Heineken Lagos Fashion Week 2021 Dates Announced | Oct. 27th – 30th

For fashion industry people and enthusiasts who have wondered when Heineken Lagos Fashion Week 2021 will take place, you have your dates now.

The organizers of the annual fashion week have announced Wednesday, October 27th to Saturday, October 30th as the dates for this year’s edition.

For the last 10 years, Heineken Lagos Fashion Week has celebrated the African heritage of craftsmanship that’s creatively expressed by our designers annually in Lagos, one of Africa’s most vibrant cities. In the last few years, the fashion week has concentrated on moving the conversation beyond creativity to add value to the industry through co-creation, collaboration and community.

African owned fashion businesses are at the forefront of shaping the future of fashion with their natural agility, in-built approach to traceability and transparency that is required for fashion business(es) to survive in a post-Covid world.

The organizers revealed the core agenda for Heineken Lagos Fashion Week 2021 as it proceeds into the next decade and deepens commitment to the industry.

“As we set the tone for the future of fashion on the continent, we understand the need for scalability but we are also mindful of the cost that can come with it. The future of fashion for the next decade starts with a commitment from our ecosystem to adopt a functional fashion system that delivers environmental, societal and economic solutions that’s beneficial for all”, the organizers wrote in a statement.

They listed the focus areas thus:

• Building on the sector’s capacity to contribute to Africa’s economy by strengthening existing business(es)
• Reemphasizing our community’s commitment to creating in an ethical manner through sustainable practices with traceability, transparency and longevity as strong pillars of our creative design process
• Protecting our artisans and artisanal skills across the continent is fundamental to strengthening creativity
• Education, by working with key stakeholders across the continent to facilitate access to knowledge acquisition, skills/knowledge exchange and a decolonized curriculum for our schools
• Technology tools for strengthening our commitment to producing and consuming fashion responsibly on the continent.