Nigeria Fashion Week 2011 Going Green

By Samod Biobaku

Sixthsense34@yahoo.com

Plans are in top gear to ensure that the 2011 edition of the Nigeria Fashion Week (NFW) strikes another annual note of success as the event has been scheduled to run from November 16 through 19, 2011 at the Muson Centre in Lagos.

The NFW is organised by Legendary Gold Limited in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Culture & Tourism and the World Fashion Organization.

The Nigeria Fashion Week will feature daily fashion shows, exhibition/buyers & sellers lounges, workshops and after-event parties.

The opening ceremony is expected to begin at 10 am, Thursday, 17^th November, with a red carpet. Each day will feature two shows, the first to begin at 12 noon, while the evening show will begin at 6pm.

The theme of the Nigeria Fashion Week 2011 is ‘Going Green’. This is aimed drawing attention to climate change issues by encouraging values that will ensure a sustainable environment. To this end, one of the shows of the fashion week ‘Going Green Collection’ has been dedicated to drawing awareness to climate change. During this show segment, designers will be made to use recycled materials to prepare their collection.

Already, lots of designers within and outside Nigeria have signified their interest to show their collection at the Nigeria Fashion Week 2011.

Over 32 local designers, as well as international ones are already on ground, expected to showcase their works. Some of these include Lagos-based Frank Osodi, O’makdesigns (Washington DC), Aremu Couture (Johannesburg), Ama Glow (Amsterdam), and Amakdesign (London). Others include Zizi Cardow (Lagos), Beldies La Mode (Abuja), Chrystalix (Cameroun), Fed Eboka, and a host of others.

The Nigeria Fashion Week is an affiliate event to the World Fashion Week organised by the World Fashion Organization. To this end, the president of the World Fashion Week, Paco De Jaimes will lead other top officials of the World Fashion governing body and International Fashion Press to Lagos for the Nigeria Fashion Week.