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Lagos Fashion Week was founded in 2011 by Omoyemi Akerele and is produced by fashion business development agency Style House Files. [5] The event aims to give the Nigerian and African fashion industry international recognition, by bringing together media, buyers, manufacturers and consumers.
Outstanding Contribution to African Fashion, AFI Fashion Awards (2014), Business of Fashion’s Global 500 (2017 - ), Zero Non Oil Ambassador for Nigeria (2021) Omoyemi Akerele (born 13 May 1978 in Lagos ) is a Nigerian executive, businesswoman and entrepreneur. [ 1 ]
Her fashion brand, "Tiffany Amber" was launched in Lagos in 1998. The brand has four stand alone stores and boutiques in Lagos and Abuja. [4] She has staged several fashion shows in Africa, Europe [5] and the United States. [6] In 2008, she made history as the first African-based fashion designer to stage a show twice at the New York Fashion Week.
Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. As of 2015 Nigeria has the world's 20th largest economy, worth more than $500 billion and $1 trillion in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity respectively.
Nigerian fashion has been popularized by the Nigerian edition of the South African magazine Drum, which was launched in Lagos in 1958 and featured images of the "new" Nigerians. [7] In the late 20th century, several editions of the Dressense Fashion Catalogue were produced by fashion designers in Nigeria, aimed at the upscale market. [7]
Seyi Adekunle is a Nigerian fashion businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Vodi Group, known for its chain of businesses. [1] Seyi Vodi revealed that it was after he failed a bank test that he became spurred to go into fashion full-time. [2] As of May 2017, Seyi Vodi was listed as one of the largest fashion labels in Nigeria. [3]
Folashade Nimota Okoya MON (born 25 April 1977) is a Nigerian industrialist, businesswoman and fashion commentator. [1] She is the MD/CEO of Eleganza Group, a leading conglomerate in Nigeria's manufacturing industry, founded by her husband, the billionaire industrialist and Aare of Lagos, Chief Razaq Okoya. [2] [3] [4]
Fola Francis (18 March 1994 – 20 December 2023) was a Nigerian transgender model, LGBTQIA+ activist and entrepreneur. [1] [2] In 2022, she became the first trans model to walk the Lagos Fashion Week runway for Cute-Saint and Fruché.