Lagos Fashion Week to kick off today

The Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2016  is slated to hold on the  26th  to 29th of October, 2015 at the Federal Palace hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The theme this year is  ‘Connecting the Dots’ a reference to the aims of creating a conducive environment for fashion buyers, designers, fashion lovers, models,  and  journalists from the world over to network.

According to LFDW founder, Omoyemi Akerele there is a motive of “looking beyond fashion to exploring other ways to make the business profitable without compromising on quality”.

The Lagos Fashion and Design Week program will feature

• Runway Shows

The signature moment designed to showcase the designers and their latest collections. The runway show will take place from the 26th to 29th daily by 5:30pm-10pm.

The runway shows are intended for selected designers to showcase the best of their latest collection to fashion buyers and editors.

• Fashionomics

Fashionomics is a new segment of the LFDW set for the 28th of October at 9:30am. It seeks to demystify financial success in the fashion industry and show participants how to source for funds, create brands, market and business management.

• The Fashion Business Series

Since the inception of the LFDW, the Fashion business series has been an avenue to facilitate conversations of key players within the African fashion industry.

It’ll take place on the 27th of October from 9:30am to 3pm.

• X-Retail

This section of the LFDW is intended to enable designers share their knowledge of success in fashion sales. This exciting platform is slated for the 28th through 29th of October from 11am to 6pm.

The X-retail platform will feature vendors selling pieces from collections and various promotional competitions.

Check out the schedule here