Скачать или смотреть Lagos Fashion Week showcases Africa’s creative growth at 15th anniversary

(2 Nov 2025)
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Lagos - 1 November 2025
1. Various of models on catwalk
2. Close up of Lagos Fashion Week guest phone filming a model on catwalk
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hauwa Magaji, media personality/actress:
"I think it's just very iconic and very amazing that 15 years later we are still doing this and it only gets bigger and better next year. I think I'm just, my mind keeps getting blown year in, year out, year after year because designers just keep showcasing amazing, amazing looks and it's amazing."
4. Various of models on catwalk
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ibraheem Omeiza, guest:
"The designs I've seen on this year's Lagos Fashion Week has been quite bold, expressive, and androgynous, very out of the box for me and I absolutely love it, I love it. I love to see stuff like this, and I think they tell so much stories about them and especially indigenous brands and I think it's something we should embrace more as Africans."
6. Various of models on catwalk
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tamitara Tamunotonye Abaku, fashion designer:
"We are global leaders right now. The world is looking to Africa. And you know that Nigeria is the giant of Africa. So, it is, I don't want to say it's up to us, but yes, it is up to us to lead fashion-wise with the attention that we're getting right now, which is very well-deserved in my opinion, because we have a lot to draw from. We have the most diverse, if I say it, the most diverse traditional system. And us drawing from that, I feel like it's well-deserving."
8. Various of models on catwalk
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tenicka Boyd, fashion content creator:
"I am obsessed with the models on the runway. The like breadth and depth of diversity is so incredible. Like the bodies, the ages, the hair, the height, the skin tone, it's just some of the best I've ever seen in the entire world."
10. Various of models on catwalk
STORYLINE:
Lagos once again takes center stage in celebrating indigenous fashion from Africa and the diaspora as the Lagos Fashion Week returns for its 15th edition.

Featuring a mix of designers from across the continent, the annual fashion show celebrates and provides a market for local brands, mostly highlighting African culture and crafts in various colours and styles.

“I think it's just very iconic and very amazing that 15 years later we are still doing this, and it only gets bigger and better next year,” says Hauwa Magaji, media personality/actress.

Building upon its over a decade-long journey, Lagos Fashion Week champions the rich stories, creativity, and craftsmanship that have come to define African fashion.

Fashion content creator Tenicka Boyd said she’s obsessed with the models at this year’s Lagos Fashion Week.

"The breadth and depth of diversity is so incredible. Like the bodies, the ages, the hair, the height, the skin tone, it's just some of the best I've ever seen in the entire world," says Boyd.

Across the continent, fashion continues to grow on various fronts - including in movies and films - in the form of textiles, garments, and accessories, as well as fine crafts, all with a long history of prestige and symbolic of the African culture.

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