Lagos Fashion Week
Style House Files | Lagos Fashion Week
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Description
Lagos Fashion Week (LagosFW) is a fashion platform that drives the Nigerian and ultimately, the African fashion industry; by bringing together buyers, consumers and media to view the current collections of designers at a four (4) day event in the fashion capital of Lagos, Nigeria.
As a leading fashion event on the African fashion calendar, LagosFW leads the way with initiatives that supports, strengthens and develops the fashion industry. Beyond the runway, the annual event provides platforms that gradually reposition fashion as a useful tool for socio-economic development across the continent.
Lagos Fashion Week is produced by Style House Files, a fashion business development agency in Lagos, Nigeria with initiatives that are strategically designed around the Sustainable Development Goals 1,5, 12 and 13.
- SDG Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
- SDG Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
- SDG Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
- SDG Goal 13. Take urgent actions to combat climate change and it’s impacts
Lagos Fashion Week hosts Africa’s premiere runway event with over 60 African designers showing in the 4-day event. The runway shows that hold every year during the last weekend in October are a highlight in the annual creative calendar and attract the most promising designers from Nigeria and across Africa whose work speak to the essence of who we are as an organization.
Leveraging on technology, Lagos Fashion Week is designed to make the most of digital tools such as social media to share our story to a global audience.
Lagos Fashion Week by Numbers:
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490 Million Reach
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4.2 Million Social Interactions
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3.8 Million Likes
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47k+ Web & Social Mentions
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Over 400,000 posts shares on Google Search Engine
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40,000 guests. •
International & Local press Coverage including Vogue UK, Vogue US & Vogue IT, CNN, Harpers Bazaar, OkayAfrica, System Magazine, Grazia, Business Of Fashion, Marie Claire, Grazia, Bella Naija, Business Day, Genevieve Magazine, Schick, Style Rave, NativeMag.
• Woven Threads:
Launched three years ago during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lagos Fashion Week’s Woven Threads gives prominence to African design principles and its intrinsic circularity, which are best exemplified by designers. It is inspired by multiple facets of sustainability - circular design, traditional crafts, and a responsible approach to producing fashion on the continent.
• Green Access
Green Access is a Style House Files fashion accelerator programme that nurtures young designers and drives the recommitment of resource efficiency, biodegradability, longevity and recyclability as guiding principles for fashion design and production.
It includes a series of physical and digital workshops that help strengthen the capacity of our finalists to source and manufacture around the guiding principles of the circular economy and sustainability.
With Sustainability is at the forefront of global fashion conversations, Green Access was launched in 2018 to spotlight fashion enterprises transforming their business models and embracing strategies towards more environmentally, socially and ethically conscious production.
• SwapShop
Launched for the first time, at the SS22 showcase in October, 2021, Putting into practice the foundations of a circular economy that prioritises reuse, reduce & recycle,The Swap Shop initiative invited consumers to think about the ways they can
effect change with their own buying choices by facilitating the exchange of pre- owned items through swapping, sharing, donating and resale.
• SHF Trains
This is the skills acquisitions initiative by Style House Files with a focus on providing access to skills for employability in apparel manufacturing factories. The vision is to scale up skills for the sector and support existing factories to have access to skilled manpower for production.
• Fashion Business Series: The Gathering
The Fashion Business Series platform hosts timely discussions centred
around shaping Nigeria’s fashion industry and are hosted during Lagos Fashion Week seasonal showcases.Fashion Business Series attracts thinkers, innovators and catalysts within the creative industry.
The Gathering is a key event in the African fashion calendar and is hosted once a year is an exclusive invite only dinner hosted on the first day of Lagos Fashion Week. The Gathering brings together fashion’s power players to host important conversations with global industry leaders.
• LagosFW Digital
LagosFW Digital leads the way for fashion weeks on the continent to embrace a new physical and digital format. Celebrating the global nature of African designers at home and in the diaspora.
LagosFW Digital provides fresh perspectives from young and established designers alike to present their brands through film and Digital experiences.
• LagosFW Showrooms
To compliment physical and digital presentations, Lagos Fashion Week creates access to market opportunity for African designers through Lagos Fashion Week Showrooms. Partnering with International fashion organisations, LagosFW provides designers with access to tradeshows and curated pop ups in the worlds fashion capitals.
Lagos Fashion Week Showrooms & Partnerships include Liberty Fairs (Miami), Tranoi (Paris), Lagos Fashion Week x SheTrades Showroom (Paris), NYNOW (New York), KoiBird (London), Coterie (New York), The Place (London), Okapi (London).
