Nigerian Afrobeats famous person and Grammy Award nominee, Davido, made a surprise appearance at the Lagos Trend Week on Thursday.
He strut the catwalk showcasing an intricate embroidered kimono by celebrated menswear clothier Ugo Monye.
His presence adding excitement and famous person energy to the match which features over 60 designers from all over the continent.
Film producer and disclose material creator, Adaeze Cybil Mokaeze, stated she turned into blown away by the Nigerian designers.
“They can take all the vegetation, take all the coins, it turned into the form of appropriate demonstrate, somewhat plenty of relatable vogue, somewhat plenty of great use of color and designs and factual the smartly-liked additional-ness that is the African vogue,” she stated.
Appreciate many others, she added that Davido’s appearance in the demonstrate turned into “the icing on the cake, factual ultimate”.
Featuring a vary of sorts and designs, the week brings together traders, consumers, and the media, reworking the metropolis into a hub of creativity.
Stephen Daniel, a vogue and standard of living disclose material creator, stated he loves the fact that the Lagos Trend Week 2024 is inclusive.
“We have plus-size models, we have people of all different colours and sizes. And the highest point for me was Davido. So yeah, it’s very inclusive. I like that.”
The week also involves panel discussions on matters as varied as sustainable clothing, marketing and marketing, and alternatives for African vogue entrepreneurs.
From avant garde to traditional, glitzy and glamorous to purposeful, it is all about highlighting the fantastic diversity of talent on the continent.
Launched in 2011, the Lagos Trend has change into a vital annual platform for African designers and traits in the industry.
“I deem the brands are recuperating, the quality of labor is recuperating, the variation is recuperating. I may perhaps per chance perhaps must witness more females exhibiting. So, yeah, it be recuperating, little by little,” stated industry vogue manager, Ivy Kakaiiiza.
One in every of Africa’s ideal vogue events, the Lagos Trend Week runs at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, till Sunday.
