The stage is set for one of Africa’s most anticipated fashion gatherings, Lagos Fashion Week (LFW) 2025.
On the 20th of October, the continent’s style epicenter, Lagos, will host a milestone celebration marking 15 years of championing, curating, and advancing the African fashion industry.
Photo: LFW This anniversary season invites the fashion community to pause, reflect, and relaunch. Under the theme “In Full Bloom,” Lagos Fashion Week 2025 is both a celebration of consistency and a recommitment to the deeper work ahead. Since its inception, Lagos Fashion Week has become an instrumental platform for defining African fashion.
Over the past decade, it has spotlighted thousands of fashion designers, cultivated international partnerships, and catalysed essential conversations around sustainability, the circular economy, and innovation in African fashion.
Photo: LFW In the lead-up to the event, the organisers have announced the opening of applications for Green Access 2025, the platform’s flagship sustainability accelerator. The programme invites emerging designers in or connected to Africa to apply by September 11, 2025.
It will also run a hybrid format with three weeks of virtual sessions followed by practical workshops where designers develop capsule collections. Each participant at Lagos Fashion Week will present three looks showcasing sustainable materials, craftsmanship, and innovation.
The 2025 cycle challenges fashion designers to rethink pre and post-consumer textile waste as both raw material and creative opportunities. This includes exploring indigenous craft techniques, fostering youth development, and creating circular systems that are open, adaptive, and regenerative.
Photo: LFW Beyond the runway shows, this anniversary highlights the pivotal role Lagos Fashion Week has played in elevating African fashion from a local scene to a powerful global movement. Designers nurtured within its ecosystem including Iamisigo, Orange Culture, and Emmy Kasbit, are now making significant waves on international stages.
These fashion designers are leading direct-to-consumer initiatives across Europe, Africa, and North America, reshaping fashion narratives and proving that the continent’s creative influence is not only vibrant but essential.
Partnerships with institutions like the V&A Museum, British Fashion Council, UNESCO, and Industrie Africa have further amplified African voices, while LFW alumni such as Bubu Ogisi and Yayra Agbofah continue to earn prestigious global awards.
Photo: LFW As the city prepares for the Lagos Fashion Week this October, In Full Bloom stands as a fitting metaphor, honouring the seeds planted over the past 15 years and celebrating the vibrant growth still to come.
Photo credit: Lagos Fashion Week