• The Green Access Hub:
A co-working space designed for research, design, learning and collaborating to support and connect the next generation of young designers committed to transitioning from a linear to circular business model.
• Fashion Focus Africa
Fashion Focus Africa, the talent discovery arm of Lagos Fashion Week, is firmly established as a platform dedicated to the development of African designers across the continent. The yearlong incubator programme is created to assist designers in establishing the right structure and practices to facilitate scalability, sustainability and business growth.
The platform is committed to providing exciting growth opportunities for emerging fashion designers through its year-long programme that provides coaching in business development as well as creative workshops, mentorship from various experts, and the opportunity to apply for Fashion Focus Fund, a financial grant for their business. This programme aims to leave designers equipped to succeed in the fashion industry.
Capacity building and technology transfer are a fundamental part of the work we do at Style House Files | Lagos Fashion Week.
We have worked extensively with the British Council, Istituto Marangoni, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Junior Achievement, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, Industrial Training fund, Nigerian Employers Consultative Association and more, to facilitate opportunities for capacity building and skills development across initiatives, for our beneficiaries. We have directly impacted over 3,800 beneficiaries and indirectly impacted over 14,000 through the work we do with Fashion Focus, Fashion Focus Fund, SHF Trains, Woven Threads and Green Access. Our Motivation for continuous capacity building is to contribute significantly to providing opportunities for wealth and job creation in Africa for a youth population that's currently over 50% of the total population.
Lagos Fashion Week speaks to community, co-creation and collaboration. For us, creativity is a community act. Lagos Fashion Week speaks of traditional craftsmanship that’s been passed down from generation to generation, it speaks of a shared past as fundamental to defining fashion as we know it today. It speaks to how fashion saves lives by providing opportunities for wealth and job creation.
Lagos Fashion Week culture is rooted in practice of sustainability, ethical fashion and slow fashion from our production values to the designers we work with. From set up to de-installation, the materials we use are sourced locally from what already exists and they are always recycled back into the ecosystem for reuse or upcycling by our partners.
In addition to this, the designers we work with have always had respect for the communities they source from, their workers and their environment. This people centric approach to creating, plus respect for both natural resources and human resources is the foundation of our creative process.
Lagos Fashion Week is also committed to working with creatives across the ecosystem that are committed to a vision that’s fine tuned season in season out as they remain true to their dedication to see a thriving fashion industry. What makes them special is the sharing of influences, the cross referencing and the collaborations. It is more than just dreaming of a fashion utopia, it’s about fashion created by our people for our people that contribute significantly to developing our economy.
Fashion Open Studio, Fashion Revolution
SDGS & Targets
Goal 1
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
1.1
By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
1.1.1
Proportion of the population living below the international poverty line by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)
1.2
By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.2.1
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age
1.2.2
Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.3
Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
1.3.1
Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable
1.4
By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
1.4.1
Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
1.4.2
Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, (a) with legally recognized documentation, and (b) who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure
1.5
By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
1.5.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
1.5.2
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP)
1.5.3
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
1.5.4
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
1.a
Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
1.a.1
Total official development assistance grants from all donors that focus on poverty reduction as a share of the recipient country's gross national income
1.a.2
Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
1.b
Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions
1.b.1
Pro-poor public social spending
Goal 4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
4.1
By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
4.1.1
Proportion of children and young people (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex
4.1.2
Completion rate (primary education, lower secondary education, upper secondary education)
4.2
By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
4.2.1
Proportion of children aged 24–59 months who are developmentally on track in health, learning and psychosocial well-being, by sex
4.2.2
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex
4.3
By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
4.3.1
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex
4.4
By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
4.4.1
Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
4.5
4.5.1
Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated
4.6
By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
4.6.1
Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex
4.7
By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
4.7.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education and (d) student assessment
4.a
Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
4.a.1
Proportion of schools offering basic services, by type of service
4.b
4.b.1
Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
4.c
By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
4.c.1
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level
Goal 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
12.1
Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries
12.1.1
Number of countries developing, adopting or implementing policy instruments aimed at supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production
12.2
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.2.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
12.2.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
12.3
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
12.3.1
(a) Food loss index and (b) food waste index
12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.4.1
12.4.2
(a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment
12.5
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.5.1
National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
12.6
Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.6.1
12.7
Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
12.7.1
Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans
12.8
By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
12.8.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
12.a
Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
12.a.1
Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)
12.b
Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
12.b.1
Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and environmental aspects of tourism sustainability
12.c
Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities
12.c.1
Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies (production and consumption) per unit of GDP
Goal 13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
13.1
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
13.1.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
13.1.2
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
13.1.3
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
13.2
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
13.2.1
Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
13.2.2
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
13.3
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
13.3.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
13.a
Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
13.a.1
Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025
13.b
Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
13.b.1
Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
SDG 14 targets covered
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Deliverables & Timeline
Lagos Fashion Week Woven Threads showcase will adopt a hybrid format with physical elements for the creative community within Lagos to engage with. The digital format that is made will be accessible to a wider global audience in real time.
