This year’s African Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN) celebrated creativity, stylistic versatility and elegance as designers showcased their work on the runway.

Held at the Eco Hotel & Suites on Victoria Island in Lagos, the three-day event not only showcased emerging designer talent from across Africa, but also showcased black beauty and the uniqueness of the continent’s fashion space. It was also a place to show .

AFWN organizer Princess Ronke Ademilui described the event as a fashion festival unparalleled in Africa.

According to Ademiluyi, AFWN’s aim is to promote African culture, expand the status of Nigerian fabrics, and shape them to current trends, thus creating a pathway to wealth and economic empowerment.

The 2022 AFWN, which ended last Friday, kicked off Wednesday, September 7th with Adire People’s catwalk by Atoke Atelier. Other lined-up acts followed, including the Adire Odua – RTW runway show.

On the second day of the event, female designer Funto By Funto showcased her work in Ankara and the models that graced the runway at Adire. The beauty of her collection is the perfect combination of fabrics, some of which are embedded with stone and crystal embellishments. Benosky was another designer whose clothes were predominantly plain and floral satin fabrics.The highlight of Benosky’s collection was said to be the green-leaved catwalk of her dress, though it was multi-colored. Elegant models in black dresses with colored LED lights graced the runway and wowed guests with their creativity.

There was also the Folat Outfit and Embroidery Dynamics collection designed by Ifeoluwa Ayobami Amosun, and the Anasam Collection by South Sudanese designer, whose models showcased boubou costumes made from a variety of indigenous fabrics. The Cameroonian apparel brand SM Class, which has a collection of jackets and Ihekbi Lagos using African fabrics, and the Ohun Orori collection, which is an elegant outfit designed for the Queen, were also exhibited. There was also the Dancin Craft collection, Afro-Her Blink-Her collection of Nigerian-designed creative handbags for men and women.

On the final day of the event, Dr. Olufolake Abdulrazaq, First Lady of Kwara State and founder of the Ajike People Support Center, AFWN made her remarks.

Praising Ademiluyi’s initiative, Mrs. Abdulrazaq said: Showcasing their creative ingenuity in Lagos, London and New York. Interestingly, I attended her African Fashion Week in London in 2016 and have supported the brand ever since. In 2018, she made me a matron even before I became First Lady of Kwara.

“A variety of engaging sessions held during the course of the event speak to the importance of African and Nigerian textiles in the global cultural and creative economy, promoting them as non-oil commodities. , this fast-growing sector can boost the economy and promote inclusive socio-economic development.A significant contribution of 3% of the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contributes to growth and employment. It highlights the economic potential of cultural and creative industries as sources of creation: In Nigeria alone, the cultural and creative industries contribute about $18 billion to GDP, according to a World Bank 2020 report. I have.”

She advocated for the preservation of Nigerian culture and heritage and, most importantly, for promoting the creativity of young Nigerians, the Oduduwa and Ife Oni families, Oba Adeye Enitan Ogunushi and Ojaja II. praised the