Afrigather In Nigeria, 58 designers participated in Lagos Fashion Week that ended on Sunday.
For her 2022 “Retrospect” assortment, designer Ejiro Amos Tafiri sought inspiration in former Nigerian First Woman, Maryam Babangida.
SOUNDBITE 2 – Ejiro Amos Tofiri, Inventive Director at E.A.T Model (feminine, English, 20 sec):
“The acceptance of garments made by Africans is rising, inside Africa and out of doors Africa, the world is searching for Africa for inspiration proper now, so it is an excellent time to be African and so it may solely be up and up in comparison with about 12 years once I began my firm, it wasn’t so cool to be a dressmaker”, admitted Ejiro Amos Tofiri, Inventive Director at E.A.T Model.
The week lengthy occasion is a chance for a lot of to return and see what native designers have to supply.
“Nigerian designers are very inventive, very totally different to what I’ve seen earlier than and it is plenty of color. I believe they create their very own tradition in it, in a extremely lovely means they usually additionally brings it internationally”, stated participant Jess Politi.
Established in 2011, Lagos Vogue Week has been rising as a platform for the promotion of Nigerian and African expertise.