Green Access was launched in 2018 to spotlight fashion enterprises transforming their business models and embracing strategies towards a more environmentally, socially and ethically conscious production.
SHF Trains - Create job opportunities for the unemployed by providing them with training in the field of apparel making and allied areas.
Lagos Fashion Week - Beyond the runway, the annual event provides a physical platform that’s gradually repositioning fashion as a useful tool for job and wealth creation across Africa.
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- Europe
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Green Access Bola Yahaya, Redbutton, PepperRow, Cover by Hamdi, Mufti Studios, Elexiay, Maliko, LabakeLagos Lohije, Cute Saint, Kadiju, Fia Factory, Ywandelag Sabimode, MxDonna Lagos Fashion Week | Woven Threads Adama Paris, Andrea Iyamah, Anyango Mpinga Assian, Awa Meite, Bloke, Bridget Awosika, Chiip O Neal, Christie Brown, CLAN, Cynthia Abila, Deola, DNA by Iconic Invanity, DZYN, Ejiro Amos Tafiri, Eki Silk, Elie Kuame, Emmy Kasbit, Fruche, Gozel Green Haute Baso, House of Kaya, IAMISIGO, Idma Nof Imad Eduso, Jermiane Bleu, JZO, Kelechi Odu, Kenneth Ize, Kiki Kamanu, Kiko Romeo, Laduma by Maxhosa, Lagos Space Programme, Larry Jay, Lisa Folawiyo Loza Maleombho, Mai Atafo, Maki Oh, Maxivive, Meena, Moofa, Moshions, Nao.Li.La, Niuku, Nkwo, Odio Mimonet, Onalaja, Orange Culture, Post Imperial, Rich Mnisi, Rick Dusi, Selly Raby Kane, Sisiano, Studio 189, Style Temple, Sunny Rose, This Is Us, TJWHo, Tongoro, Tokyo James, Tsemaye Binitie, Ugo Monye, Washington Roberts SHF Presents Bloke, Clan, Maxivive, Lagos Space Programme TJWho, Lady Biba, Studio Imo, Grace Wallace, Kancky, Anya Wu, Bakwai Bags, Simone Et Elise Bobo Bags, Iola, Chy Azozie, Hattabelles, kiki Kamanu, Nene, Yaya, Erilyn, Modara Naturals, Chechi, Larry Jay, Pepperrow, By Influence Fowndi, Nioma Kreations, Africcana, Aimas, Keona, Raphael Lois, Regalia, Afrikanista, Amfa Beauty, Maison Aria, Karidja and Khadija, Titi Belo, Happy Ada, Unblemished Skincare, Damola Jumo, Maison Detta, Co and Clo, Padamliou, Inkha, Kaye Culture, Lafalaise, Dion, Fia, 1964 brand, Taztopia, Aaboux Ankara, Nzuri, Assian, Cape Soul, ChicNiCity, Cicy, Ogie, Dede The Brand, Eclectic Chique, Enzed, Estrogine, For Style Sake, Henri Uduku, Joel Lani, Kari Ma, Kiki Kamanu, Labake Lagos, Morin O, Nola Black, Olaya Wax, Otiti Obuba, Owunmi, Saheliya Spa, Pampering At Home, Subwae Studios, Tsh By Tonia, Twenty Six, Uyaima, Wish Africa, Yhebe Design, Lumi, Zephans-and-co , Zuri and Imani, Laide Fash, Becca Apparel, Seraban Ghana, Oama, Olareay, Detail Africa, Aimas, Akachi, Cute Saint, Honey Beauty, Flaire The Label, Iniseme Fashion, J0hn and j0an, Jerre, Kancky, Luguah Naturals, Olori Cosmetics, Serah Kassim, N’intoki, Nyne and Nuel Patrick Row Maison, Lisa Folawiyo Emmy Kasbit IAMISIGO, Christie Brown, Andrea Iyamah, Abiola Olusola, Banke Kuku, Onalaja, Studio 189 SHF Trains.
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