The organizers of Guaranty Trust Bank Lagos Fashion and Design Week (GTBank LFDW) have finally set dates for this year's event.
The event will to take
place from October 29th to November 1st 2014 for the 4th
year running.
The GTBank LFDW has been at the helm of the Nigerian fashion
industry by ensuring that African designers have a platform to show case their
collections annually and seek out various opportunities for designers both
within Nigeria and beyond. This year, the GTBank LFDW will include other
designers from across Africa.
Omoyemi
Akerele, Creative Director of GTBank LFDW stated ‘this year, we will begin
to present designers from a selection across Africa as part of our vision to
promote inter connectivity within the African fashion industry; a vital tool
for the promotion of intra African trade. The African continent creates a
natural market for the fashion industry and GTBank LFDW wants to ensure that we
tap into this market.’
We are
also introducing some new elements to the LFDW series this year. The LFDW Young
Designer of the Year Competition, which ran for three years, will now be
replaced by the LFDW Fashion Focus. The LFDW Fashion Focus is in partnership
with Frallain Inc and Istituto Marangoni. Opportunities for selected
participants include:
- LFDW workshops focused on building retail ready brands for the business of fashion
- Presentation at Guaranty Trust Bank Lagos Fashion and Design Week
- 6 months internship with Louis Vuitton Moet Henessy (LVMH’s) EDUN facilitated by Frallain Inc.
- Scholarship opportunity with Istituto Marangoni
- LFDW Fashion Focus retail pop ups across Nigeria
For more
information on how to participate please visit www.lagosfashionanddesignweek.com
for details on how to enter.
Lagos
Fashion and Design Week is title sponsored by Guaranty Trust Bank plc.
Other
sponsors include British Council, Maybelline Nigeria and Fayrouz Nigeria.
Media
Partners – Haute Fashion Africa, Wings Magazine, Ono Bello and Style Vitae.
About
Lagos Fashion and Design Week
Guaranty
Trust Bank Lagos Fashion and Design Week (GTBank LFDW) is a multiday
fashion event platform that aims to drive the Nigerian and ultimately, the
African fashion industry; by bringing together buyers, consumers and the media
to view the current collections of African designers in the fashion capital of Lagos,
Nigeria.
As a
leading fashion event on the African fashion calendar, LFDW leads the way with
initiatives that supports, strengthens and develops
the fashion industry. Beyond the runway, the annual event
provides a physical platform that’s gradually repositioning fashion as a useful
tool for commerce and creativity in Nigeria.
For more
information please visit:
Twitter:
@LFDW_NG
DATES SET FOR GTBANK LAGOS FASHION AND DESIGN WEEK 2014– OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 1
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