHÉ: A ‘Free Spirit’ Womenswear Brand, Made In Nigeria

by Natalie Kimani|13 February 201924 September 2019|Africa Feature, Fashion

Founded by Frank Aghuno, Fruché is a Nigerian brand with a zany edge. Taking an artisanal approach, the ready to wear brand has garnered a reputation for fun and fanciable fashion. A fusion of contemporary silhouettes and Nigerian culture, saturated...

YAS PLEASE: Best of Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2017

by Natalie Kimani|03 November 201715 January 2018|Design, Fashion

Four days, over 50 runway shows and Heineken’s premier African Inspired Collection. And that’s just a snippet of 2017’s Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW), which went down from the 25th to the 28th of October in the fashion capital...

Heineken Africa Inspired Fashion Challenge: East Africa Edition

by Natalie Kimani|20 September 201730 November 2017|Design, Fashion

Something magical was a-brewing On September 8th, 2017. Heineken®’s first design initiative in East Africa announced the winners of the “Africa Inspired Fashion Challenge”. Out of 100 portfolios from Kenyan, Ugandan and Tanzanian designers, Lulu Mutuli and Azra Walji came...

Best of: SFW15 and LFDW15

by Natalie Kimani|30 March 201621 October 2016|Africa Feature, Events

Fashion Week! It’s over!! [add dramatic but fashionable crying] we couldn’t finish this TDS Blog series dedicated to all things Fashion Week, without looking at some successful representatives from East and West Africa. Namely the Swahili Fashion Week (SFW) and...

LISA FOLAWIYO formerly “Jewel by Lisa” – AFRICA FEATURE -LAGOS, NIGERIA

by The Designers Studio|14 July 201521 October 2016|Africa Feature, Fashion, Features

Lisa Folawiyo hails from Lagos and is a highly acclaimed fashion designer who is now a global women’s wear and accessories designer brand. Lisa Folawiyo perfected the art of wearing Ankara through the use of ornate embellishment transforming the fabric...